Roughly 80% of the iconic seafront landmark should be available for public use once again Thursday, two weeks after the fire erupted for unknown reasons, gutting a vacant restaurant building and snack shop and sending a towering plume of black smoke to the east.
Several San Diego County legislators sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday, asking his administration to provide emergency funding to repair the Oceanside Pier, which was damaged recently in a fire.
Firefighters Friday continued dousing smoldering hot spots on the fire-ravaged Oceanside Pier, a day after flames engulfed the western end of the historic seafront landmark in the northwestern corner of San Diego County.