Wildfire threatens 500 homes in Big Sur
A lightning-sparked wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest is moving closer to Big Sur, where it threatens 500 homes The blaze was only 3 percent contained late Wednesday and had burned nearly 30 square miles near the coast about a mile south of Big Sur, officials said.
More than 800 wildfires sparked by an ``unprecedented'' lightning storm burned a swath of Northern California from Big Sur to wine country to Humboldt County on Monday.