Powerful winds fan new dangers in Thomas fire: 'It will be the test to see if we have done everything correct'

When Tiffany Fariseo returned to her Ventura home a week after the Thomas fire forced her to flee, a power outage had spoiled her food, including two turkeys she had frozen for Christmas dinner.

Money she’d saved to buy loved ones Christmas gifts, she said, instead went to groceries and a $130-per-night...