Wild Fires Ravage SoCal

From Hurricanes in the gulf to wild fires in the west. The RedCross is at it again taking in over 500 people in California. As wildfires continue to race across southern California threating the northwestern edge of LA. Some 3,000 firefighters aided by aircraft struggled to protect ridgetop houses along the Los Angeles-Ventura county line, a rugged, brushy landscape west of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley (search). Officials said the blaze was 5 percent contained as it burned toward such communities as Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Calabasasrous homes were evacuated in nine areas, and the Red Cross (search) reported 500 people were staying at five of its shelters. For more coverage click on link below: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170752,00.html