Josh Premako

City Editor at the Signal Newspaper in Santa Clarita

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Much of Southern California  is on fire tonight with serious blazes in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties.  But once again, the worst of it is in  San Diego County , where…

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Much of Southern California is on fire tonight with serious blazes in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino Counties.  But once again, the worst of it is in San Diego County , where…

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