Man suspected of setting nine fires across Southern California

A 48-year-old man has been arrested and accused of setting a string of arson fires — nine in all — in parched San Diego brush in November, including one blaze that briefly forced evacuations, Cal Fire officials said Monday.

The man, who is homeless, was taken into custody on Saturday, the day the last two fires in the series were ignited, the state agency said in a news release. Authorities did not say where he was arrested. He remained jailed without bail Monday; online jail records indicate...