First discovered: 11:25 a.m. Jan. 7 A new wildfire was reported today at 11:25 a.m. in San Diego County. Apple Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.

The Board of Supervisors will decide next week how to fill the District 1 vacancy after Nora Vargas unexpectedly announced she would not serve her second term.

San Diego County firefighters are responding to a brush fire near Julian Tuesday afternoon. Crews were called to the area near 3700 Wynola Road around 11:30 a.m. for a report of a 2-acre brush fire. Cal Fire San Diego said the fire was burning in grass with a moderate rate of spread.

Four San Diego State University fraternity members are facing criminal charges after one of the young men sustained third-degree burns on his body during a skit performed at their party, the county District Attorney announced Monday.

Four members of a San Diego State fraternity allegedly gave a pledge third-degree burns as part of a hazing ritual that left the young man in the hospital for weeks.