Highway 80 just north of the mexican border. A refuge for some from freeways fatigue. Bill gore is the San Diego County sheriff. Its kind of out in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful countryside in the mountains but very isolated. And it was to boulevard up on ross avenue that firefighters were rolled out to a report of a log cabin on fire. That was the start of everything. August 4th, a sunday night about 8 00. Pretty quickly, i assume, you knew who the homeowner was. We immediately identified James Dimaggio as the homeowner. The 40yearold was single and worked in telecommunications at the Scripps Research institute. He was the kind of person that was caring and thoughtful. Andrew spanswick says his friend jim was steady and relabel as they get. He would always help anybody in need. Not just people, but animals. Now it looked as though jim was the one who needed help in the worst way. His cabin was a tinderbox, gone. Firefighters couldnt save it. And they quickly made a terrible discove