Mountain residents come bearing gifts

CHP officers working Highway 18 roadblocks around the Butler II Fire have been overwhelmed with cookies and gift bags from residents in the San Bernardino Mountains who wanted to give the officers a treat during their long shifts. Officer Jeremy Pursley said an officer working overnight Tuesday received so many items, he ran many of them up the hill to firefighters. The gift bags contained mostly food items such as sandwiches, bottled water, sodas and juice, Pursley said.