California winds slacken, helping firefighters control blazes <!-- no image --> <div>Winds that have fanned California's wildfires have calmed, helping firefighters contain blazes that have destroyed homes and forced mass power outages since late last month.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=UTvbPQ2MBBQ:_DElNJQxGGc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=UTvbPQ2MBBQ:_DElNJQxGGc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=UTvbPQ2MBBQ:_DElNJQxGGc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=UTvbPQ2MBBQ:_DElNJQxGGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=UTvbPQ2MBBQ:_DElNJQxGGc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/UTvbPQ2MBBQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters