It was still raining, Sunday, in parts of San Diego County.
Heavy rain started falling early Saturday as an ‘atmospheric river’ system swept across Southern California dropping up to three inches of rain in parts of North County.
Dannielle Milliken stopped by the Deer Springs Fire Protection District Station 3, Sunday morning, looking for more sand bags. “I took 12 bags, and I know there’s more here if I need them.” She and her husband own a house nearby in Escondido and were caught off guard by Saturday’s downpour.
“(My husband) does the sand bags and he’s got his barriers up, too. But, it was just a little more rain than he thought yesterday. The continuous hard rain did some damage,” Milliken said.
M.G. Perez
M.G. Perez
Heavy rain drenched drivers on Interstate 15, Sunday, falling from large clouds still heavy with moisture, November 16, 2025.
On March 1, 2025, Governor Newsom declared a state-wide burn suspension proclamation limiting fires for any residential or agricultural brush and debris. Because of the recent heavy rainfall, some northern counties have decided to lift that ban.
It remains in effect for the CAL Fire protection district that covers 1.8 million acres in San Diego County and parts of Imperial County. But that could change later this week after the next atmospheric river event runs through Tuesday.
Captain Mike Cornette, public information officers for San Diego CAL Fire told NBC 7, “we need to make sure that the fuel moistures are up to a level where we feel comfortable allowing residents to burn. That means if fire does escape it’s not going to become large and catastrophic.”
Free sand bags are available at county and CAL Fire stations as well as through most municipalities. A complete list of location is here.
M.G. Perez
M.G. Perez
A rainbow was captured over the the runway at San Diego International Airport, Sunday, November 16, 2025.