Reuters: A stubborn brush fire that consumed 75 foothill homes above the California coastal town of Santa Barbara raged with renewed ferocity for a fourth day on Friday, forcing at least 30,000 people to flee as it advanced on the city and two nearby communities. The conflagration, marking the fourth wildfire to strike the affluent, picturesque Santa Barbara area in two years, charred some 3,500 acres by daybreak after a night of hot, dry erratic winds that drove flames across a highway and …