Wind lull calms California fires
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Southern California firefighters take advantage of lower winds to contain the remaining major wildfires.
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A calm Christmas Day dawned for residents of the interior West, Southwest and Northeast, though storms loomed over the Southeast, Pacific Northwest and Midwest.
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A cold weather front was helping to quell wildfires across several western US states on Tuesday but authorities warned the risk of further blazes across the region remained high.
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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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EL CAJON, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of six bodies.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 14--As temperatures soared Wednesday, emergency personnel took to land, water and air to battle two small fires in the North County and another near Arroyo Grande, all just before 3 p.m.
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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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Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border.
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Dying winds gave California firefighters their first big break on Wednesday after four days battling wildfires, but San Diego faced more calamity as blazes there burned out of control and kept more than half a million evacuees from returning home.
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RAMONA, California  - Cooler, calmer weather helped firefighters gain the upper hand over seven remaining wildfires in Southern California on Sunday as residents sought clean water, food, and help rebuilding their lost homes.
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Gusty winds forecast for this afternoon are adding to the worries for firefighters battling a wildfire that already has burned at least 276 homes and buildings near Lake Tahoe in California. On Tuesday, winds breathed new life into the fire, causing it to jump across a fire line and threaten additional buildings, a fire official said.
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California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 500,000 people raged into a fifth day on Thursday but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.
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The desert winds that stoked a destructive wildfire diminished Monday, easing the threat from flames in this Southern California city where the blaze gutted five homes.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS  OJAI, Calif. - Helicopters lifted off as winds calmed Sunday, ferrying water and transporting firefighters to battle a three-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 200 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest.
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS OJAI, Calif. - Helicopters lifted off as winds calmed Sunday, ferrying water and transporting firefighters to battle a three-week-old wildfire that has scorched more than 200 square miles of the Los Padres National Forest.
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Firefighters took advantage of calm, humid weather Wednesday morning to extend containment lines around part of a 1,000-acre wildfire that forced scores of people from their homes.
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A wind-driven wildfire on Saturday   threatened some of California's premier vineyards and the   winemaking city of Napa, one of several blazes kindled across   the state by dry conditions and seasonal Santa Ana winds.