From far and wide, helpers pour into a fire-stricken San Diego
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At least 1,000 volunteers reach out to evacuees; local fire crews get additional backup.
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California firefighters aided by cooler weather Wednesday reported steady progress on a fire that has burned for nearly four days through the Cleveland National Forest east of San Diego.
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Firefighters continued making progress today in taming the wildfires that devastated Southern California this week, but thousands of homes remained imperiled and officials said they had found two burned bodies in a home outside San Diego.
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As if the heavy rain weren&#39;t unusual enough, something else occurred yesterday that&#39;s even more rare in San Diego. In fact, more than one current Charger wasn&#39;t born the last time it happened
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The tent city housing thousands of wildfire evacuees at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium could be mistaken for a county fair, with stiltwalkers and abundant refreshments. But in a cold slap of reality, evacuees in one tent privately read the list of nearly 1,600 homes that have been destroyed.
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Favorable weather and firefighter reinforcements have helped ease the fire danger in parts of Southern California, but the human toll from the disaster was still coming to light.
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Aided by cooler weather, firefighters in Southern California were gaining ground on two wildfires that raged through brush left dry by high summer temperatures.
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At least nine wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing hundreds to evacuate the wealthy enclave of Malibu where five homes went up in flames.
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Specialists arrived Tuesday to help extinguish a five-day-old sugar-refinery fire burning too intensely and deeply for standard firefighting to douse, and officials feared the deadly blaze could once again trigger explosions.
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President Bush mobilized the federal emergency assistance establishment today on behalf of Southern California officials struggling with devastating wildfires that are forecast to get bigger
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While life began returning to normal in parts of Southern California today, more than 20,000 homes are still at risk from several large blazes.
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OJAI, Calif. - Fire crews made an all-out effort Thursday to surround a two-week-old wildfire before hot, dry Santa Ana winds arrived to renew its ferocity.  At the same time, they made progress against two smaller blazes also burning in national forests.
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By Darin Fenger, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Sep. 11--Eleven fire departments continued to battle a stubborn blaze near Bard, Calif., on Sunday evening, pitting humans and water against a fire that had been burning since some time Friday.
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Firefighters were so busy battling a warehouse blaze Tuesday that they needed outside help &#151; to protect their own fire station.
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SAN DIEGO -- As driving rain hit and high winds began pummeling San Diego Tuesday, residents braced for a powerful storm that has caused deadly collisions, delayed flights and created floods elsewhere in the state.
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The home to the San Diego Chargers was transformed overnight into the home for up to 10,000 people seeking shelter from wildfires that have swept through the region.
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FALLBROOK, California  - Cool weather and light winds helped thousands of firefighters beat back Southern California wildfires on Saturday as residents ventured through charred landscapes to see if their homes were still standing.