SAN DIEGO — Authorities issued evacuation orders and warnings to nearby areas early Friday morning as a wildfire in the Otay Wilderness Area exploded to 4,250 acres in rugged terrain overnight.

Firefighters were able to halt the fire’s forward rate of spread about an hour later, allowing evacuation orders to be lifted. Evacuations lifted after fire erupts in La Jolla At Otay Mountain, ...

CBP did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the agreement. The $1.3 billion Otay Mesa East border crossing project, designed for both commercial and passenger vehicles, was once ...