Stars stranded as California fires move inland
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Fierce desert winds continued to propel a series of wildfires in southern California yesterday, causing 300,000 people to flee their homes and destroying more than 1,000 homes in the San Diego area alone.
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By The Associated Press  LAKE ARROWHEAD -- Two wind-fanned fires erupted Tuesday in the forests of Southern California, as a moist ocean breeze helped slow a massive blaze burning for more than two weeks near the coast.
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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 continued to battle devastating wildfires across Southern California today, while officials announced that the number of evacuees seeking shelter at Qualcomm Stadium had dwindled to a few hundred and said the shelter would shut down today.
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Wildfires have forced some 300,000 southern Californians to flee their homes.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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Southern California firefighters take advantage of lower winds to contain the remaining major wildfires.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO Sept. 5, 2004 - Hot dry winds hampered the efforts of firefighters battling a 9,200-acre wildfire in California wine country on Sunday, and promised no respite for the next two days.
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A weekend of good weather means the fires are finally on the wane -- and the time to ask how California coped is here
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Firefighters were hampered by erratic wind and low humidity Monday as they made slow progress against a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres and four homes in the Northern California wine country.
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CASTAIC, Calif. - Firefighters battled high winds and low humidity Saturday as they tried to keep a fire that has already scorched nearly 48 square miles of dry brush and timber from jumping a major highway and threatening homes.
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Cooler weather helped firefighters make progress on three wildfires that have burned more than 95,000 acres of Southern California forests, including two new blazes and one that has lingered for more than two weeks.
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With the worst of the wildfires dying down, many Southern Californians lucky enough to find their homes still standing could nevertheless face hardships for weeks to come, including polluted air, no electricity and no drinking water.
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Wildfires driven by high winds and dry conditions raged across Southern California today, scorching thousands of acres and forcing 250,000 people in San Diego County to flee their homes.
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The latest updates on the wildfires raging across Southern California.
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A weekend of good weather means the fires are finally on the wane  -  and the time to ask how California coped is here