By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
One by one, they returned from the fire lines and steered their clunkers into a gravel parking lot. The dust from their wheels rose into the Pauma Valley and blended into the smoke billowing from three mountaintops behind them.
One had two chain saws in the bed of a [...]

Posted on October 26th, 2007 by admin
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Nikki Symington
Hoping the worst of the firestorm that roared over the Rincon Reservation, destroying 61 structures is over, the Rincon Tribal Council cautiously begins the recovery process and continues to assist evacuees with the help of a Red Cross shelter that opened last night in the Harrah’s Rincon Resort and Casino entertainment pavilion.
“Our prayers go [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2007 by admin
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by: Shadi Rahimi
All Don Magee could see was darkness when he looked outside his office on the Pala Band of Mission Indians reservation Oct. 24.
The sky above the reservation 55 miles northeast of San Diego was covered in a thick fog and ashes were “falling all over,” said Magee, the tribe’s housing director.
“You can’t see [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2007 by admin
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By: EDWARD SIFUENTES - Staff Writer
Firefighters worked throughout the day Wednesday battling flames threatening homes atop Palomar Mountain and in nearby communities at the bottom.
The 25,000 acre Poomacha fire started on the La Jolla Indian Reservation near Palomar Mountain early Tuesday morning. It spread south and southwest by strong winds into the Rincon, San Pasqual [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2007 by admin
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By EMILY ALPERT Voice Staff Writer
Leonard Banegas Sr. said not evacuating was the only thing that saved his house during the Cedar Fire.
Photo: Emily Alpert
The Neiderts’ phone rang Sunday night, warning of wildfires surging north and east of their Barona home.
John Neidert stayed.
Lynn Neidert went.
“In my opinion, there was no reason to leave,” said John [...]

Posted on October 25th, 2007 by admin
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By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER
A day after fire swept through the Rincon Indian reservation in North County, destroying 65 homes, trailers and other buildings, a tribal council member wondered when outside help would arrive.
“We were left behind, nobody here to help,” Councilwoman Stephanie Spencer said yesterday. “We are doing everything we can with our [...]

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New America Media, Commentary, Louis E.V. Nevaer
The United States is seeing a resurgence of Native Americans in the form of immigrants who are descendents of North America’s indigenous populations. As Native Americans, they are terrifying precisely because they have a moral claim to cross the borders imposed on their lands, writes NAM contributor Louis E.V. [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
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By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER

San Diego firefighters put out hot spots yesterday in the cemetery at St. Francis of Xavier Catholic Church on the Jamul Indian Reservation.

Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
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10NEWS.com
At least eight homes were destroyed overnight by a fire that erupted on La Jolla Indian Reservation, a county spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The fire, headed toward Palomar Mountain on the north and the Cleveland National Forest on the east, was burning out of control, reportedly on both sides of state Route 76.
Eight homes in La Jolla [...]

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By Onell R. Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Flames burned through and near San Diego County’s Indian reservations, burning down historic buildings and homes, and threatening a casino Tuesday.
The Poomacha fire began in the middle of the night in a house on the La Jolla Indian reservation and quickly spread west, blackening more than 7,000 acres there [...]

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by admin
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