SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) — It’s been a busy summer for firefighters in San Diego County – but not only in the ways you may think. Local agencies have been responding to a high number of snake ...

The top areas with snake sightings in San Diego County area are El Cajon, Spring Valley, Fallbrook, Escondido and San Diego. Here's a breakdown of the numbers: El Cajon — 190; ...

Bruce Ireland fell in love with snakes as a boy and now spends afternoons and weekends rescuing rattlers from San Diego residential areas. San Diego snake wrangler aims to ease fear of reptiles ...

SAN DIEGO — A venomous snake bit a San Diego Zoo employee Monday afternoon, and paramedics took the staffer to a hospital. About 2 p.m., an African bush viper bit a wildlife care specialist who ...

Snakes, encouraged by recent warm temperatures, have already emerged from burrows and rock crevices to hunt for prey throughout the county’s lower-elevation hillsides and canyons. Gopher snakes ...

The snake that slithered out of a toilet in an office building in downtown San Diego apparently belonged to a resident in the building and may have gone missing while hunting for water, officials ...

“Hot Snakes?” my pal said. “I totally loved that band. Are you going?” That’s been the standard comeback among friends who were club-age back during the 1980s and 90s, when San Diego’s ...

San Diego toddler’s backyard snake bite bills totaled more than a quarter-million dollars For snakebite victims, antivenom is critical — and costly.

SAN DIEGO — Weather officials are warning of dangerously hot conditions to begin the week in some areas. An excessive heat warning will be in effect Monday at 10 a.m. – Tuesday at 8 p.m. for ...

"Although the San Diego Zoo cares for a number of venomous reptiles, incidents like this are very rare, and the snake was contained at all times with no risk of an escape," the zoo said.

A San Diego Zoo employee was hospitalized Monday afternoon after being bitten by a venomous snake, according to reports. The incident occurred as the wildlife care specialist was caring for the ...