http://www.newsvine.com/southern-californiansNewsvine - southern-californiansen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:31:51 +0000Tue, 21 May 2013 04:12:27 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/10/13787293-salton-sea-fingered-as-culprit-of-big-calif-stinkhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/10/13787293-salton-sea-fingered-as-culprit-of-big-calif-stinkusbigsouthern-californialos-angelesus-newsstinksalton-seasouthern-californiansMon, 10 Sep 2012 23:15:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>File - In a Dec. 27, 2010 file photo, a fallen tree supports numerous heron nests in the mud of Southern California's Salton Sea. As public officials sought a solid answer for what made Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 so pungent in Southern California, one answer proposed was a weather-aided waft of a fish die-off from the Salton Sea. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)</p><p>This Sept. 8, 2012 photo shows dead fish along the Salton Sea shoreline in Southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District posted an update in which it acknowledged the possibility that dead fish at the Salton Sea are the source of the rotten-egg smell reported all day Monday. The update noted, however, that "it is highly unusual for odors to remain strong up to 150 miles from their source." (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>This Sept. 8, 2012 photo shows dead fish along the Salton Sea shoreline in Southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District posted an update in which it acknowledged the possibility that dead fish at the Salton Sea are the source of the rotten-egg smell reported all day Monday. The update noted, however, that "it is highly unusual for odors to remain strong up to 150 miles from their source." (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9147631-new-numbers-bring-ca-outage-total-to-643000http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9147631-new-numbers-bring-ca-outage-total-to-643000uswesterndiane-johnsonsouthern-californiaus-newswindssouthern-california-edisonsouthern-californianspublic-utilities-commissiondalen-guytonThu, 1 Dec 2011 21:35:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Los Angeles City firefighters look over a eucalyptus tree that fell on a house and knocked down power lines, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Fierce Santa Ana winds hit Southern California on Wednesday night, causing scattered power outages and property damage, with gusts exceeding 50 mph. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) </p><p>A significant wind event will continue across California and the Great Basin, while snow will persist from the central Plains to central Great Basin. A cold front will trigger more snow showers to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes.</p><p>Palm fronds line a street in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 after high winds flipped over trees and trucks and knocked out power to more than 300,000 California customers early Thursday before moving inland, where schools in a Utah town closed because of 100 mph wind gusts. (AP Photo/Alicia Chang)</p><p>A tipped semi truck lies along the shoulder of I-15 northbound near Farmington, Utah, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 High winds ripping through Utah have overturned several semi-trucks, knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers and prompted school closures. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann) </p><p>Kindergarteners from a Jewish Community Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, take a quick field trip to the front of the JCC to check out the large pine that was knocked over by strong winds on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. High winds ripping through Utah have overturned several semi-trucks, knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers and prompted school closures. (AP Photo/ The Salt Lake Tribune, Francisco Kjolseth) </p><p>Neighbors help remove a tree that toppled onto the house of Don and Louise Lochhead in Bountiful, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. High winds ripping through Utah have overturned several semi-trucks, knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers and prompted school closures. (AP Photo/ The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) </p><p>Amy Beckstead checks out the damage caused by the trees that were blown over onto her house in Bountiful, Utah. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. High winds ripping through Utah have overturned several semi-trucks, knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers and prompted school closures. (AP Photo/Rick Egan, The Salt Lake Tribune)</p><p>Keith Curo, of Pasadena, stops to look over the damage caused by a fallen tree at a Shell gas station on the corner of North San Gabriel Avenue and East Colorado Boulevard, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Pasadena, Calif. Some of the worst winds in years blasted through California overnight, sweeping through canyons, gusting up to 97 mph, and toppling trees and trucks while knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)</p><p>A semi-truck toppled in the wind on I-15 in Centerville, Utah on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. High winds ripping through Utah have overturned several semi-trucks, knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers and prompted school closures. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Leah Hogsten) </p><p>Omie Ismail helps his neighbor Floyd Floven, not pictured, clear a fallen tree, caused by the Santa Ana winds, from his front yard on Mountain Street, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, in Pasadena, Calif. Some of the fiercest winds in years slammed California and move across the West, with gusts near 100 mph flipping trees and trucks, snarling air traffic and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)</p><p>A van parked in the Highland Park section of Los Angeles and another car are shown damaged by trees early Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 as high Santa Ana winds up to 50 and 60 MPH tore through the southland. The high winds flipped over trees and trucks and knocked out power to more than 300,000 California customers. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)</p><p>Pedestrians, left, view trees blown over during a wind storm Thursday Dec. 1, 2011 in Pasadena, Calif. High winds flipped over trees and trucks and knocked out power to more than 300,000 California customers. (AP Photo/John Antczak) </p><p>Crews from Southern California Edison power company work to clean up and restore power on Live Oak Avenue, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Temple City, Calif. With more than 100,000 people still without power Friday from one of the biggest windstorms to hit the Western United States in years, people began cutting up felled trees, hauling away trash and firing up power generators. Particularly hard hit was the Los Angeles suburb of Temple City, where winds toppled telephone poles like dominos, leaving three-quarters of the city's 35,000 residents without power for several days. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)</p><p>Julian Francis, 7, of Pasadena, stands next to a fallen tree, caused by the Santa Ana winds, near the intersection of East Mountain Street and North Hill Avenue, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Pasadena, Calif. On Friday hundreds of thousands of people remained without power in Southern California and crews struggled to clean up smashed trees, toppled power lines and debris-strewn roadways. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)</p><p>Crews from Southern California Edison power company work to clean up and restore power on Live Oak Avenue, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Temple City, Calif. With more than 100,000 people still without power Friday from one of the biggest windstorms to hit the Western United States in years, people began cutting up felled trees, hauling away trash and firing up power generators. Particularly hard hit was the Los Angeles suburb of Temple City, where winds toppled telephone poles like dominos, leaving three-quarters of the city's 35,000 residents without power for several days. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)</p><p>Crews work to clean up and restore power on Live Oak Avenue, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Temple City, Calif. With more than 100,000 people still without power Friday from one of the biggest windstorms to hit the Western United States in years, people began cutting up felled trees, hauling away trash and firing up power generators. Particularly hard hit was the Los Angeles suburb of Temple City, where winds toppled telephone poles like dominos, leaving three-quarters of the city's 35,000 residents without power for several days. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)</p><p>Crews work to clean up and restore power on Live Oak Avenue, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in Temple City, Calif. With more than 100,000 people still without power Friday from one of the biggest windstorms to hit the Western United States in years, people began cutting up felled trees, hauling away trash and firing up power generators. Particularly hard hit was the Los Angeles suburb of Temple City, where winds toppled telephone poles like dominos, leaving three-quarters of the city's 35,000 residents without power for several days. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman))</p><p>Despite the downed trees posing obstacles postal worker Edward Tena delivers mail along Live Oak Ave., in Temple City, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Weary Southern Californians struggling with the cleanup from this week's violent windstorm braced for yet another round of windy weather forecast for the weekend. (AP Photo/David Zentz)</p><p>Crews work on downed power lines on Live Oak Ave., two days after severe wind storms caused major damage in Temple City, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Weary Southern Californians struggling with the cleanup from this week's violent windstorm braced for yet another round of windy weather forecast for the weekend. (AP Photo/David Zentz)</p><p>Crews work on downed power lines on Live Oak Ave., two days after severe wind storms caused major damage in Temple City, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Weary Southern Californians struggling with the cleanup from this week's violent windstorm braced for yet another round of windy weather forecast for the weekend. (AP Photo/David Zentz)</p><p>Theresa Reyes, left, Antjuan Roy and his mother Diane Johnson, stand in front of Roy and Johnson's home and Roy's destroyed car in Temple City, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Severe wind storms Thursday night caused major damage to the area. Weary Southern Californians struggling with the cleanup from this week's violent windstorm braced for yet another round of windy weather forecast for the weekend. (AP Photo/David Zentz)</p><p>Theresa Reyes and Donald Hewko look at a destroyed car owned by 20-year-old Antjuan Roy on Primrose Ave. in Temple City, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Severe wind storms Thursday night caused major damage to the area. Weary Southern Californians struggling with the cleanup from this week's violent windstorm braced for yet another round of windy weather forecast for the weekend. (AP Photo/David Zentz)</p><p>Crews dispose of downed trees on Primrose Ave., two days in Temple City, Calif., on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Severe wind storms Thursday night caused major damage to the area. Weary Southern Californians struggling with the cleanup from this week's violent windstorm braced for yet another round of windy weather forecast for the weekend. (AP Photo/David Zentz)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/13/7078032-carmageddon-warnings-pay-off-in-los-angeleshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/13/7078032-carmageddon-warnings-pay-off-in-los-angelesuscalifornialos-angeles-countysouthern-californialos-angelesus-newslos-angeles-mayor-antonio-villaraigosalos-angeles'but-southern-californiasouthern-californianscarmageddonWed, 13 Jul 2011 23:26:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Northbound Interstate 405 traffic flows under the Mulholland Bridge at the top of Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Starting July 16, 11 miles of the 405 Interstate which carries some 500,000 cars daily over the mountain pass into the San Fernando Valley, will shut down for 53 hours. