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PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says his department has reports of 110 people still missing in a massive Northern California wildfire that has scorched 164 square miles (425 square kilometers). Honea says he's hopeful that more of those missing people will be located. The department initially had more than 500 calls about citizens who were unable to reach loved ones. But he says they've been able to help locate many.

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires in Southern California have killed two people as houses from ranch homes to the celebrity mansions of Malibu burned. Los Angeles County sheriff's Chief John Benedict says the bodies were found burned in a vehicle in a driveway in Malibu. The winds that drove the blazes calmed on Saturday and allowed firefighters to make their first progress in stopping them.

TALLALHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Election officials in Florida's Miami-Dade County say they've begun recounting ballots from Tuesday's election. Officials from the county's elections office confirmed Saturday evening that they've started a machine recount. The Florida secretary of state earlier Saturday ordered the recounts in the U.S. Senate and governor races.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — An autopsy found the gunman who killed 12 at a Southern California bar died from a self-inflicted gunshot. Police say Ian David Longshot killed 11 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill along with a police officer who responded just before midnight Wednesday. Police said the officer exchanged gunfire with Long, a 28-year-old ex-Marine machine-gunner. Long was found dead at the scene. Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said Saturday an autopsy showed Long fatally shot himself.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move toward the U.S. border Saturday, after dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked them to the outskirts of the capital and drivers began offering rides north. At the Line 2 terminus, migrants began making their way to a main highway to resume walking and hitchhiking with the tacit approval of Mexican officials.

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