In the San Bernardino Mountains, near Banning, crews tackled a fire through the night.

BBC: California wildfire shuts famous highway

Even so, the focus of the manhunt remains on the San Bernardino Mountains where the search has been slowed by heavy snowfall.

CNN: LAPD to review firing of ex-cop it's hunting

In the snow-packed San Bernardino Mountains, officers trudged through fresh snow as they searched homes, knocking on doors and peeking in windows, for Dorner.

CNN: LAPD to review firing of ex-cop it's hunting

For now, the focus of the manhunt remains on Big Bear and the surrounding San Bernardino Mountains, where Dorner's burned-out pickup was found a day earlier.

CNN: February 9, 2013 -- Updated 1735 GMT (0135 HKT)

For now, the focus of the manhunt remains on Big Bear and the surrounding San Bernardino Mountains, where Dorner's burned out-pickup was found a day earlier.

CNN: February 9, 2013 -- Updated 1435 GMT (2235 HKT)

Dorner was cornered and died Tuesday afternoon in the San Bernardino Mountains, about 100 miles east of the city he had once sworn to protect and serve.

CNN: Renegade ex-cop Dorner died from single gunshot to head

The manhunt ended last week when Dorner was cornered and died in the San Bernardino Mountains, about 100 miles east of the city he had once sworn to protect and serve.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke out just after noon and was moving westward through largely undeveloped foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, but it was dangerously close to subdivisions to the south, in Banning.

NPR: Wind-Fueled Wildfire Erupts East Of Los Angeles

The effort was significantly scaled back as the weekend went on, with 25 officers and a single helicopter looking for clues in the forest and going door-to-door at some 600 cabins in the San Bernardino mountains, about 80 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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