[PhilipFreneau]

>> Experts say California needs way more regulation and housing expenses aren't nearly high enough.

I did not write that statement, but that was essentially the theme of the Nightline broadcast -- that California homes need to be much more fire resistant (at significantly greater cost, of course). There was no mention of the contribution of out-of-control environmental regulations to the current firestorms, though there was a minor mention near the end of the broadcast of the need to remove some of the fuel.

[amom]

This just in.

Fire jumped the 18 just now. Is moving toward Running Springs. Flames est 100 ft high.