Border 2 Fire. Border 2 Fire initially started 1:58 p.m. Jan. 23 in San Diego County. After being active for a week, it has burned 6,625 acres. By

Just how many homeless people are there living throughout San Diego County? An answer to that question will be coming soon as the region holds its annual Point-In-Time count of the local homeless population on Thursday.

The fires come as San Diego County mountains and valleys, along with other parts of Southern California, remain under a red flag warning.

Border 2 Fire initially started 1:58 p.m. Jan. 23 in San Diego County. After being active for five days, it has burned 6,625 acres. A fire crew of 2,212 effectively contained 74% of the fire by Tuesday morning. The blaze's cause remains under investigation.

Planned for this spring, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors approved to convene on a special meeting to discuss about border pollution.

The Border 2 Fire erupted in the Otay Mountain Wilderness on January 25, 2025, quickly burning over 6,000 acres and prompting evacuation orders across the region. First reported as a small 10-acre blaze on Thursday afternoon,

Still prohibited from returning to their homes due to the conflagration, dubbed the Border 2 Fire, were residents of areas east and south of Otay Lakes Road.