Camp Pendleton Fire Nearly Out; County Names Tijuana River Crisis Coordinator
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The Henderson Fire at Camp Pendleton reached 95% containment Monday, having burned 3,260 acres with no reported injuries. Las Pulgas Gate and Stuart Mesa Road have reopened, though Las Pulgas Road itself remains restricted to emergency vehicles and required personnel. Power has been restored to the 31 and 41 areas of the base, while the 43 Area remains without electricity pending infrastructure assessments. The fire's cause is still under investigation.
San Diego County announced October 19th the appointment of Bridget Premont as its new pollution crisis chief for the Tijuana River Valley response. Her coordination mandate spans county public health, public works, environmental health, emergency services, legal, and communications departments, while also encompassing relationships with both U.S. and Mexican federal partners — a scope that signals the county is treating the contamination as a chronic condition requiring dedicated cross-agency management rather than a discrete incident.
The appointment follows a particularly severe pollution event last month in which bacteria levels at Imperial Beach hit 50 times the safe threshold after a rain event. The county had already converted its Tijuana River subcommittee into a permanent standing committee in October; Premont's hire represents a further institutionalization of that response. The county's own release indicates this is an administrative appointment within existing authority rather than a new Board of Supervisors vote.
Separately, the University City Community Association issued a scam alert October 19th warning homeowners about fraudsters impersonating its board members and soliciting payments via Zelle, wire transfer, ACH, or cryptocurrency. No confirmed loss amount has been reported and no arrest announced. Officials advise verifying any payment request from a community association through contact information sourced independently — not from the message itself — before transferring funds through any of those difficult-to-reverse channels.