Firefighters make gains on wildfire in Northern California

WEAVERVILLE, Calif. — Calmer weather helped firefighters advance on a lightning-sparked wildfire that has been burning in Northern California for four days, a fire official said Saturday. The blaze in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest grew to 1,480 acres, with containment up from 5 percent on Saturday morning to 15 percent by sundown, fire spokesman Dean McAlister said. “We saw minimum growth today,” he said, adding that despite the hot, dry weather winds were less than 10 mph around the