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pleads with Los Angeles residents to stay away from the 405 freeway on the weekend of July 16-17, during a news conference at the Sherman Oaks Galleria mall Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in Los Angeles. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive Bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>Traffic on Interstate 405 is seen from the Sherman Oaks Galleria mall parking lot Wednesday, July 13, 2011, in Los Angeles. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>FILE - This June 6, 2011 file photo shows the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405, which crosses the Santa Monica Mountains connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Westside of Los Angeles. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive Bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)</p><p>Population density map locates the closed section of Route 405 near downtown Los Angeles.</p><p>Hospital custodians Orlando Rojas, left, and Blanca Rodriguez set up cots to be used by over a hundred UCLA medical personnel ahead of Carmageddon, the Interstate 405 freeway closure, at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2011. The UCLA Health System, which runs the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, is taking no chances. It has three helicopter companies on standby to transport patients and human organs in the event of emergency operations. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>A banner informs visitors of the upcoming Interstate 405 freeway closure, at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, July 14, 2011. The UCLA Health System, which runs the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center, is taking no chances with the Carmageddon. It has three helicopter companies on standby to transport patients and human organs in the event of emergency operations. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>Travelers purchase tickets at the Flyaway shuttle service booth at Union Station Thursday, July 14, 2011, in Los Angeles. FlyAway buses provide point to point shuttle service on buses designed to carry passengers with luggage between Los Angeles International airport and three Los Angeles locations. A 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 — a vital artery that links population centers north and south of the Santa Monica Mountains — is shutting down for 53 hours this weekend and that may disrupt this bus service. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>A traveler purchases a ticket at the Flyaway shuttle service booth at Union Station Thursday, July 14, 2011, in Los Angeles. The FlyAway buses provide point to point shuttle service on buses designed to carry passengers with luggage between Los LAX airport and three Los Angeles locations. A 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 — a vital artery that links population centers north and south of the Santa Monica Mountains — is shutting down for 53 hours this weekend and may disrupt the FlyAway bus service. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>FILE - This June 6, 2011 file photo shows the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405, which crosses the Santa Monica Mountains connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Westside of Los Angeles. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive Bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)</p><p>A patron passes the Flyaway shuttle service bus at Union Station Thursday, July 14, 2011, in Los Angeles. FlyAway buses provide point to point shuttle service on buses designed to carry passengers with luggage between Los Los Angeles International airport and three Los Angeles locations. A 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 — a vital artery that links population centers north and south of the Santa Monica Mountains — is shutting down for 53 hours this weekend that may disrupt the bus service. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>FILE - This June 6, 2011 file photo shows the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405, which crosses the Santa Monica Mountains connecting the San Fernando Valley and the Westside of Los Angeles. Beginning Friday evening, authorities will begin shutting down a 10-mile segment of the freeway for 53 hours so crews can demolish one side of the Mulholland Drive Bridge as part of a $1 billion highway improvement project. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)</p><p>A construction worker installs a sign to close the ramp of Interstate 405 freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. A 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 405 Freeway will be closed for construction from July 16-18 for 53 hours between two of the nation's busiest interchanges. Los Angeles city officials are advising residents to stay home or stay away from the area over the weekend fearing massive traffic jams of what has become known as 'Carmageddon.' (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>The Skirball Drive on-ramp to the northbound Interstate 405 freeway is closed in preparation for the demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Rajina Lustig walks with her 7-month-old daughter in a jogging stroller as actress Kristine Kelly who is filming at a bridge the Interstate 405 and 10 freeways before the 405 freeway closure on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. A 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 405 Freeway will be closed for construction from July 16-18 for 53 hours between two of the nation's busiest interchanges. Los Angeles city officials are advising residents to stay home or stay away from the area over the weekend fearing massive traffic jams of what has become known as 'Carmageddon.' (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>Senior Transportation engineer Sam Esquenazi looks at monitors at the Caltrans Los Angeles Regional Transportation Management Center in Los Angeles, Friday, July 15, 2011. The City of Angels is on edge as the hours tick off until "Carmageddon," the shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the busiest highways in the United States, on one of the city's busiest summer weekends. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>A construction worker installs a sign to close the ramp of Interstate 405 freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. A 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 405 Freeway will be closed for construction from July 16-18 for 53 hours between two of the nation's busiest interchanges. Los Angeles city officials are advising residents to stay home or stay away from the area over the weekend fearing massive traffic jams of what has become known as 'Carmageddon.' (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>A view of Interstate 405 freeway seen from north of the bridge at Palms Boulevard after it closed for construction at mid-night on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>Traffic is blocked on the northbound of Interstate 405 freeway near I-10 freeway shortly after it closed for construction at mid-night on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, takes questions about the cost of the activation of the city's Emergency Operations Center, during the San Diego (405) Freeway closure, at the Emergency Operations Center downtown Los Angeles on Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>A construction worker installs a sign to close the ramp of Interstate 405 freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. A 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 405 Freeway will be closed for construction from July 16-18 for 53 hours between two of the nation's busiest interchanges. Los Angeles city officials are advising residents to stay home or stay away from the area over the weekend fearing massive traffic jams of what has become known as 'Carmageddon.' (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>A construction worker places orange cones to close the ramp of Interstate 405 freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard on July 15, 2011 in Los Angeles. A 10-mile stretch of the Interstate 405 Freeway will be closed for construction from July 16-18 for 53 hours between two of the nation's busiest interchanges. Los Angeles city officials are advising residents to stay home or stay away from the area over the weekend fearing massive traffic jams of what has become known as 'Carmageddon.' (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)</p><p>Jerry Wenker watches Interstate 405 during the freeway closure in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. The 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways has turned into a virtual ghost road. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Debris fall from the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 as workers take down the bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. A 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways has turned into a virtual ghost road. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 began shutting down Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour construction project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Three men walk down a closed off-ramp along Interstate 405 after checking out a 10-mile stretch of the freeway that is shut down to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down the 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Traffic moves along Sepulveda Boulevard as a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 is shut down to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down the 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Ian Kalmbaugh, lying on the ground, photographs Interstate 405 as a 10-mile stretch of the freeway is shut down to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down the 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>A worker cuts weeds growing along Interstate 405 during the freeway closure in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down a 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Two pneumatic hammers from above and one from below continue the demolition of two lanes of Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles Saturday, July 16, 2011. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 were shut down Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour bridge demolition project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Construction workers take down the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down a 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>A visitor takes advantage of a small gap in the fence to photograph the demolition of two lanes of Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles Saturday, July 16, 2011. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 were shut down Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour bridge demolition project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Spectators watch construction workers take down the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down a 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Pneumatic hammers from above and below continue the demolition of two lanes of Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles Saturday, July 16, 2011. