Summer in California

I grew up with this and hope Mt. Wilson makes it through undamaged - tonight's the night. Is it any wonder that I have little or no interest in reality shows.

Some say their heroes always were cowboys - mine were these men and women - YES since the 1970s women have been on the firelines too.

How'd you spend you summer vacation?

clipped from www.latimes.com Firefighters keep watch on a backfire behind homes on the 2800 block of Pinelawn Dr. in La Crescenta Monday. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Firefighter Matthew Cleaver is illuminated by the glow of a backfire in La Crescenta Monday. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles firefighter Thomas Rindge takes a break from battling the Station fire in La Crescenta Monday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) The Station fire bears down on Aliso Canyon Road in Acton, several miles north of the area where two L.A. County firefighters died Sunday night after their truck went down a mountainside. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)