Hurt and starving animals whose habitat was scorched in last month's massive Henry W. Coe State Park fire are scrambling out of the wilderness and into the arms of wildlife care workers in Morgan Hill who have taken them under their wing.

A California teacher has been charged with starting a wildfire that took more than a week to control by burning trash carelessly at her forest cabin. Margaret Pavese of San Juan Batista faces only a misdemeanor charge, The San Jose Mercury News reported.

By Chris Bone, The Dispatch, Gilroy, Calif. Sep. 25--Humans haven't been the only species affected by the Lick Fire. The sundry animals and plants that live within Henry Coe State Park's 87,000 acres have dealt with the regenerative effects of natural fires for hundreds of millions of years.

By Leslie GriffySTAFF One of the biggest fires in Santa Clara County history was fully contained Tuesday morning, more than a week after it was ignited from an illegal burn barrel in the hills east of Gilroy. The Lick Fire has consumed 47,760 acres, most of it in the back country of Henry W.

By Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Sep. 12--One of the biggest wildfires in Santa Clara County history was fully contained Tuesday morning, more than a week after it was ignited from an illegal burn barrel in the hills east of Morgan Hill.