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 were shut down Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour bridge demolition project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Interstate 405 is completely free of traffic, seen looking southbound from the Skirball Drive bridge, in preparation for the demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge, just after midnight early Saturday morning, July 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Jerry Wenker watches Interstate 405 during the freeway closure in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. The 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways has turned into a virtual ghost road. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Debris fall from the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 as workers take down the bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. A 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways has turned into a virtual ghost road. Ramps to the normally clogged Interstate 405 began shutting down Friday evening before the entire roadway was closed at midnight, setting the stage for a 53-hour construction project that will test whether this car-dependent city can change its driving habits for a weekend. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Traffic moves along Sepulveda Boulevard as a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 is shut down to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down the 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>Ian Kalmbaugh, lying on the ground, photographs Interstate 405 as a 10-mile stretch of the freeway is shut down to demolish the Mulholland Drive bridge in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Traffic in the Los Angeles area is so far moving smoothly, several hours after authorities shut down the 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the busiest U.S. freeways for a massive 53-hour construction project. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>This aerial photo shows Interstate 405 in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 16, 2011. The Getty Center is seen at right. A 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the region's most critical freeways began Saturday to allow partial demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge. (AP Photo/M.Heller)</p><p>Construction workers take down the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Southern Californians appeared Saturday to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to avoid the dreaded "Carmageddon" — leaving their cars in the garage. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>This aerial photo shows Interstate 405 and the on and off ramp at Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 16, 2011. A 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the region's most critical freeways began Saturday to allow partial demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge. (AP Photo/M.Heller)</p><p>UC Riverside photography professor Peter Holzhauer is silhouetted as he carries his view camera near the Mulholland Drive bridge on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 16, 2011. Southern Californians appeared Saturday to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to avoid the dreaded "Carmageddon" — leaving their cars in the garage. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)</p><p>This aerial photo shows Interstate 405 in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 16, 2011 with the Getty Center at right. A 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the region's most critical freeways began Saturday to allow partial demolition of the Mulholland Drive bridge. (AP Photo/M.Heller)</p><p>Police are seen seen during a short escorted tour of the Interstate 405 roadbed during the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive bridge Saturday, July 16, 2011in Los Angeles. Southern Californians appeared Saturday to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to avoid the dreaded "Carmageddon" — leaving their cars in the garage. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The west pylon is pushed over as the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Bridge in Los Angeles continues just after sunrise Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The west pylon is pushed over as the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive Bridge in Los Angeles continues just after sunrise Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The west pylon is pushed over as the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Bridge in Los Angeles continues just after sunrise Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Street sweepers take over after the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Bridge in Los Angeles, just after sunrise Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A bicyclist passes an onramp to southbound Interstate 405, which has reopened to motor vehicles but is closed to skateboarders and the like, as the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Bridge in Los Angeles is completed just after sunrise Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The California Highway Patrol leads the first vehicles through dust on southbound Interstate 405 as they approach the shadow cast by the Mulholland Drive bridge, foreground, as demolition of a portion of the bridge is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The California Highway Patrol leads the first vehicles on southbound Interstate 405 as they approach the shadow cast by the Mulholland Drive bridge, foreground, as demolition of a portion of the bridge is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. The event that many feared would be the "Carmageddon" of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish Sunday as bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule and officials reopened a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The California Highway Patrol leads the first vehicles on southbound Interstate 405 as they approach the shadow cast by the Mulholland Drive bridge, foreground, as demolition of a portion of the bridge is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. The event that many feared would be the "Carmageddon" of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish Sunday as bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule and officials reopened a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The California Highway Patrol leads the first vehicles on southbound Interstate 405 as they approach the shadow cast by the Mulholland Drive bridge, foreground, as demolition of a portion of the bridge is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. The event that many feared would be the "Carmageddon" of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish Sunday as bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule and officials reopened a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, at microphones, leads others applauding the Kiewit company contractor, Metro and CalTrans officials, as, from left, Councilman Tom LaBonge, Chief Charlie Beck, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, center right, applaud as the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky hold souvenir concrete chips as they celebrate the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 ahead of schedule in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. The event that many feared would be the "Carmageddon" of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish Sunday as bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule and officials reopened a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Street sweepers apply the finishing touches as the demolition of two lanes of the Mulholland Drive bridge over Interstate 405 is completed before noon in Los Angeles Sunday, July 17, 2011. The event that many feared would be the "Carmageddon" of epic traffic jams cruised calmly toward a finish Sunday as bridge work on the Los Angeles roadway was completed 16 hours ahead of schedule and officials reopened a 10-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeways. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/16/4291301-preservationists-dont-change-wests-1st-freewayhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/16/4291301-preservationists-dont-change-wests-1st-freewayusfeudus-newsfreewayiconicsouthern-californiansSun, 16 May 2010 17:53:07 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Signs direct traffic to the Pasadena (110) Freeway, Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Pasadena, Calif. Opened in 1940 to connect Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles, the winding 8-mile parkway is the nation's oldest freeway. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin) </p><p>Traffic flows along the Pasadena (110) Freeway Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Los Angeles. Opened in 1940 to connect Pasadena and downtown Los Angeles, the winding 8-mile parkway is the nation's oldest freeway. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin) </p><p>A car waits at a stop sign to enter the Pasadena (110) Freeway on Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Los Angeles. Preservationists are crying foul over the freeway's first major improvement project in 70 years, a project that will potentially line the original six miles of the route with new concrete barriers and lighting. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin) </p><p>Traffic flows along the Pasadena Freeway, Friday, May 14, 2010, in Los Angeles. Opened in 1940, the curvy route offering views of mountains, parks and the downtown skyline is the oldest freeway in the West. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin) </p><p>Traffic flows along the Pasadena Freeway, Friday, May 14, 2010, in Los Angeles. Opened in 1940, the curvy route offering views of mountains, parks and the downtown skyline is the oldest freeway in the West. Preservationists are crying foul over the freeway's first major improvement project in 70 years, a project that will potentially line the original six miles of the route with new concrete barriers and lighting. (AP Photo/Kim Johnson Flodin) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/16/4024623-no-damage-reported-from-magnitude-44-calif-quakehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/16/4024623-no-damage-reported-from-magnitude-44-calif-quakeusquakecaliforniasouthern-californialos-angelesus-newslos-angeles'southern-californiansTue, 16 Mar 2010 11:19:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/23/3798013-storms-trash-calif-beaches-bring-snow-to-az-nmhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/23/3798013-storms-trash-calif-beaches-bring-snow-to-az-nmusweathersouthern-californianorthern-californiaus-newsstormycontra-costa-countynational-weather-servicesouthern-californiansvictoria-maceySat, 23 Jan 2010 10:30:54 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Rich Russitano takes photographs from the falling deck of a friends' apartment on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A Los Angeles City Public Works crew removes mud and debris from Blanchard Canyon Road as they prepare for more rain from winter storms in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Many hillside neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation orders due to possible mudslide risk. