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

Last year's Point-in-Time count, featuring 1,700 volunteers spread across the county under the purview of the Regional Task Force on Homelessness, found no fewer than 10,605 people, which included 6,110 unsheltered and 4,

Hundreds of volunteers are taking to San Diego County’s streets Thursday morning as the region conducts its annual Point-In- Time Count, a yearly census of the county’s homeless population.

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.

With federal funding on the line and a president in office who wants to upend longstanding homelessness policies, more than a 1,000 people around San Diego County are again preparing to tally how many fellow residents do not have permanent housing.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 on Tuesday to approve a proposal to improve the county's preparedness for wildfires. "It only takes a spark, a downed power line or a stray ember carried by Santa Ana winds or a sudden shift in the weather can turn a quiet afternoon into catastrophe,