Lighter winds help crews gain on California wildfires

Santa Rosa, Calif. • Firefighters kept gaining on the California wildfires Monday with help from lighter winds that made it easier to attack the flames that have killed at least 40 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses.After days of gusts that constantly fanned the fires, better weather offered a chance for crews to get the upper hand more than a week after the blazes started chewing through the state’s celebrated wine country.“The weather has not been in our fa