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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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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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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    Is America Drying Up?
    1. 1:40Criticism of Response to California Fires MountsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:44Fires, Drought and Our Role in the Destruction They Cause
    3. 42:24Curses, Miracles and the World Series
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      Warren Olney

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      Tony Manolatos

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Is America Drying Up?
    1. 1:40Criticism of Response to California Fires MountsYou’re reading this
    2. 7:44Fires, Drought and Our Role in the Destruction They Cause
    3. 42:24Curses, Miracles and the World Series
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