Residents from about 100 homes in foothills northeast of Los Angeles were allowed to return Sunday as firefighters came close to controlling a stubborn brush fire. A wildfire burns on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains above Monrovia, Calif., on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The view of the blaze slowed traffic to a crawl on Interstate 210 northeast of Los Angeles. A wildfire burns on the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains above Monrovia, Calif., on Saturday, April 20, 2013.