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Like the Los Gatos area, other regions of the West have now taken on an almost surreal look: vast, charred ranges spotted with orange flames and black smoke. But an end may be in sight, at least for parts of California. At week's end, the high-pressure system seemed to be easing, a fog moved in, and temperatures dropped into the 60s. As the first weak drops drizzled down, joyful fire fighters shouted, "It's raining! It's raining!" --By Amy Wilentz. Reported by Stephen Koepp/Los Gatos and Richard Woodbury/Los Angeles
...reproducing the intimate intensity of King's radio program. He appears on a starkly decorated set, sitting directly across from guests who are shot in what may be the tightest close-ups on TV. King's warm radio baritone is less enveloping on TV, and the mere sight of the technology needed for his phone-in segments (buttons popping, lights blinking) destroys the illusion of control that radio creates. Still, King has made an effective outlet of the new format. He has discussed politics with former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, questioned House Speaker Tip O'Neill about old age, delved...
...raises a question. If you thought up an intriguing, perhaps even a socially beneficial game, would you flog it mercilessly from every conceivable commercial angle until consumers got sick at the very sight of the game's name? Yes, no or depends. --By J.D. Reed. Reported by JoAnn Lum/New York
...Yoshitaka Kawamoto sat in the tent in Taibi, half awake in the darkness. Suddenly his mother entered, and the two caught sight of each other. "It was the first time I cried...
...were trying to get away from the fires and head for the river. On the way, I lost sight of my teacher and proceeded alone. People burned too severely to survive grabbed at me as I went along. Those who could walk stumbled over the bodies; they wore tatters and were covered with ash. I saw a living baby clinging to the breasts of its dead mother. I saw another child of three or four beating her dead mother with her fists. Perhaps she did not know that her mother was dead and in desperation and confusion was trying...