http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/ Rolling Hills, CA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/94206adbd46469cfa145f524009f4cfd.html It039;s been a while but Pacific Gas and Electric Co http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/88a4cb2e84ce699f9509508409a3f2af.html Law enforcement investigators in San Diego and Riverside counties have uncovered a brazen real estate scheme in which individuals are claiming ownership of distressed homes by filing officiallooking grant deeds with county recorder offices http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/7ee2dec39f4a77ba636050f4a83ae4d8.html WASHINGTON 8211; For seven years the Bush administration has pursued alQaeda but done almost nothing to hunt down the Afghan Taliban leadership in its sanctuaries in Pakistan and that has left Mullah Mohammad Omar and his deputies free to direct an escalating war against the USbacked Afghan government http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/ffd9150c361601db93f243b3af942624.html The neighborhoods of the Santa Barbara County enclave are among the richest in the state although Oprah Winfrey Ty Warner and other bigname moguls make up the elite not the normJohn and Jacqueline Kennedy honeymooned there Oprah Winfrey Jeff Bridges John Cleese Rob Lowe and Ivan Reitman live there Ellen DeGeneres used to before she sold her estate earlier this year for about 20 million to Eric Schmidt Google's chief executive http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/4634b758c3166f59a0a8c4dcf608d3d9.html By THOMAS WATKINSAssociated PressMONTECITOFirefighters struggled to get control of a raging wildfire Friday that destroyed more than 100 homes and injured 13 people in this Mediterraneanstyle coastal town that has been home to celebrities from Charlie Chaplin to Oprah WinfreyFire crews stationed in culdesacs on winding residential roads had a 12hour window to gain on the fire before the region's famous sundownerwinds which roar down the mountains to the sea as the sun sets picked up again with gusts that could reach 70 mph said Santa Barbara County fire chief Ron PrinceGov Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara County on Friday as residents waited anxiously for word of their homes after fleeing flames with just a few minutes noticeThere is no estimate for containment of the blaze which broke out just before 6 pm Thursday and spread to about 2500 acres nearly 4 miles by early Friday About 5400 homes were evacuated in tony Montecito which has attracted celebrities like Rob Lowe Michael Douglas and Winfrey who owns a 42acre estate thereThis situation is not over We're going to have a very very tough day today for firefighting and when the winds kick up this afternoon we're going to have an incredibly challenging situationsaid Santa Barbara County fire chief Ron Prince Control of this fire is not even in sightSanta Barbara police Deputy Chief Richard Glaus said officers arrested someone Thursday night in the burn area The person wasn't a resident in the area and displayed some kind of suspicious activityand tried to flee the officers he saidThe arrest was not arsonrelated Glaus saidFire officials began an aggressive attack from the air at daybreak with the help of nine waterdropping helicopters and 10 air tankers said Terri Nisich a spokeswoman with the Santa Barbara County Executive Office Helicopter pilots had worked through the night using night vision goggles to drop water on the flames said Santa Barbara County SheriffCoroner Bill BrownA high wind warning was in effect in Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Saturday with possible gusts of up to 70 mph in some passes and canyonsMichele Mickiewicz a spokeswoman with the county emergency operations center said Friday that 10 people were treated for smoke inhalation and three had burn injuries Earlier Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital reported receiving two patients with substantial burnsI saw 15 million in houses burn without a doubtSanta Barbara evacuee Tom Bain said They were just blowing up It was really intensely hotBain a 54yearold electrician said authorities ordered him to leave his home around midnightBain quickly collected his three cats his work files and his computer and was out his house within five minutes On his way out he saw at least six mansions on a ridge above his home explode into flamesAbout 200 people spent the night at an evacuation center at a high school in nearby Goleta but rest was out of the question for Ed Naha a 58yearold writer who lives in the hills above Santa BarbaraI don't think we are going to have the house when we go backNaha saidWe are used to seeing smoke because we do have fires up here but I've never seen that reddish hellish glow that closehe said I was waiting for Dante and Virgil to show upThousands of feet above the flames footage shot from television helicopters showed what initially looked like a massive campfire with dozens of glowing embersWhen cameras zoomed in however what appeared to be flaring coals turned out to be houses many of them sprawling estates gutted by flame Palm trees were lit like burning matches and fire was chewing mansions to the groundIt looked like lava coming down a volcanoLeslie Hollis Lopez said as she gathered belongings from her houseBrown the sheriff said he flew over the burn area early Friday He said the Mount Calvary Benedictine monastery appeared to be completely destroyed and he personally counted more than 80 homes burned to the ground many in the winding streets around Westmont CollegeThe Christian liberal arts college is nestled amid wooded rolling hills some 1000 students were caught offguard by the rapidly moving flamesIt came pretty fastsaid Tyler Rollema a 19yearold sophomore who was eating dinner in the cafeteria when students were told to head to the gym We came out and it was just blazingThe fire temporarily knocked out power to more than 20000 homes in Santa Barbara Southern California Edison spokesman Paul Klein said The city has a population of about 90000At Westmont College the air was dense with smoke and the scent of burning pine Flames chewed through a eucalyptus grove on the 135acre campus and destroyed several buildings housing the physics and psychology departments at least three dormitories and about a dozen faculty homes college spokesman Scott Craig saidI saw flames about 100 feet high in the air shooting up with the wind just howlinghe told AP Radio Now when the wind howls and you've got palm trees and eucalyptus trees that are literally exploding with their hot oil you've got these big red hot embers that are flying through the sky and are catching anything on fireAbout 300 students fled to gym where they spent the night sleeping on cots Some stood in groups praying others sobbed openly and comforted each otherBeth Lazor 18 said she was in her dorm when the alarm went off She said she only had time to grab her laptop phone a teddy bear and a debit card before fleeing the burning buildingHer roommate Catherine Wilson said she didn't have time to get anythingI came out and the whole hill was glowingWilson said There were embers falling downMontecito a quiet community known for its Mediterraneanlike climate and charming Spanish colonial homes has long attracted celebritiesThe landmark Montecito Inn was built in the 1920s by Charlie Chaplin and the nearby San Ysidro Ranch was the honeymoon site of John F Kennedy in 1953Montecito suffered a major fire in 1977 when more than 200 homes burned A fire in 1964 burned about 67000 acres and damaged 150 houses and buildings http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/7d314f12e57a6a73fee329e3e9e3d739.html MONTECITO Firefighters struggled to get control of a raging wildfire Friday that destroyed more than 100 homes and injured 13 people in this Mediterraneanstyle coastal town that has been home to celebrities from Charlie Chaplin to Oprah Winfrey http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/312f38252fa586724d7003b537f9f10e.html Barbara Spector's oneyear term as mayor ends on Nov 17 but she will remain on the town council for four more years http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/california/rolling-hills/content/35d5d677b360d44d77d7678364ba7c1e.html The Orland High School class of 1958 celebrated its 50year reunion Sept