Improved weather conditions allowed firefighters to increase containment on the blaze raging northwest of Los Angeles and keep it from growing over the weekend, but residents from about 1,000 evacuated homes still had to stay away.

Southern California firefighters made progress against a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures, mostly homes, and that was

The Mountain Fire is tearing through a community northwest of Los Angeles for a second day after destroying dozens of homes and forcing thousands of residents to flee.