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New Evacuations as Huge Southern California Fire Flares Up

Firefighters knock down flames as they advance on homes atop Shepherd Mesa Road in Carpinteria, Calif, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. A flare-up on the western edge of
Southern California’s largest and most destructive wildfire sent residents fleeing Sunday, as wind-fanned flames churned through canyons and down hillsides toward
coastal towns.
(Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara FD via AP)
CHRIS WEBER residents fleeing Sunday, several homes as unpre- in Carpinteria, a seaside “Some places the smoke is
Associated Press as wind-fanned flames dictable gusts sent the city in Santa Barbara Coun- going straight up in the air,
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A churned through canyons blaze churning deeper into ty that has been under and others it’s blowing side-
flare-up on the western and down hillsides toward foothill areas northwest of fire threat for days. “The ways. Depends on what
edge of Southern Cali- coastal towns. Los Angeles that haven’t winds are kind of squirrely canyon we’re in.”
fornia’s largest and most Crews with help from wa- burned in decades. New right now,” said county fire
destructive wildfire sent ter-dropping aircraft saved evacuations were ordered spokesman Mike Eliason. Continued on Page 4
Shelby Bucks Alabama GOP Leaders in Voting Against Moore

By KIM CHANDLER low Republican Roy Moore bama’s senior senator, said Doug Jones in the special can name. And I think a lot
Associated Press to the U.S. Senate, making he had already cast an ab- election Tuesday to re- of people could do that,”
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) clear that a write-in candi- sentee ballot for another, place Jeff Sessions, now Shelby told CNN’s “State of
— In his sternest rebuke date was far preferable to unspecified Republican, the U.S. attorney general. the Union.”
yet, Alabama Sen. Rich- a man accused of sexual even as other prominent “I couldn’t vote for Roy “The state of Alabama de-
ard Shelby said repeatedly misconduct. state Republicans fell in line Moore. I didn’t vote for serves better,” he said.
Sunday his state can “do Days before the pivotal behind Moore. Roy Moore. But I wrote in
better” than electing fel- race, Shelby, who is Ala- Moore faces Democrat a distinguished Republi- Continued on Page 3