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SAN DIEGO — Robert Garant proudly showed off a collection of chain saws he’s used to maintain the nearly 2 acres he and his wife, Gladys, have lived on for 47 years in San Diego County’s bucolic mountain hamlet of Julian. The retired school bus driver said pruning the oak trees and dense shrubbery around their home isn’t just an aesthetic endeavor. Maintaining what’s commonly known as defensible space, he explained, can be a matter of life and death. “We actually saved our house by clearing that whole perimeter,” said Garant, recalling the ferocious Cedar fire in 2003 that bu...

Published: Wednesday, 07 April 2021 05:55 UC Thelma Hansen Fund to host climate webinar series, April 27-29  April 7, 2021 - By Pamela Kan-Rice, Author - Assistant Director, News and Information Outreach - Members of the public are invited to attend a free webinar series discussing the effects of climate change on Southern California. At the three-day webinar Climate Change: What Does It Mean for Southern California?, UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists will discuss climate changes anticipated, impacts on agriculture, wildfire r...

Tony Toso Tony Toso’s cattle gather at a watering hold after the Detwiler Fire in Mariposa County, Calif., in 2017. During disasters, ranchers need access to their livestock to ensure they are out of harm’s way and have food and water. Growers provide firefighters with detailed access road maps, receive ID cards for use in emergencies. When the Detwiler Fire broke out near his family's ranch in 2017, Tony Toso was home to take defensive action to protect his family and animals. The Mariposa County rancher feels fortunate that he was on site. “We were on the fro...

Analysts Say Cat Models Would Encourage Wildfire Mitigation Measures Predictive modelers told California regulators on Thursday that the state’s antiquated rules for calculating wildfire risk when setting property insurance rates discourage innovative mitigation measures that could ultimately reduce losses. Nancy P. Watkins, a principal and consulting actuary for Milliman, said during a webcast on “home hardening” hosted by the state Department of Insurance that California is one of only three states that doesn’t allow insurers to use catastrophe modeling to determine wildfire risk. R...