The San Diego County Sheriff's Office works with Cal Fire San Diego to battle wildfires from the air. Allie Wagner has the details on how they prepare. Special counsel who investigated Hunter ...

(K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune ... The county-owned helicopters are placed with the Sheriff’s Office and staffed by sheriff’s pilots, with a Cal Fire crew on board.

However, during Tuesday's meeting, the board was told that the twin-engine helicopter it purchased in 2023 has yet to be used for night flying. A San Diego County Sheriff's Office representative ...

A San Diego Sheriff’s helicopter takes off on Friars Road near where a fire had broken out on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune) All ...

Cal Fire crews assisted at the scene and helicopters were called in to ... Glen Oak Road in Poway for impacted residents. The San Diego Sheriff’s Office asked the public to avoid the area ...

In an update Tuesday night, San Diego County Sheriff's Office that all evacuations ... working on containment lines while a night-flying helicopter was dropping water on hot spots, according ...