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Fire Log

July 7, 2019 • 10:23:59 AM EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury at 2616 Alpine in Alpine • 9:16:07 PM EMS call, excluding vehicle accident...

Fire Log

June 30, 2019 • 8:17:50 AM Dispatched & canceled en route at 5000 Willows Road in Alpine • 9:36:52 AM EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with...

Causes of fire insurance increase

Fire insurance costs and coverage, since the West Fire and other wildfires in California, have affected Alpine residents. Jolene Hilldebrand, who lives in the Alpine...

Rescuers train for animal, human retrieval

San Diego Humane Society, San Diego County Department of Animal Services, and local volunteer firefighters joined forces for Animal Fire Rescue Training on June...

Fire starter handed decade-plus prison sentence

Fourteen years in prison was handed down June 4 for a Boulevard arsonist who had jumped bail and was a fugitive for a year. Anthony...

Fire preparation

The Back Country Land Trust pulled together the Greater Alpine Fire Safe Council, United States Forest Service, Animal Fire Rescue and other groups June...

Fleeing driver charged with murder

The driver of a vehicle who refused to pull over for federal agents and eventually crashed near Boulevard was ordered June 4 to stand...

Public urged to file fire hazard reports online

The Alpine Fire Protection District encourages residents to use their online form, Hazard Complaints, to report any condi­tions that may lead to a fire. “It...

Competency hearing set in case of man accused of homicide

Criminal proceedings have been suspended for an Alpine man ac­cused of killing his girlfriend, Melanie Benitez, after his attorney said he might not be...