The 2004 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's 34th season in the National Football League (NFL), its 44th overall and the third under head coach Marty Schottenheimer.The team improved on their 4–12 record in 2003 and finished the regular season 12–4 and made the playoffs for the first time in nine years, as it was the team's first division title since the 1994 … The fires triggered the largest evacuation in San Diego County, forcing more than 500,000 people from their homes. Also sign up for our community newspaper newsletters, and CaregiverSD.Guides Smooth Like Strait to victory in the La Jolla HandicapHe joins Nicklaus, Woods and McIlroy as only golfers to win PGA before turning 24Writing is on the wall that San Diego State — and everyone else — won’t be playing the 2020 seasonDinelson Lamet takes no-hitter into the seventh inning after Padres go up 9-0 on six homers in the first three innings. Conditions with which he must complyto remain free while the case is pending likely will be set at hisarraignment, Lasater said.Some Ramona residents whose homes were destroyed by the fireMartinez is alleged to have set said Tuesday they didn’t totallyblame him.“I feel bad for the guy,” said Bob Shepherd, who lost his homeon Ziegler Court in the San Diego Country Estates area of Ramona. For other fires with the same name, see A dozen simultaneous wildfires in October 2003; the Cedar Fire is the group of large red dots right of center. Gosh, I have conflictingemotions … people lost their lives because of it, and I guessyou’re going to have to pay the consequences. Several hours later, whenSanta Ana winds kicked up in Ramona, the once-small blaze grewuncontrollably.The Associated Press contributed to this story. By midnight it was 5,500 acres, and by 3:00 a.m. 62,000 acres. The Witch Creek and Guejito Fires were among 21 wildfires burning in Southern California. The 2003 fire season was another tragedy for California, with 5,953 separate fires that burned 750,043 acres, the largest total area in fifty years. California accounted for 7,217 of the wildfires that year, with a loss of 234,669 acres.By the time the 14 major fires were extinguished, 24 lives were lost, 3,710 homes were destroyed and 750,043 acres were blackened. Put another way, the blazes hadcombined to … The communities of Scripps Ranch and Tierrasanta were hardest hit, according to the City. Roblar 2 The Police and Fire-Rescue departments work together within our communities to provide the highest level of quality service and protection. It started October 25 in the Cleveland National Forest when a hunter got lost and lit a fire to signal for help. Contact staffwriter Scott Marshall at (760) 631-6623 orSANDAG’s Ikhrata spent nearly two years crusading for a massive transit expansion. "I think he just made a stupid mistake. A hunter had called 911 to report that he lost his partneraround 10 a.m. while the two men were hunting deer.Weldon and Deputy Rocky Laws saw a plume of black smokesurrounded by 10-foot-high sage and a few oak trees. But they said crews couldn’t reach the areathrough flammable brush and timber.Many fire victims, however, have been more critical of thedepartment’s decision not to use firefighting helicopters to attackthe fire because it was close to sunset. SergioMartinez could not be reached for comment.The four-page indictment charges that Martinez willfully set afire without authority in the Cleveland National Forest adjacent toEagle Peak Road in the Kessler Flat area and that he “knowingly andwillfully” made false statements to officials by denying that hestarted a fire there.The indictment also includes 16 special allegations that thefire created a “substantial risk of death or bodily injury” toothers, that the Cedar fire resulted in 14 deaths, and that theblaze caused more than $400 million in damage. In 1988, fire swept through Yellowstone National Park and the Scapegoat Wilderness area in Western Montana charring 250,000 acres. It started 25 miles east of San Diego, in the Cleveland National Forest, when a hunter became lost and lit a small fire to signal for help. The loss was estimated at $204 million. In addition, countless miles of power lines were damaged, communication systems destroyed, watersheds reduced to bare scorched soils and thousands of people were forced into evacuation centers, unsure if they would have a home to return to—many did not (It was in San Diego County where the largest fires and greatest damage occurred in 2003.A helicopter drops water to save a home in Hot Santa Ana winds fan the flames of the Cedar rural San Diego fire in late October, 2000California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The fire crossed into the City of San Diego October 26. The property damage is estimated at almost $30 million and firefighting costs at $28.5 million. •Fire Effects on Vegitation •Fire Effects on Wildlife . Before, During, and After a Wildfire--What You Should Do! At 5:30 in the evening of October 25, it was reported at 20 acres. But the year 2000 was an historic wildfire season in the southwestern and western states due to bone dry conditions.