Staff Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune
Staff Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune
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Tony Manolatos
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FROM Tony Manolatos
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Warm and Dry Spring Fans the Flames It’s early Spring, but Governor Schwarzenegger has already declared a drought in California. Dry conditions plus high temperatures plus high wind constitute the formula for brush fires raging out of control, and that’s what’s happening in Northern California .
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Criticism of Response to California Fires Mounts Decreasing winds in Southern California are giving firefighters a chance to gain ground. Some residents are being allowed to go home or to see what's left of their homes. Others are still being evacuated. Damage estimates are at least a billion dollars in San Diego County alone. Tony Manolantos reports for the San Diego Union-Tribune .
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