YOU MAY SEE SMOKE

Prescribed burn to begin in Cleveland National Forest
PALOMAR MOUNTAIN -- Fire officials today will begin a prescribed burn of about 630 acres in the Cleveland National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday.
The burn, expected to continue through May, will remove vegetation to maintain fuel breaks and improve forest health, Forest Service officials said. Locations of the burn will be: 75 acres in the Fry Creek Campground area, 55 acres near the six-mile marker along East Grade Road south of Palomar Divide and 175 acres on the North Slope of Aguanga Ridge. Columns of smoke may be visible near these sites during the burn.