His trail-blazing continued with the deserted wife's right to salvage a home from the ruins of a marriage, and the liability of advisers for negligent advice.
But two other remote blazes continued to grow, including a 21,000-acre fire that had been largely untended for over a week.
The Thomas Fire in Ventura County, the state's biggest active blaze, continued to grow, expanding to 115,000 acres — about 180 square miles — and destroying more than 400 buildings in Ventura County.
Officials warned to expect more property loss in Kern County as the blaze continued to spread.
Firefighters pounded the Holy fire by air Friday as the blaze continued to threaten thousands of Riverside County homes.
The blaze continued, gorging itself on the bone dry fuels covering the hills and mountains behind me, but I was still stuck.
The battle to control the massive blaze continued Monday, as officials announced the death of a Utah firefighter on the front lines.
Even so, a Times photographer saw crews standing at the Angeles Crest Ranger Station -- which gave the fire its name -- perhaps in a briefing or awaiting assignment, as the blaze continued to gain momentum.
Ushering in what could be a scorching summer of wildfires, a flurry of back-land blazes continued to roar Monday from the Sierra woods to the San Bernardino National Forest.
If the blaze continued to burn out of control, Erickson said, "they'll be responsible for it". "It sounds like firefighters have it under control," said Judy Houston, working at the Gold Rush Resort in Big Bear Lake.
The blaze continued to threaten small communities throughout the area, some of which had been abandoned by residents, tourists and business owners who fled after looking skyward and seeing gray plumes of smoke or columns of flame rising from nearby mountain ranges.
