BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Also, at this hour, a fast-moving fire has reached the outskirts of Camp Pendleton. That's the U.S. Marine base north of San Diego. Hundreds of firefighters working that blaze, which has already burned more than a dozen homes, plus thousands of acres of pricey real estate. Keeping an eye on it all this morning, Willa Sandmeyer, of CNN affiliate, KTLA, now joins us live, where it is just past 9:00, local time there in the morning in southern California. Willa, good morning.</s>WILLA SANDMEYER, KTLA REPORTER: Good morning, Bill, and we have some updated information to share with you. The total is now 30 homes that have been lost, some 3,000 acres scorched. I'm standing in front of the rubble of what's left of one of the homes that was lost. We're here in a beautiful location. It's on a ridgeline here in the community of Fallbrook in California. That's about 60 miles north of San Diego, and you can see here, along this street, home after home lost here by that fire. Now, Bill, the problem with this fire is that it was pushed along by strong gusting winds. Steady winds of 35 miles per hour were blowing all day yesterday and into the night. The good news today is those strong gusting winds have died down. There is only the lightest of a breeze blowing right now. Now, we understand that firefighters, now, are mapping out their strategy on how they're going to get a handle on this blaze today. And now that the air is nearly still, it will be much, much easier. Even as I'm standing here right now, I can hear the sound of helicopters overhead. We've seen a couple of the fire department's helicopters...</s>HEMMER: And, Willa, I apologize. Willa Sandmeyer, my apologies.
California Fires Approach Camp Pendleton