A new wildfire spread quickly on Thursday in Southern California near the U.S.-Mexico border, The blaze is in the Otay Mountain Wilderness, home to the endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and other unique species.

Mauricio Arellano, superintendent of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which co-sponsored the Wednesday, Jan. 22, event, told the crowd of about 50 that all children in the U.S. have a right to a free public education — regardless of immigration status.

The Coast Guard started flying migrants to states along the border on Saturday. The Air Force is assigned to fly them out of the country.

The Border 2 Fire burning at Otay Mountain near San Diego is yet another blaze in fire-weary Southern California. See the fire map.

Active-duty military personnel began arriving along the southern border Thursday evening after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to address the immigration crisis.

Canada and Mexico have sent firefighting crews to help battle the blazes in the Los Angeles area, and Ukraine also has offered assistance. But social media posts misleadingly claim "$00,000,000" in "foreign aid" has been offered to the U.

President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles.

Multiple VERIFY readers, including Kimberly, Jeff, Trish and Karin, asked if that’s true. Mexico and Canada have sent firefighters to southern California to help battle the Los Angeles-area wildfires, according to Mexico’s president, Canada’s prime ...

Rain brought much needed aid to the Los Angeles firefight, moving the fires surrounding the city closer to containment.

Yet in L.A., prisoners themselves are bringing hope to the community. The state of California has for more than a century operated a volunteer Conservation (Fire) Camp Program, which allows eligible incarcerated persons to support local, state and federal agencies in responding to a variety of emergencies, including fires.

Dozens of New Mexico firefighters returned home this week after helping with the massive efforts to contain the wildfires in southern California that have killed at least two dozen people and destroyed thousands of homes and other buildings,

Military units from across the country are rushing to provide reinforcement along the southern border following President Donald Trump’s executive order last week declaring a national emergency there.