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UPDATE: Saturday, Dec. 16, 12:02 p.m. SAN DIEGO - After 10 days of destruction, the Lilac Fire was 100 percent contained today, fire officials announced. "A big thank you to our local, state and federal cooperators,'' Cal Fire San Diego tweeted around 6 a.m. "We couldn't do it without our great partnerships and teamwork.'' In total, 1,659 firefighters and other personnel helped battle the blaze. The Lilac Fire destroyed 157 structures -- many of them dwellings in the Rancho...
SAN DIEGO - Methamphetamine abuse contributed to a record number of deaths in the San Diego area last year, according to a government study released Monday, Dec. 11. A total of 377 fatalities linked to the highly addictive drug occurred locally in 2016, on average one every 23 hours, the report by the San Diego County Methamphetamine Strike Force reveals. The tally was the highest in a single year and 66 more than in 2015. "The trend line is very alarming and continues to head in the wrong direction," said Dianne Jacob,...