OUT SYMPTOMS OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. IF ANY. IT HAS BEEN A FEROCIOUS START TO THE YEAR WITH CLOSE TO A DOZEN WILDFIRES BURNING AROUND THE GOLDEN STATE. AND SINCE JANUARY, NEARLY 90,000 ACRES HAVE BEEN SCORCHED RAISING HUGE CONCERNS THAT IT COULD BE A VERY ROUGH WILDFIRE SEASON. AND JUST TODAY, A BRUSH FIRE BROKE OUT IN TEARS SANTA. AND THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OUR JULIETTE VARA LIVE TONIGHT WITH ALL THE DETAILS. JULIA. >> YES, PHIL CAL FIRE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 36 A FIRE SO FAR IN THE COUNTY THIS YEAR. THAT'S MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. AND AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY, AROUND 5 O'CLOCK, THERE WAS A SMALL BRUSH FIRE THAT BROKE OUT HERE IN THIS CANYON IN TIER US EQUALLY NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT OF COURSE, IT SCARED A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA. THIS IS A REMINDER THAT AS THE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM UP ALL OF THIS GRASS AND ALL OF THIS VEGETATION YOU SEE HERE CONTINUES TO GET DRIER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. >> AND EARLY EVENING, BRUSH FIRE AND TEAR CENTER SENT PLUMES OF SMOKE IN THE AIR AND DEPLOYED DOZENS OF SAN DIEGO. FIREFIGHTERS. THE FLAMES THREATENING HOMES ALONG THE RIDGE OF SHEPHERD CANYON NEAR ANTIGUA BOULEVARD. SOME RESIDENTS EVEN THROWING BUCKETS OF WATER OVER THE FENCE. THANKFULLY, CREWS KNOCKED IT OUT VERY QUICKLY. BUT WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY BRUSH DRYING UP WILDFIRE FUEL IS EVERYWHERE. SO THIS IS MIKE WE THIS IS A CALL PLANT THAT. WE SEE IT IN OUR COUNTY. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A WHITE FLOWERS HERE >> EARLIER IN THE SEASON THAT FLOWERS TURNED WHITE. AND THEN ONCE IT STARTS TRYING 2 TURNS TO THIS RUST COLOR. CAL FIRE CAPTAIN MIKE, A CORNET POINTING OUT THIS VEGETATION IN RANCHO, BERNARDO, IT'S EVERYWHERE YOU TURN AND THE PERFECT FUEL FOR A FIRE TO THIS FIRE SEASON IS GOING TO BE LITTLE MORE >> GIVEN THAT THE WARMING TREND, THE FUEL MOISTURES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN, THAT YOU'LL START TO DRY CREATING A A PRIME CONDITIONS FOR WILDFIRES. >> THIS YEAR, 90,000 ACRES HAVE BURNED ALREADY IN CALIFORNIA. THAT'S MORE THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. THIS AS THE SITES FIRE IN COLUSA COUNTY IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO RAGE. 19,000 ACRES ALREADY ATTACKED. MEANWHILE, IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THE POST FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 15,000 ACRES WITH ROUGHLY 50% CONTAINMENT AS OF THURSDAY AND FATHER'S DAY, WE HAD THE 3 FIRES IN THE WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN THE IN OUR FIRES, REGIONAL HERE. 95% OF FIRES ARE HUMAN CAUSED. >> OF THOSE 95%, 100% ARE PREVENTABLE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, BE CAREFUL AND WATCH WHAT YOU DO AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN EVACUATION PLAN IN PLACE JUST IN CASE. >> AND CAL FIRE SAYS THAT THEY ARE PREPARED AND THEY ARE FULLY STAFFED FOR THE SEASON. AS FOR THIS FIRE THAT HAPPENED HERE TONIGHT IN TERRA SANTA. THANKFULLY AGAIN, NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. BUT FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT HERE AND SO THEY WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT AS