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Los Angeles City firefighters check the status of the Blanchard Debris Basin as they prepare for more rain from winter storms in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>People take belongings from an apartment complex on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Molly Barrons, center, facing camera, cries in the arm of her neighbor Sandra Smith as an evacuation takes place at an apartment complex on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Karen Elliott carries a neighbor's belongings as she volunteers with the evacuation of an apartment complex on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>The Pacific ocean pounds the coast line fronting million dollar homes in Del Mar, Calif. Thursday Jan. 21, 2010 as storms continue to bring heavy rain, high surf, and high winds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)</p><p>Horses roam the flooded waters on a farm Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Aguila, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>The remains of one of two destroyed tents sits atop some of the 200 vintage and collectable autos at the Russo-Steele Auto Auction Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Scottsdale, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>The remains of a mudslide along Interstate 17 at the Bumble Bee exit Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, near Bumble Bee, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>Flood waters spread out along the Agua Fria River Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, near Black Canyon City, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>Interstate 17 northbound is open to traffic after a mudslide is cleared Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, near Black Canyon City, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>The Agua Fria River breaks through it's banks Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in New River, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>Craig Lozier holds tight to his 3-year-old grandson, Landon Lozier, while Landon's father, Luke, right, gives them a shove down a hill, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, at Civitan Park in Farmington, N.M. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Xavier Mascareñas)</p><p>Steve Masoner, co-fonder of the non-profit "Save Our Beach", removes a tire from the beach, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 after a week of storms washed debris ashore in Seal Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Steve Masoner, co-fonder of the non-profit Save Our Beach, looks for more trash after pulling a plastic rocking horse from the rocks along the San Gabriel River after a storms washed up garbage and other debris in Seal Beach, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>A doll, placed on top of a piece of furniture by a passer-by, is seen amongst other debris that washed ashore in Seal Beach, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 after a week of storms in Southern California. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Steve Masoner, co-fonder of the non-profit "Save Our Beach", removes trash from the beach in Seal Beach, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 after a week of storms washed garbage and other debris ashore. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>A paddle surfer, left, navigates his way through debris in Seal Beach, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 after a week of storms passed though Southern California. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Clouds from a winter storm loom over downtown Los Angeles at sunset on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Flood waters cover the streets and homes Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Wenden, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>A pickup truck tries to drive through flood waters along a dirt road Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, near Black Canyon City, Ariz. The remnants of the biggest storm to hit Arizona in nearly two decades lingered over the state Friday after drenching California, while authorities in both states continued to tally the damage.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) </p><p>A paddle surfer, left, navigates his way through debris in Seal Beach, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 after a week of storms passed though Southern California. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/18/3775265-most-evacuations-lifted-in-southern-californiahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/18/3775265-most-evacuations-lifted-in-southern-californiabusinessuscaliforniastormslos-angeles-countysouthern-californialos-angelesorange-countyus-newssanta-ananational-weather-servicesouthern-californianslynn-thompsonstorm-battered-southern-californiaTue, 19 Jan 2010 00:46:45 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>A member of the Sheriff's Department and residents of La Canada Flintridge inspect the mudslide caused by a winter storm in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)</p><p>A resident of La Canada Flintridge inspects the mudslide caused by a winter storm in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)</p><p>A resident of La Canada Flintridge inspects the mudslide caused by a winter storm in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Hector Mata)</p><p>Workers gather around a large tree on the roof a home in Corona del Mar, Calif. on Monday afternoon Jan. 18, 2010. Forecasters said storms lasting through at least Friday could drop 20 inches of rain inland and 8 inches along the coast and in the valleys of Southern California. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz)</p><p>A resident in Corona del Mar, Calif. enters his property past a large tree that fell down with the high winds Monday afternoon Jan. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Leonard Ortiz)</p><p>A giant Douglas-fir tree is seen atop a downed power line in Felton, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Roads are closed, power is out, and some schools have closed in Santa Cruz county as a weeklong winter storm continues. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Los Angeles Flood Control workers inspect a storm drain as water and mud flows in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>A construction crew moves dirt to divert possible water and mud flows from a home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>A construction crew cleans up mud and moves dirt to divert possible water and mud flows from a home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>High storm waves roll over the pier at Seal Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010,as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>Christine McGeever uses a bright umbrella to protect her from the rain as she walks to work in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)</p><p>Jerry Bridges paddles an inflatable kayak down a flooded section of Bennett Aveue in Long Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The second in a series of powerful storms roared into Southern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline. (AP Photo/Scott Smeltzer)</p><p>Moises Enriquez sits atop his car in Long Beach, Calif. Tuesday, Jan.19, 2010. The second in a series of powerful storms roared into Southern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline. (AP Photo/Scott Smeltzer)</p><p>A car drives through a flooded street in the Sun Valley area of Los Angeles on Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010, as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)</p><p>High storm waves roll over the pier at Seal Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>The debris basin at the foot of Blanchard Canyon is mostly filled as the sun breaks through during a brief respite from waves of rain that continued to fall in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. Several inches of rain have fallen and more rain is predicted as a series of storms move through California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Huntington Beach Police officers stand by a vehicle that flipped over in high winds during a tornado warning Tuesday Jan. 19, 2010 in Huntington Beach, Calif., as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>Devin Bairr looks into a vehicle that overturned in high winds in Huntington Beach, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, as the second in a series of back-to-back winter storms surged into the state and renewed threats of mudslides and flooding. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>A resident walks down a flooded street in Long Beach, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. The second in a series of powerful storms roared into Southern California, bringing heavy rains and winds that smashed windows, submerged cars and flipped an SUV along a stretch of coastline. (AP Photo/Scott Smeltzer)</p><p>Valo Avanessian packs up his car as residents are asked to follow mandatory evacuation orders in a hillside neighborhood in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Winter storms have created a mudslide risk in areas burned by the Station wildfire last year. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Sandbags are placed in a backyard affected by mudflow as residents are asked to follow mandatory evacuation orders in a hillside neighborhood in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Winter storms have created a mudslide risk in areas burned by the Station wildfire last year. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Malcolm McDonald carries an improvised sandbag to help protect his home, threatened by mudslides beneath the burn area of the 2009 Station wildfire, in Blanchard Canyon in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Several inches of rain have fallen and more rain is predicted as a series of storms move through California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Park manager Alan Davidson stands in a flooded area next to the kitchen of Penngrove Park in Penngrove, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)</p><p>Linda Meyer places sandbags in front of the Valley Churches United Mission building in Ben Lomond, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Storms continue to pound California Tuesday, causing evacuations, flooding, school and road closures. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Volunteer Raquel Denton helps fill sandbags in preparation for an upcoming storm Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010 in Seal Beach, Calif. Residents are preparing for the third in a series of storms to lash the state. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>Canyon resident Carmen Silicato talks with a Los Angeles police officer as police and firefighters evaluate the rapidly rising creek in Blanchard Canyon as rain continues to fall in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Several inches of rain have fallen and more rain is predicted as a series of storms move through California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Los Angeles police and firefighters evaluate the rapidly-rising creek in Blanchard Canyon as rain continues to fall in the afternoon Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Several inches of rain have fallen and more rain is predicted as a series of storms move through California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Jerry Chase, left, and Paul Muto, who owns a tree removal service, look at a giant tree that fell on Chase's house splitting it in half in Fair Oaks, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Chase and other family members that were in the house escaped unhurt after heavy rain and high winds battered the area. (AP Photo/Steve Yeater)</p><p>Flooding closed all lanes of southbound highway 101 in San Jose, Calif., after a rain storm, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)</p><p>Water flows past sandbags and a barricade in front of a home on Ocean View Boulevard where residents are being asked to follow mandatory evacuation orders in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Winter storms have created a mudslide risk in hillside areas burned by the Station wildfire last year. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>High-storm surf pounds the beach in front of an oil rig at Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday , Jan 20, 2010, as the region prepares for the third in a series of storms to hit the California coastline. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)</p><p>Cars drive around a tree that blocks part of Divisadero Street in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)</p><p>The Pacific Ocean pounds the coast line fronting million dollar homes in Del Mar, Calif. Thursday Jan. 21, 2010 as storms continue to bring heavy rain, high surf, and high winds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)</p><p>Rich Russitano takes photographs from the falling deck of a friends' apartment on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A Los Angeles City Public Works crew removes mud and debris from Blanchard Canyon Road as they prepare for more rain from winter storms in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Many hillside neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation orders due to possible mudslide risk. