LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- U-Haul Companies of San Diego and San Fernando Valley have joined together to offer 30 days of free storage to Southern California families who need to move their belongings away from the growing fire. Families needing more information about the 30-day free self-storage assistance program should contact the following storage facilities.

  U-Haul Center Foothills              U-Haul Storage Sycamore Avenue
  2320 North Lincoln Avenue              3559 East Colorado Boulevard
      Altadena, CA 91001                       Pasadena, CA 91107
        (626) 791-0952                           (626) 795-2102

      U-Haul Sun Valley                      U-Haul Center Pasadena
      7721 Hollywood Way                    552 South Raymond Avenue
      Burbank, CA 91505                        Pasadena, CA 91105
        (817) 577-1732                           (626) 795-6888

    U-Haul Canyon Country                   U-Haul Storage Carlsbad
     27150 Sierra Highway                     6175 Paseo Del Norte
   Canyon Country, CA 91351                    Carlsbad, CA 92009
        (661) 251-4444                           (760) 929-0425

    U-Haul Center Glendale                     U-Haul Chula Vista
   1313 South Brand Avenue                   99 North Fourth Avenue
      Glendale, CA 91204                     Chula Vista, CA 91910
        (818) 956-3740                           (619) 426-6432

   U-Haul Center Lancaster                   U-Haul Center El Cajon
     42925 Sierra Highway                        1186 East Main
     Lancaster, CA 93534                       El Cajon, CA 92021
        (661) 942-0421                           (619) 442-3483

    U-Haul Fletcher Drive                    U-Haul Mission Avenue
     2671 Fletcher Drive                    950 West Mission Avenue
    Los Angeles, CA 90039                     Escondido, CA 92025
        (323) 664-3516                           (760) 741-7805

   U-Haul Center El Centro                  U-Haul Center Oceanside
    1745 South 4th Street                   802 South Coast Highway
     El Centro, CA 92243                      Oceanside, CA 92054
        (760) 353-9800                           (760) 967-1251

  U-Haul Center Lemon Grove                  U-Haul Center Miramar
  1805 Massachusetts Avenue                     9650 Camino Ruiz
    Lemon Grove, CA 91945                     San Diego, CA 92126
        (619) 460-6370                           (858) 271-7753

    U-Haul Center of Poway                   U-Haul Center Baseline
       13210 Poway Road                        1198 East Baseline
       Poway, CA 92064                      San Bernardino, CA 92410
        (858) 486-3660                           (909) 885-4448

 U-Haul Storage Spring Valley                   U-Haul D Street
      8847 Jamacha Road                        110 South D Street
   Spring Valley, CA 91977                  San Bernardino, CA 92401
        (619) 589-1693                           (909) 884-6805

  U-Haul Foothill Boulevard                  U-Haul Center Redlands
   16823 Foothill Boulevard                   1200 Alabama Street
      Fontana, CA 92335                        Redlands, CA 92374
        (909) 824-5503                           (909) 793-8448

  U-Haul Center Garey Avenue               U-Haul Center Holt Avenue
   2190 North Garey Avenue                   1512 West Holt Avenue
       Pomona, CA 91767                         Pomona, CA 91768
        (909) 596-6591                           (909) 629-4103

 U-Haul Center of Moreno Valley              U-Haul Center of Corona
  23730 Sunnymead Boulevard                   314 East 6th Street
   Moreno Valley, CA 92553                      Corona, CA 92879
        (951) 247-0847                           (951) 736-7811

     U-Haul Palm Springs
       68075 Ramon Road
   Cathedral City, CA 92234
        (760) 324-4518

``This fire has already caused tremendous damage and inflicted extreme hardship on the communities we serve,'' stated Area District Vice President (ADVP) Tony Waters. ``I hope this effort will provide assistance to families that truly need a helping hand if this fire affects their areas. We will continue to help our friends and neighbors in this time of need.''

Since 1945, U-Haul has been the undisputed choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,950 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to more than 100,000 trucks, 78,500 trailers and 31,100 towing devices. As a result, U-Haul offers more than 384,000 rooms and more than 33.8 million square feet of storage space at more than 1,055 facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues as one of the nation's largest retailers of propane.

          U-Haul Public Relations
          Joanne Fried
          Ashleigh Wagner
          Nicole Shropshire
          (602) 263-6194
          publicrelations@uhaul.com