LA VERNE – Seventy homes in an upscale suburb abutting the San Gabriel Mountains stand abandoned as an 8,000-acre wildfire raged out of control in the rugged terrain of the Angeles National Forest. Forty-four structures were destroyed, but it was not immediately known how many were homes, said U.S. Forest Service fire dispatcher Tony Heinan. The fire was only about 12 percent contained by 6 a.m. Tuesday. Brush fire rages out of control near Morgan Hill The fire burned toward northwestern La Verne, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles, where residents were evacuated as flames moved southeasterly through...