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Debbie Gibbs | Other Voices Is there an alternative to burn piles for vegetation removal? Our skies are hazy as residents in unincorporated Nevada County incinerate their vegetation. Inhale at your own risk these days. This year has the lowest moisture content ever recorded for this date, so soon the annual burning window will close. But the debate is hot. Some claim a small burn pile on your property on a windless day with a hose at ready, reduces wildfire vulnerability. But often property own...

City in California employs goats to clear riverbed of overgrown brush By: KSBY Staff and last updated 2021-05-06 21:25:23-04 PASO ROBLES, Calif. — The City of Paso Robles is turning hungry animals loose in the Salinas Riverbed to reduce the wildfire risk. Goats will be grazing over the next month or so. Theyre starting from the north and going south, clearing two to three acres a day. On Tuesday, there were upwards of 100 goats munching away at the overgrown, fire-ready gra...

The City of Paso Robles is turning hungry animals loose in the Salinas Riverbed to reduce the wildfire risk.

San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sacramento, Ventura County, Sonoma County , El Dorado County, Mendocino County, Santa Clara County, Nevada County, Mountain Rim, Ojai Valley, and other cities. Through a partnership with Advanced Logistics, and California Conservation Corps, each Trailer is custom built to accommodate tools, safety equipment, prevention and mitigation essentials, and will be filled with $10,000 in critical supplies to execute impactful loca...

Forty-year rural Nevada County resident John LeLange looks out over his 11-acre property Wednesday off Dixon Road that was recently masticated and abated of fire prone vegetation. LeLange’s property sits within the Ponderosa West Grass Valley Defense Zone shaded fuel break. Photo: Elias Funez The Ponderosa West Grass Valley Defense Zone project is close to wrapping up, with about 907 acres of land having been cleared of potential wildfire fuel out of a target of 1,200 acres. An additional 60 ...

April 12, 2021 — The regional behavioral health training center in Redwood Valley, which was purchased with Measure B funds, could open after the pandemic as an emergency operations center and hub for public safety trainings. The Board of Supervisors held the first of four listening sessions with entities making a pitch for some of the $22 million PG&E settlement money last week.   One petitioner was Brentt Blaser, the Office of Emergency Services director, who reports to the sheriff. He as...

Governor, legislative leaders present plan to invest half a billion dollars in wildfire prevention Lake County News reports 09 April 2021 The California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have reached an agreement that invests nearly a half-billion dollars into California’s wildfire prevention and resiliency efforts. On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) announced the $536 million funding pl...

Former SLO County supervisor Shirley Bianchi dies CAL FIRE SLO and last updated 2021-02-27 01:13:44-05 A former San Luis Obispo County supervisor has died. Shirly Bianchi, 91, passed away Friday at a San Luis Obispo hospital after facing a number of health challenges, according to the County of San Luis Obispo. “The Board of Supervisors and I received the sad news that former District 2 Supervisor Shirley Bianchi died today in San Luis Obispo. She leaves behind an incredible legacy, not ju...

Fires. a grim dawn in southern california simi valley a blaze has just broken out and its been found by strong winds and not made for local bit rivera the bags are packed but for now shes determined to stay and try to fight. it started over the top of the hill behind the house. their neighbors are. very one sided this fire safe ill be ok. as the morning wears on the blights picks up 1st in the line of fire the ranch is in the hills its not just residents who have to be evacuated ranches struggle...

We found the forests with the fewest environmental protections and the most logging actually had the most intense fires. and were seeing that with tragic queens. >> what do you see then as the solution? is there one? >> there is. theres two key things that we need to do. number one, we need to focus our resources and attention on protecting communities. and we know we can do that well because theres lots of studies that say if we focus on creating fire safe communities, making homes more fire sa...