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Posted on April 19, 2021 | Views: 160 cwebb2021-04-19T01:21:18-07:00 by Alan Buis: The year 2020 will be remembered for many things, not the least of which were a series of devastating fires around the globe that bear the fingerprints of climate change… From Australia and South America’s Amazon and Pantanal regions, to Siberia and the U.S. West, wildfires set new records and made news year-round. It was an especially bad year for wildfires on the U.S. West Coast. Five of Californi...

State says nearly 73% of fire debris removed from Solano, Napa, Sonoma Terry Schmidtbauer, director of the Solano County Department of Resource Management FAIRFIELD — Nearly 73% of the debris left behind by last summer’s devastating wildfires – including the LNU Lightning Complex Fire – has been cleared away as part of the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program. State contractors have removed debris from 101, or 87.8%, of the 115 participating properties in Solano County, accordi...

Solano Board of Supervisors stands up for victims of crime, sexual assault FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday adopted resolutions recognizing April 18-24 as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in Solano County and the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Supervisor Monica Brown emphasized not only the emotional toll caused by crime, but the monetary costs as well. “. . . (A)nnually, rape costs the U.S. more than any other crime ($127 billion), fol...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA A house burns in the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in rural Vacaville, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2020. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file) LNU Fire recovery plan updated for Solano supervisors FAIRFIELD — One of the most terrifying characteristics of the LNU Lightning Complex Fire was the speed with which it blazed through the Vacaville hills. But there is nothing fast about recovery, and to help keep on top of local planning and agency compliance, the Board of Supervisors...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Solano Parks and Recreation Manager Chris Drake stands above damage done to Lake Solano County Park last year by the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) Solano supervisors to address long-term LNU fire recovery FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors on Tuesday will consider the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex Fire Recovery Strategic Plan and receive an update on the progress of the recovery. A staff report to the board st...

Updated 3 hours ago NBC Bay Area A tree worker suffered major injuries when they were hit by a falling tree near Pescadero Tuesday afternoon, according to fire officials. The worker was rescued from a steep hillside and airlifted to a hospital, Cal Fire CZU said on Twitter. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. Firefighters used a rope system to bring the worker 300 feet down the hillside, Cal Fire CZU said. Local

Fire as Medicine: Learning from Native American Fire Stewardship For centuries, Indigenous peoples have worked to live in harmony with fire. Can integrating such cultural practices into contemporary wildfire management help prevent catastrophic wildfires? Yurok and Karuk igniters conduct traditional burning to achieve multiple resource objectives in a tanoak orchard, a former Karuk acorn-gathering area in California being restored today. Credit: Frank Lake 29 March 2021 In 2020, ne...

Nature is truly an amazing force. Whether plants or animals, Ole Mom Nature has an incredible ability and drive to survive. The February snow and ice are just a memory for most. New growth brings hope. Among the millions of brown leaves, green shoots are starting to appear everywhere.  And they aren’t on just the hardy plants. A dear friend gave me a pencil cactus several years ago. Although I brought it inside, I feared I didn’t do so early enough, because all of its little limbs were br...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Fairfield Fire Department firefighters put out a two-alarm grass fire along Suisun Parkway, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic) Report shows Fairfield Fire Department averaged about 38 calls per day in 2020 That equals about 38 calls each day. The department responded to about 6,800 calls in 2000. Station 37, the busiest fire station in the county, responded to 4,730 calls, according to the report. It’s at 1200 Kentucky St., next to the librar...

Solano to hire designer to recreate new county website FAIRFIELD — Solano County Supervisor Erin Hannigan has made no secret of her dislike for the county website. So it was no surprise this week that she made the board-supported motion for the county to send out a request for proposals to find someone to redesign the centerpiece of county information. “I’ve been carrying the flag for website redesign . . . for almost nine years,” Hannigan said at the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesda...