Guardian: Southern California started to count the cost of a series of wildfires that swept through the region over the weekend as fierce winds died down today. Thousands of people began to return home after being evacuated, and hundred of homes were destroyed as the fires raged from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles and Orange County, burning a total of 35,000 acres (14,000 hectares). Just one death was reported in the fires, although rescuers continued to search through a mobile home park …