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Various casinos around the San Diego area are remaining open, some running on generators and most providing shelter for fleeing community members.

The Viejas casino and surrounding reservation near Alpine is serving as a staging area for firefighters, who are dining at the casino's buffet and using the tribe's recreation center to rest, said spokesman Bob Scheid.

“They're sleeping in shifts out there,” he said.

The casino has also become a gathering point for truckers and drivers of recreational vehicles. High winds are keeping large vehicles off Interstate 8, and the casino is allowing people to park their RVs in its parking lots, he said.

People are still able to gamble, he said.