![]() Wolfsheimer started in the San Diego City Attorney’s Office, eventually became one of San Diego’s highest profile land-use attorneys and lobbyists. He was a multiple winner of the Medal of Valor, the highest award given to firefighters in the state. He fought the 1970 Laguna fire and the 2003 Cedar fire during his time with the U.S Forest Service and then the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as well as thousands of others in between. ![]() Clayton was the most decorated firefighter in the history of what is now Cal Fire. “He was a legend in the fire service,” said retired Cal Fire Battalion Chief Ray Chaney. 28, age 77Ī wildland firefighting expert who saved countless lives and entire towns during a career that spanned 50 years. He went on to found the Weather Channel during the early days of cable television, creating a station that evolved from a blip in the ratings to the place millions of Americans turn to first to track a storm. He also was the first forecaster for ABC’s “Good Morning America” in the 1970s. ![]() He was at KUSI from 1994 to 2014, when he retired. He also angered many people by insisting that global warming was a hoax. The San Diego weatherman entertained television viewers by the way he would sing the letter U in KUSI-TV’s call sign and yell “breeeeze!” when the wind was howling. San Diegans who left us in 2018 John Coleman - Jan. ![]()
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