Fire Near Los Angeles Threatens Popular SoCal Ski Area

Firefighters are battling the still-raging Vista Fire near Mt. Baldy Resort, California, a ski area popular among Los Angeles skiers.The Vista Fire started on Sunday, July 7th around 9 a.m. and, according to Cal Fire’s incident map, is 0% contained and has expanded to 1,095 acres. “What it takes to what we ‘call contain a fire’ is to put a line around the fire, between the unburned fuel and the fire itself,” Nathan Judy, a spokesperson for the US Forest Service, exp