An Interview with a San Diego Sheriff's Sergeant Regarding a Series of Incidents after the Laguna Fire of 1970 witnessed in San Diego County, California

Open Map

"The Zoobies" -- 1992 interview with Sgt. Doug Huse, San Diego County Sheriffs Department MONEYMAKER: Okay, just go ahead and tell me about yourself, when you started working there and so on. HUSE: I started working the Alpine area (east of San Diego, California) in March of 1970. I came to the department the previous year. I was working out there in a patrol capacity for the San Diego County Sheriff's Department I was a deputy at the time and actually worked Alpine for about 2 years, from March of 1970 to April of 1972. As far as trying to recall exactly when this went down, the best I can come up with is that it was after the Laguna fire of 1970 ... September of 1970. MONEYMAKER: The Laguna fire affected which areas? HUSE: Well, it was the largest brush fire at the time in California history, and burned specifically in the Sweetwater River area from east of Alpine all the way south and west, probably another 15 miles. It was quite an extensive burn and through the area ...