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>Los Angeles City firefighters check the status of the Blanchard Debris Basin as they prepare for more rain from winter storms in the Tujunga area of Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)</p><p>People take belongings from an apartment complex on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Molly Barrons, center, facing camera, cries in the arm of her neighbor Sandra Smith as an evacuation takes place at an apartment complex on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Karen Elliott carries a neighbor's belongings as she volunteers with the evacuation of an apartment complex on a crumbling cliff in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Residents of the complex were evacuating Thursday as a series of storms caused damage to their building. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>The Pacific ocean pounds the coast line fronting million dollar homes in Del Mar, Calif. Thursday Jan. 21, 2010 as storms continue to bring heavy rain, high surf, and high winds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)</p><p>The Pacific ocean pounds the coast line fronting million dollar homes in Del Mar, Calif. Thursday Jan. 21, 2010 as storms continue to bring heavy rain, high surf, and high winds. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/26/3194896-firefighters-battle-blazes-in-forest-near-lahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/26/3194896-firefighters-battle-blazes-in-forest-near-lauscaliforniaforestwildfirelos-angelesus-newsangeles-national-forestsouthern-californianssan-gabriel-mountainsWed, 26 Aug 2009 20:14:48 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Firefighters keep watch as mountain scrub and trees burn in a 750-acre wildfire in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains above the northeastern Los Angeles suburb of Azusa, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, as high heat and extremely dry air arrived after weeks of unusually mild summer weather. No homes had burned and no injuries were reported, but picnickers and campers fled and 18 Boy Scouts had to be flown out of the area after the blaze broke out. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter comes in to land as another is refueld atop San Gabriel Dam firefighters and aircrews battle a 750-acre wildfire in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains above the northeastern Los Angeles suburb of Azusa, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, as high heat and extremely dry air arrived after weeks of unusually mild summer weather. No homes had burned and no injuries were reported, but picnickers and campers fled and 18 Boy Scouts had to be flown out of the area after the blaze broke out. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A helicopter makes a water drop over two burned-out ridges as firefighters and aircrews battle a 750-acre wildfire in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains above the northeastern Los Angeles suburb of Azusa, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, as high heat and extremely dry air arrived after weeks of unusually mild summer weather. No homes had burned and no injuries were reported, but picnickers and campers fled and 18 Boy Scouts had to be flown out of the area after the blaze broke out. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Flames race up a ravine as firefighters and aircrews battle a 750-acre wildfire in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains above the northeastern Los Angeles suburb of Azusa, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, as high heat and extremely dry air arrived after weeks of unusually mild summer weather. No homes had burned and no injuries were reported, but picnickers and campers fled and 18 Boy Scouts had to be flown out of the area after the blaze broke out. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A Los Angeles County Fire Department vehicle passes a burned tree as firefighters and aircrews battle a 750-acre wildfire in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains above the northeastern Los Angeles suburb of Azusa, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, as high heat and extremely dry air arrived after weeks of unusually mild summer weather. No homes had burned and no injuries were reported, but picnickers and campers fled and 18 Boy Scouts had to be flown out of the area after the blaze broke out. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/18/2225715-las-vegas-gets-record-dec-snowfall-36-incheshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/18/2225715-las-vegas-gets-record-dec-snowfall-36-inchesweatherwesternlas-vegaslas-vegas-stripus-newssouthern-californiansThu, 18 Dec 2008 11:11:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Brandon Beck, a resident of nearby Oak Park who has experienced snow in the area before, watches as as snow, driven by high winds, accumulates on his jacket and mailboxes at the summit of Latigo Canyon Road in the hills above Malibu, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. Snow snarled major mountain highways and even dusted Malibu as a cold storm hit parts of California. Snow shut Interstate 15 over 4,190-foot Cajon Pass east of Los Angeles and roads through the San Gabriel Mountains connecting metropolitan Los Angeles to the commuter suburbs of Palmdale and Lancaster in the high desert to the north. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, snow covers the sides and sphinx of the Luxor Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. A rare winter storm in the desert left inches of snow on the palm trees and marquees of the Las Vegas Strip, as forecasters predicted up to 3 inches could accumulate overnight. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Darrin Bush)</p><p>Traffic is backed up on Interstate 5 because of ice conditions Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Californians looked forward to clear skies and open roads after a pre-winter storm dumped snow and rain on much of the state, shutting down major highways and leading to accidents involving horses, helicopters and countless cars. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>Tanya Jackson blows snow from the driveway of her neighbor's home on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, in Spokane, Wash., after a record breaking 17 inches fell over a 24-hour period. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)</p><p>Pharmaceutical student Tyler Fischback shovels snow in the driveway of a house he shares with two other students, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, in Spokane, Wash., after a record breaking 17 inches of snow fell over a 24-hour period. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)</p><p>In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, people play in the snow in front of the Las Vegas welcome sign in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Darrin Bush)</p><p>A pedestrian makes his way up an icy sidewalk in front of the Chase Street hill near downtown Port Angeles, Wash., on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008. An overnight burst of heavy snow left much of the North Olympic Peninsula covered in snow, closing schools and creating hazardous driving conditons. (AP, Peninsula Daily News/Keith Thorpe)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/25/2148711-california-burn-areas-escape-storm-damagehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/25/2148711-california-burn-areas-escape-storm-damagestormcaliforniasouthern-californiaus-newssanta-barbara-countysouthern-californiansTue, 25 Nov 2008 16:12:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/14/2110185-student-bonfire-blamed-for-1-of-3-calif-wildfireshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/14/2110185-student-bonfire-blamed-for-1-of-3-calif-wildfireswildfiresarnold-schwarzeneggersouthern-californialos-angelesoprah-winfreyus-newssanta-anasanta-barbara-countysanta-barbaraangeles-national-forestmother-naturerob-lowecharlie-chaplinsouthern-californiansmichael-hernandezsheriff-bill-brownFri, 14 Nov 2008 04:51:41 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Folks watch a home burn burn in the hills above Santa Barbara, Calif., on Thursday Nov. 13, 2008. A wind-driven brush fire destroyed dozens of homes Thursday in the tony enclave of Montecito, forcing residents to evacuate what has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous. (AP Photo/Phil Klein) </p><p>A fire burns out of control in the hills above Santa Barbara, Calif., on Thursday Nov. 13, 2008. A wind-driven brush fire destroyed dozens of homes Thursday in the tony enclave of Montecito, forcing residents to evacuate what has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous. (AP Photo/Phil Klein) </p><p>A fire burns out of control in the hills in Monstecito above Santa Barbara, Calif., on Thursday Nov. 13, 2008. A wind-driven brush fire destroyed dozens of homes in the tony enclave of Montecito, forcing residents to evacuate what has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous. (AP Photo/Phil Klein) </p><p>Folks watch a home burn burn in the hills above Santa Barbara, Calif., on Thursday Nov. 13, 2008. A wind-driven brush fire destroyed dozens of homes Thursday in the tony enclave of Montecito, forcing residents to evacuate what has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous. (AP Photo/Phil Klein) </p><p>A fire burns out of control in the hills above Santa Barbara, Calif., on Thursday Nov. 13, 2008. A wind-driven brush fire destroyed dozens of homes Thursday in the tony enclave of Montecito, forcing residents to evacuate what has long been a hideaway for the rich and famous. (AP Photo/Phil Klein) </p><p>Firefighters drive by as a house burns during a wildfire, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, in Santa Barbara, Calif. An official in Santa Barbara County, says the fire has destroyed about 70 homes in the upscale community of Montecito. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)</p><p>A mansion burns during a wildfire, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, in Santa Barbara, Calif. An official in Santa Barbara County, says the fire has destroyed about 70 homes in the upscale community of Montecito. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)</p><p>Map locates Montecito, Calif., where a brush fire destroyed 70 homes; 1c x 2 3/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 60.3 mm</p><p>A large Spanish style estate home burns, ignited by a wind driven brush fire dubbed the "Tea Fire" in Montecito, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>A mansion burns in the foreground as another burns in the background during a wildfire, Friday, Nov. 14, 2008, in Santa Barbara, Calif. An official in Santa Barbara County, says the fire has destroyed about 70 homes in the upscale community of Montecito. