What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.

San Diego is expected to get hit by its first major storm of the year this week following the single slowest start to the region’s typical “rainy season” in recorded history.

For San Diego County, rainfall is expected to range from 0.75 to 1.25 inch near the coast to 2 to 3 inches in the mountains ...