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• May 23: Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is given a briefing on the fire by Cal Fire chief and fire incident commander Joe Waterman, of Lassen, Calif., at a fire command post in Gilroy, Calif.
• May 23: Chris "Catman" Puett comforts his dog Tony after a wildfire burned up the property where Puett works as a caretaker in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy, Calif.
• May 23: The window of a burned up home frames the scorched mountainside in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy, Calif.
• May 23: Santa Clara County firefighters Capt. Jason Falarski, left, and Eric Limones fight a wildfire as it approaches a home in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy, Calif.
• May 23: Eric Limones of the South Santa Clara Fire District fights a wildfire as it approaches a home in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy, Calif.
• May 22: A wind-whipped wildfire in central California mountains destroyed buildings and timber and threatened many rural homes.
• May 22: Smoke hangs in the trees from a wind-whipped wildfire in central California mountains which destroyed buildings and threatened many rural homes .
• May 22: A DC-10 plane drops fire retardant on a home which is in danger of being consumed by the fire in Watsonville, Calif.
• May 22: Rebecca Henson cries on the shoulder of a friend after she was evacuated from a fast moving fire in Corralitos, Calif.
• May 22: A helicopter prepares to drop water on a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, Calif.
• May 22: A helicopter prepares to drop water on a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, Calif.
• May 22: Firefighting helicopters battle the Summit Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated rural areas of Santa Cruz County, Calif.
• May 22: San Jose Fire PIO, Captain Craig Schwinge, talks to the media as the wildfire burns in the background in Santa Cruz, Calif.
• May 22: Firefighting helicopters battle the Summit Fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated rural areas of Santa Cruz County, Calif.
• May 22: Tom Archiveque, his daughter Alina Archiveque and his wife, Maria Elena Archiveque look at a map of the mountains hoping they won't have to evacuate their home.
• May 22: This is a view of a fast-moving wildfire off Hecker Pass in a sparsely populated area on the border of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, Calif.
• May 22: This is a view of a fast-moving wildfire off Hecker Pass in a sparsely populated area on the border of Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties, Calif.