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)</p><p>A house burns on Conejo Lane, ignited by a wind driven brush fire dubbed the "Tea Fire" in Montecito, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>A house burns on Conejo Lane, ignited by a wind driven brush fire dubbed the "Tea Fire" in Montecito, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>A firefighter sprays water on a burning house in Montecito, Calif., early Friday, Nov 14, 2008. The wind-whipped wildfire destroyed some 80 homes, injuring at least four people and forcing thousands to evacuate the posh community near Santa Barbara. (AP Photo/Afton Almaraz)</p><p>A huge multi-million dollar home goes up in flames as a raging wildfire swept through Montecito, Calif., outside Santa Barbara, late Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. Authorities said some 80 homes were destroyed in the posh community. (AP Photo.Mike Meadows)</p><p>Dozens of homes smolder in a neighborhood after an out control wildfire swept through Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara, Friday Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p><p>Barbara Pointer and her daughter Katie embrace Friday morning, Nov. 14, 2008, as firefighters extinguish the last flames from their home, background, destroyed after a wildfire that began Thursday had burned about 100 homes and other structures in Montecito, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A California Department of Forestry air tanker flies over dozens of homes smoldering in a neighborhood after an out control wildfire swept through Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara, Calif., Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p><p>A plane makes a retardant drop on a mountain ridge behind Montecito, Calif., after a wildfire that began Thursday had destroyed about 100 homes and other structures in Montecito and Santa Barbara, seen Friday Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A damaged mural is seen in the ruins of the Mount Calvary Monastery in Santa Barbara, Calif., totally destroyed after a wildfire that began Thursday had destroyed about 100 homes and other structures in Santa Barbara and Montecito, seen Friday Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A California Department of Forestry air tanker flies over dozens of homes destroyed by a wildfire which swept through Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p><p>Dozens of homes smoulder and a haze hangs in the air in a neighborhood after a wildfire swept through Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p><p>Dozens of homes smolder after a wildfire swept through Montecito, Calif., near Santa Barbara Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p><p>Rick Pointer, right, professor of history at Westmont College, his daughter Katie and wife Barbara, left, look over the ruins of their home, one of several Westmont faculty homes lost, Friday morning, Nov. 14, 2008, after a wildfire that began Thursday had destroyed about 100 homes and other structures in Montecito, Calif, (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Several homes on both sides of Conejo Lane in Santa Barbara, Calif., are destroyed after a wildfire that began Thursday had destroyed about 100 homes and other structures in Santa Barbara and Montecito, seen Friday morning, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>The ruins of a home are reflected in a swimming pool after a wildfire that began Thursday had destroyed about 100 homes and other structures in Montecito, Calif., seen Friday morning, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>An iron cross is seen in the ruins of the Mount Calvary Monastery in Santa Barbara, Calif., totally destroyed after a wildfire that began Thursday had destroyed about 100 homes and other structures in Santa Barbara and Montecito, seen Friday Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A firefighter and photographer jump back as a home explodes into flames during a wind driven brush fire in northern Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes, forced at least a partial evacuation of a hospital and threatened a thousand other homes in northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>An Olive View Hospital emergency room patient is wheeled down a dark hallway during a wind driven brush fire in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. The hospital lost power and backup power as the fire blew through the area necessitating at least a partial evacuation of patients from the hospital. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>Los Angeles City firefighters move into place to battle a wind driven brush fire in northern Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and threatened a thousand others in northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>Los Angeles City firefighters protect a home from flames as another home burns during a wind driven brush fire in northern Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and threatened a thousand others in northern Los Angeles (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>Los Angeles City firefighters protect a home from flames as another home burns during a wind driven brush fire in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and threatened a thousand others in northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>Los Angeles City firefighters protect a home from flames as another home burns during a wind driven brush fire in northern Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and threatened a thousand others in northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>A Los Angeles City firefighter douses a burning home with water during a wind driven brush fire in northern Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and threatened a thousand others in northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>A Los Angeles City firefighter douses a burning home with water during a wind driven brush fire in northern Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Fierce winds on Saturday fanned a wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and threatened a thousand others in northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)</p><p>Craig Smith tries to save his home during a wildfire that destroyed a number of homes, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, in the Sylmar area of northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)</p><p>A firefighter walks up a street as a blaze burns toward homes during a wildfire that destroyed several homes, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, in the Sylmar area of northern Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)</p><p>A Los Angeles County fire department helicopter drops water during a wildfire that destroyed several homes, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles. The fire in this foothill community on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and spread to 1500 acres &#8212; more than 2 square miles &#8212; in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)</p><p>A bird statuary is about all that remains intact among dozens of mobile homes destroyed in the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Sylmar in Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Fierce winds fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate. The fire in the foothill community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charred over two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Firefighters take a break after trying to save a home in the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Sylmar in Los Angeles Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Fierce winds fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate. The fire in the foothill community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charred over two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A statue stands in front of a home destroyed at the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Fierce winds fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate. The fire in the foothill community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charred over two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Map locates the wildfire evacuation area in northwestern Los Angeles;</p><p>Amanda Derse tries to shield herself from the smoke as she sits in the freeway after a brush fire shut down west bound Interstate 91 in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Firefighters douse a hot spot in the ruins of a home, one of hundreds destroyed in the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park, in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Sylmar in Los Angeles Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Fierce winds fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate. The fire in the foothill community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charred over two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Dark brown smoke casts a pall over the ruins of the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Los Angeles firefighters remove belongings from a home they are unable to save at the Orak Ridge Mobile Home Park in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A charred windmill spins as winds, that at times reached hurricane force overnight, continue to gust over the ruins of the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park in the northern San Fernando Valley in the foothills community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest in Los Angeles Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Fierce winds fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned about 10 homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate. The fire in the foothill community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charred over two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A wildfire burns homes on Mission Hills Ln. in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>A helicopter shimmers in the heat as a wildfire burns homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Brea Police Department motor officer Steve Baker uses a garden hose to put down a spot fire in a front yard as a wildfire burns homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>A truck in the driveway and two cars in the garage go up in flames as a wildfire burns homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Grant McComb talks to a friend on the phone as he keeps an eye on the burning house next door as a wildfire burns through his neighborhood in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>A firefighter drags a hose uphill as his crew prepares to put out a wildfire destroying burning homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Paint cans in a garage add to the fuel as a wildfire burns homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>The downtown Los Angeles skyline is seen through thick smoke as wildfires burn throughout southern California on Saturday Nov. 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)</p><p>A air tanker flies over the edge of a wildfire in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)</p><p>Residents look on as a wind driven Santa Ana fire threatens homes, in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and mansions, forced tens of thousands of people to flee and shut down major freeways. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)</p><p>Graphic shows Southern California wildfire locations;</p><p>Firefighters use a water cannon to keep fire from spreading as a wildfire burns homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Homes burn during a wildfire in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)</p><p>Foam drips from a backyard basketball hoop as a firefighter soaks a home trying to keep it from the fate of its neighbor as a wildfire burns homes in Yorba Linda, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Daniel Brooks of the San Bernardino County Fire Department Grand Terrace unit fights a wildfire in Chino Hills, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Calmer wind Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and blanketed much of the region with choking smoke. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Nick Carone, right, of the San Bernardino County Fire Department Grand Terrace unit fights a wildfire in Chino Hills, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Calmer wind Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and blanketed much of the region with choking smoke. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Nick Carone of the San Bernardino County Fire Dept. Grand Terrace unit walks away from a burning wildfire in Chino Hills , Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>The devastation of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park is seen in the early morning after a wildfire swept through in Sylmar, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Graphic shows Southern California wildfire locations;</p><p>Stairs leading up to a home destroyed by fire are seen at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Several hundred homes at the Mobile Home Park were destroyed by a wildfire that raged through the community. