San Diego's Fires: The View From Iraq
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Marines in Fallujah with loved ones back home in California find that the dangers have been reversed
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An eyewitness account of the vicious battle to retake the  Iraqi city
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 -- The fires of Southern California were largely abating on Sunday. Hills on both ends of San Diego County still blazed, as did a wooded canyon in Orange County and the tall, dead trees of the San Bernardino Mountains. But with a weekend of favorable winds and even a smattering...
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24 -- With winds gradually dying, evacuees from Southern California's devastating wildfires began returning to their homes in some areas Wednesday, but new fires threatened the Camp Pendleton Marine base and major power lines and forced the closure of a key highway during the morning...
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By David Pollak, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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A rapidly moving, "zero-percent-contained" wildfire rampaging through the plush suburbs of Malibu could have meant disaster for Pepperdine University's data center, but CIO Timothy Chester credits a solid contingency plan (and a wall of firefighters) for averting catastrophe.
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NEW YORK Two months ago, when wildfires scorched hundreds of square miles in Southern California, forcing the evacuation of a half-million people, listenership spiked on KNX Radio, the CBS-owned outlet in Los Angeles. But the uptick wasn't for the station's on-air signal; listeners had instead tuned into the station on the Internet.
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Drought, housing expansion, and oversupply of tinder make for bigger, hotter fires.
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By Scott Marshall, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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QUESTION: Mr. President, American forces are gearing up for what appears to be a major offensive in Fallujah over the next several days. I'm wondering if you could tell us what the objective is, what the stakes are there for the United States, for the Iraqi people, and the Iraqi elections coming up in January?
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Findings and recommendations by recent studies on the Iraq war:
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It is 4:45 p.m. West Coast time: It is like a nuclear bomb went off here in San Diego. We have been evacuated from our home early this a.m.
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By Steve Ramirez, Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M.  Feb. 2--OROGRANDE -- The war in Iraq was played out Thursday in the  southern New Mexico.
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By AARON C. DAVIS  By Aaron C. Davis  The Associated Press   MEYERS, Calif.
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Iraqis inspect the rubble of a destroyed house following US air strikes on the city of Falluja. Photograph: Mohammed Khodor/Reuters.
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A car burns in Mosul, Iraq after exploding next to a convoy of US forces Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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News reports on Iraq paint a picture of a country trapped in a cycle of violence and destruction. The sceptics and nay-sayers don&#39;t believe Iraqis are ready for democracy.