Flames reach small seaside town of La Conchita, sending evacuation holdouts fleeing
(LA Times Latin America)

The destructive Thomas fire rampaged toward La Conchita early Thursday, sending some holdouts who had defied evacuation orders fleeing the small seaside town. Shortly before 2 a.m., flames rolled down the hillside just off the 101 Freeway, near Faria Beach Park before jumping northbound lanes and...