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, Pool)</p><p>Firefighters watch a wildfire as it smolders down a hillside in Diamond Bar, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A Los Angeles city fire department search and rescue worker and her dog walk through the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Several hundred homes at the Mobile Home Park were destroyed by a wildfire that raged through the community. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)</p><p>An air tanker drops retardant onto a hillside to prevent a wildfire from advancing in Diamond Bar, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A search and rescue worker and her dog walk through the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Several hundred homes at the Mobile Home Park were destroyed by a wildfire that raged through the community. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) </p><p>A water-dropping helicopter soars over the setting sun as smoke from a wildfire creates an orange glow in the sky in Diamond Bar, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Nick Carone of the San Bernardino County Fire Department Grand Terrace unit fights a wildfire in Chino Hills, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. Calmer wind Sunday aided firefighters battling wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes in Southern California, forced thousands of residents to flee and blanketed much of the region with choking smoke. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A firefighter walks along a smoke-covered hill after a fire on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008. No injuries were reported. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)</p><p>The devastation of Oakridge Mobile Home Park is seen after a wildfire swept through in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>News photographer Darren Phan, of KTLA in Los Angeles, looks over a wall to see the devastation of Oakridge Mobile Home Park after a wildfire swept through in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A police officer walks in the devastation of Oakridge Mobile Home Park after a wildfire swept through in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A member of a search and rescue team walks through a fire-ravaged home in the Oakridge Mobile Home Park, where 484 homes were lost to a wildfire in the Sylmar neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>Firefighters from Santa Ana Engine No. 4 sift through the rubble of a burned out home in Yorba Linda, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. The Freeway Complex Fire burned through the neighborhood on Saturday destroying several homes. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park are escorted by LAPD on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, to go in and get one bag of personal items from their homes which made it through the recent wildfire in Sylmar, Calif. Once considered a paradise with swimming pools and tennis courts, residents of Oakridge Mobile Home park felt safe there until winds with the intensity of a hurricane blew a wall of fire through nearly 500 manufactured homes and set them ablaze so quickly that even firefighters had to drop their hoses and run. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, POOL)</p><p>A sign that reads "Keep out Uninhabitable" is posted outside the rubble of a home that burned in a wildfire in Yorba Linda, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. The Freeway Complex Fire burned through the neighborhood on Saturday destroying several homes. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)</p><p>Residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park, where many homes were destroyed by a wildfire on Saturday, prepare to board a bus for a return visit Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, in the Sylmar section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>A resident is embraced by a firefighter as she takes a first look at the fire-ravaged Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 after 484 homes were lost to a wildfire in the community. (AP Photo/Al Seib, Pool)</p><p>Search crews sift through the rubble at the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Some 484 homes were lost to a wildfire in the community. (AP Photo/ Al Seib, Pool)</p><p>A Metro Bus carries residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, Calif. to see the destruction from the wildfire on Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. Once considered a paradise with swimming pools and tennis courts, residents of Oakridge Mobile Home park felt safe there until winds with the intensity of a hurricane blew a wall of fire through nearly 500 manufactured homes and set them ablaze so quickly that even firefighters had to drop their hoses and run. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Daily News, POOL)</p><p>The devastation of Oakridge Mobile Home Park is seen after a wildfire swept through in Sylmar, Calif., Monday, Nov. 17, 2008.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p><p>A man stands amid the ruins of homes as residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes, some of which were saved, others damaged or destroyed, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes here Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Standing next to their home which remained intact with very minor damage after the wildfires hit the area, George and Helen Gunning survey the ruins of homes of their neighbors, as residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Harriet Veili, second from right, is aided by a firefighter and her daughter Sherry Baker while her husband Willy, third from left, rear, view the ruins of their home of 29 years as residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes, some of which were saved, others damaged or destroyed, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes here Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A woman searches the ruins of her home as residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes, some of which were saved, others damaged or destroyed, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes here Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A small American flag flies atop a burned lamppost at what was the home of Teri Wagoner as residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes here Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>A sign for Oakridge Street is seen as the sun sets after residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes, some of which were saved, others damaged or destroyed, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Scorched signs and trees are seen at sunset after residents of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park return to their homes, some of which were saved, others damaged or destroyed, in the Sylmar area of Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, after wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes here Nov. 15. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/12/2105056-cast-of-millions-puts-on-calif-earthquake-drillhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/12/2105056-cast-of-millions-puts-on-calif-earthquake-drillquakesouthern-californiaus-newsdrillsouthern-californiansquake-drillWed, 12 Nov 2008 21:22:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo taken July 29, 2008, ceiling tiles and other debris are piled outside, after pipes broke at a Macy's department store in the Canoga Park area of Los Angeles following an earthquake that rolled through Southern California. California will star in a mock earthquake disaster drill Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, considered the largest in U.S. history, with some 5 million people pledging to do everything from ducking for cover to rescuing faux victims. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p><p>Makeup artist Catalena Lee, right, creates fake wounds on the face of Sergio Lopez, 16, as other students wait their turn Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>Savanah Purnell, 4, right, hugs her classmate Madison Messier, 4, as they participate on the Southern California earthquake drill at the Altadena Christian Children's Center in Altadena, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>School teachers tend to infants inside their cribs as they participate in the Southern California earthquake drill at the Altadena Christian Children's Center in Altadena, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. The drill is based on the hypothetical scenario of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake striking the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, second from left, observes an earthquake drill Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>Emily Loren, 17, is assisted by a Los Angeles fireman during an earthquake drill at Bishop Alemany H.S. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. At exactly 10 a.m., television news programs announced there was an earthquake disaster drill, then cut to cameras in school classrooms showing children ducking under their desks and holding onto them. A full day of mock post-earthquake exercises such as rescues, emergency medical care and news conferences was planned. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>Anthony Lopez, 15, left, Ruben Tarango, 15, and other students at Bishop Alemany High School duck under their desks during an earthquake drill Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>School teacher assistant Maria Williams helps evacuate student Ellis Blaton, 4, who is pretending to have a strained ankle, as they participate in the Southern California earthquake drill at the Altadena Christian Children's Center in Altadena, Calif. on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. The drill is based on the hypothetical scenario of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake striking the southern portion of the San Andreas Fault. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p><p>Students portray earthquake victims as television crews cover an earthquake drill at Bishop Alemany High School Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p><p>Los Angeles firefighters participate in an earthquake drill at Bishop Alemany H.S. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Southern Californians dropped to the ground, covered their heads and held onto the furniture Thursday for a mock "Big One," an earthquake drill billed as the largest in U.S. history and aimed at testing everyone from state leaders to students who donned fake blood to play victim. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/26/1051236-california-wildfire-evacuees-head-homehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/26/1051236-california-wildfire-evacuees-head-homewildfirescaliforniasouthern-californiaus-newsqualcomm-stadiumcalifornia-wildfiressouthern-californiansFri, 26 Oct 2007 11:37:20 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Janet Howe, wife of Bruce Howe, not seen, an avid classic car collector looks though the ashes of their wildfire-destroyed home in the Rancho Santa Fe community in San Diego, Calif. , Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p>nul<p>Office supply business owner Bruce Howe, an avid classic car collector looks down at a rare 1930 Model A Station Wagon, garaged at his burned home in the Rancho Santa Fe community in San Diego, Calif. , Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p>nul<p>A rescued surfboard and other items saved by firefighters are placed outside a wildfire burned home in the Rancho Santa Fe community of San Diego county, Calif. Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. Rancho Santa Fe is an unincorporated census-designated place in San Diego County, and the highest income community in the United States with at least 2,500 households. