Holcomb Creek Rd.  Green Valley Lake
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Holcomb Creek Rd.  Green Valley Lake
William Wilson Lewis III/The Press-Enterprise

Scenic Way, Twin Peaks
by David Bauman/The Press-Enterprise

Brentwood Lane
by David Bauman/The Press-Enterprise

Brentwood Lane near Arrowhead Country Club
by David Bauman/The Press-Enterprise

A plane drops water as a fire threatens homes in Santa Clarita.
The Associated Press, Chris Carlson

A helicopter drops fire retardant next to fire crews, as a wildfire driven by powerful winds reaches the crest of Rambla Pacifico Street in the Malibu Hills on Monday. About 700 firefighters worked to protect hundreds of homes in several upscale communities nestled in the hills.

The Associated Press, Damian Dovarganes

BRIEFING: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, is briefed on the Southern California fires at the fire Command Center in Malibu on Monday. He is joined by, from left: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Ruben Grijalva, right, director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and P. Michael Freeman, Los Angeles County County Fire Department chief.

The Associated Press, Annie Wells

WATER DELIVERY: Volunteers bring in cases of donated water into San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, which is being used as a evacuation center.

REUTERS, STAN LIU

DROP TIME: A firefighting plane drops fire retardant over Malibu Hills on Monday.

The Associated Press, Chris Carlson

WITCH CREEK: Jeans flap on a clothesline in the dry Santa Ana winds as flames approach a house at the Witch Creek Fire which has burned more than 10,000 acres and numerous structures east of Ramona on Sunday. Ramona is in the eastern part of San Diego County.

REUTERS, FRED GREAVES

A charred vehicle sits in the ruins of a home in Fredalba near Lake Arrowhead today.