DESERT VILLAGE NOW MOVIETOWN

The entrance to the village has a sign, "Pioneertown is this-a-way." Next sign: "Horseless carriages ain't aloud on Mane St." even Producer Krasne discreetly parks his Cadillac off the dirt street.

The entrance to the village has a sign, "Pioneertown is this-a-way." Next sign: "Horseless carriages ain't aloud on Mane St." even Producer Krasne discreetly parks his Cadillac off the dirt street.

Desert winds and blistering heat on Wednesday challenged firefighters battling a 36,000-acre wildfire that destroyed buildings and forced hundreds of people to leave but spared historic structures in a town developed decades ago as a movie set for westerns.