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)</p>nul<p>Evacuee Bill Wilson, Escondido Calif., lays on a make shift bed in the concourse of Qualcomm Stadium Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, Calif. The stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers, is being used as an evacuation center for those affected by wildfires. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) </p>nul<p>Volunteers, from left, Kathie Manie, Jasmine Jones and Rita Sweeting prepare to pray at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. The stadium, home of the San Diego Chargers, is being used as an evacuation center for those affected by wildfires. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) </p>nul<p>Scraps of a United States flag hang from a window sill as Bill Glathe searches through the wreckage of his father-in-law's home in Escondido, Calif., Thursday, Oct 25, 2007. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)</p>nul<p>President George W. Bush meets with Jay and Kendra Jeffcoat, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 in Rancho Bernardo, Calif. after they lost their home to the recent wildfires in San Diego County. In San Diego's hard-hit community of Rancho Bernardo, Bush stepped through rubble on a street of Mediterranean-style homes, where houses that remained unscathed were interspersed with what amounted to mere shells of the American dream. (AP Photo/ K.C. Alfred, Pool)</p>nul<p>Evacuees Huber and Norma Huber, of Fallbrook, Calif., pull their belongings as the leave Qualcomm Stadium enroute to next evacuation shelter at Del Mar Fairgrounds Friday Oct. 26, 2007, in San Diego, Calif. The football stadium, where more than people 10,000 people sought refuge, is closing as an evacuation center, marking a symbolic show of progress. The stadium was home to just 350 on Friday morning. It was to close later in the day. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) </p>nul<p>This photo, supplied by the U.S.Coast Guard, shows firefighters working to mop up the remains of a wildfire in the San Berardino National Forest near Big Bear, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. (AP Photo/ U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner) </p>nul<p>A cat named Pottyhead looks through the gate of his cage at the County of San Bernardino Animal Care and Control wildfire evacuation tent at the Orange Show National Fairgrounds in San Bernardino, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)</p>nul<p>Dustin Brown, of the Palm Springs Fire Dept, looks for burning roots while fighting a wildfire in Running Springs, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p>nul<p>Chris Molt, and his son Carmine, 2, wait in line to get a pass to return to their home in Crestline, Calif. days after being evacuated due to a wildfire in San Bernardino, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p>nul<p>Red Cross volunteer Alta Abbott, left, takes a donation for California wildfire victims sponsored by the Los Angeles Dodgers and KCBS television station at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p>nul<p>Flames flare up amongst a stand of tress on one of the ridges of Palomar Mountain, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)</p>nul<p>Tamara Fernandez holds her dog Annabelle Lee as she waits to speak with a representative from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at the Orange Show National Fairgrounds wildfire evacuation center in San Bernardino, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. Fernandez was checking on FEMA services for her home in Running Springs. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)</p>nul<p>Three firefighters brace themselves from explosive heat coming from a burning home in Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Monday, October 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)</p>nul<p>Evacuees line up to get special passes to enter a wildfire zone in San Bernardino, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. Residents of communities not affected by a series of wildfires in the San Bernardino mountains were slowing being allowed to return to their homes Friday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p>nul<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, thanks employees of the Office of Emergency Services command Center who have helped coordinate disaster response for the Southern California wildfires while touring the facility in Rancho Cordova, Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, October 26, 2007 (AP </p>nul<p>Firefighters put out hot spots on a hillside along highway 18 in Running Springs, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p>nul<p>Frank Ortiz, right, and Jacob Chavez use shovels to put out hotspots on a hillside along highway 18 in Running Springs, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)</p>nul<p>Volunteers Javier Obregon, left, and Estevan Fregoso, right, load water into the back of a truck as people return home after being evacuated because of the San Diego wildfires Friday Oct. 26, 2007 in Ramona, CA. (AP Photo/Chris Park)</p>nul<p>Wearing masks to filter out dust, Oscar Limas, left, and Winston Barrios search the ruins of the Malibu Glass and Mirror buildings six days after fire first swept through Malibu, Calif., Friday, Oct. 26, 2007. As the fires die down, the lingering dust and soot-laden air is making it difficult for many to breathe even a sigh of relief. Air quality remained poor in a wide area of Southern California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)</p>nul http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/25/1049830-bush-visits-california-wildfire-victimshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/25/1049830-bush-visits-california-wildfire-victimsbushpoliticshurricane-katrinaus-newssouthern-californiansThu, 25 Oct 2007 20:57:35 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>President Bush, center, meets with Jay Jeffcoate, right, and his wife Kendra Jeffcoate, left, as they tour their remains of their home from of damage caused by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, Calif.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, center, hugs Kendra Jeffcoate, left, as her husband Jay Jeffcoate looks as they walked through the remains of their home that was damage by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, CA.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, right, walks through the burnt out remains of a home during a tour, with Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., second from left, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, fourth from left, and others, of damage done by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, CA.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, second from right, accompanies Jay Jeffcoate, third from right, and Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., left, as they walk past the front entrance of what remains of the Jeffcoate's home during a tour of damage done by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, Calif. At right is an unidentified Secret Service Agent. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>From left, Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., Kendra Jeffcoate, President Bush, and Jay Jeffcoate, walk through the remains of the Jeffcoate's home in San Diego, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, damaged by the California wildfires.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, center, meets with Jay Jeffcoate, right, and his wife Kendra Jeffcoate, left, as they tour their remains of their home from of damage caused by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, CA.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, right, meets with Jay Jeffcoate, left, and his wife Kendra Jeffcoate, second from left, after visiting the remains of their home that was damage by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is second from right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, center, laughs as he sits down with fire fighters at Kit Carson Park, a staging area for crews fighting the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007 in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, left, followed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, walks through a burnout home during a tour of damage done by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, CA.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, center, meets with Jay Jeffcoat, right, and his wife Kendra Jeffcoat, left, as they tour their remains of their home from of damage caused by the California wildfires, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego, Calif.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President George W. Bush consoles Kimber Fowler at the Rancho Bernardo Community Center resource center on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. Fowler's home burned down in the recent fires in San Diego. Calif. Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, looks on. (AP Photo/ K.C. Alfred,pool)</p>nul http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/24/1046010-bush-declares-california-disaster-areahttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/24/1046010-bush-declares-california-disaster-areabushwildfirespoliticshurricane-katrinasouthern-californiansWed, 24 Oct 2007 11:29:01 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>President Bush speaks at the National Defense University's Distinguished Lecture Program during his visit to Eisenhower Hall Baruch Auditorium at Fort McNair in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) </p>nul<p>White House Press Secretary Dana Perino speaks about the California brush fires, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, during her daily briefing in the White House press briefing room in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) </p>nul<p>President Bush, center, during a teleconference with administration officials on California Wildfires in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 in Washington. Siting with Bush are Vice President DIck Cheney, left, and Sec. of Interior Dirk Kempthorne.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) </p>nul<p>President Bush, center, during a teleconference with administration officials on California Wildfires in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 in Washington. Siting with Bush are Vice President DIck Cheney, left, and Sec. of Interior Dirk Kempthorne.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>President Bush, center, during a teleconference with administration officials on California Wildfires in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 in Washington. Siting with Bush are Vice President DIck Cheney, left, and Sec. of Interior Dirk Kempthorne. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)</p>nul<p>The out of control Santiago Fire burns near houses in the Trabuco Canyon an unincorporated community in Orange County, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. The devastating wildfires in Southern California have caused at least $1 billion in damage in San Diego County alone, officials said Wednesday, as easing wind gave firefighters hope that they could begin to gain ground against the flames. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p>nul<p>The Santiago Fire burns near houses in the Trabuco Canyon, an unincorporated community in Orange County, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. The devastating wildfires in Southern California have caused at least $1 billion in property damage in San Diego County alone, officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)</p>nul<p>With their community closed off after being hit by a wildfire, Colleen Huang, center, and her sons, Brian, 17, left, and Connor, 13, work their way through burned bushes after viewing their home from a nearby highway overpass Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in the Rancho Bernardo section of San Diego, Calif. Their house was safe according to Mrs. Huang. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)</p>nul