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Governor Gavin Newsom visited a fuel break made possible by executive action in 2019 that helped firefighters respond to last year’s devastating Creek Fire, and highlighted the agreement on a $536 million legislative package to accelerate fire prevention projects that protect communities. “Perhaps nowhere is the threat of wildfires caused by climate change more evident than here in Fresno County, where the state’s tree mortality caused by drought stress is greatest. Fuel breaks, like the one we toured today, play a key role because they can disrupt fire behavior, slow progression and pr...

Local pillbox survivors Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on April 2, 2021 at 11:06 A platform for a large static gun perhaps?  I would imagine it was used to guard against the possible taking of the Alexandra Palace transmitter  That's a good suggestion.  I wonder if possibly that may have been an air raid shelter, with the protrusion on the right being the entrance down the steps to underground ?  Maybe not. Permalink Reply by John Shulver on April 3, 2021 at 17:54 I am fascinated by WW1 & 2 pillboxes, so many styles and in some seemingly questionable locations.  Now residing...

Cedric Dover. | Credit: Yale University Library Archives. In 1948, a case came up for hearing in the California supreme court that challenged one of the very bases of racial segregation. The case was of Andrea Perez, a Mexican American woman. Perez, who was legally considered white because of her Spanish heritage, had been denied the right to marry Sylvester Davis, an African American, because of California’s anti-miscegenation law. An indignant Perez petitioned the supreme court, demanding a marriage licence. The court agreed. It struck down the miscegenation law as unco...

The Quietus , February 27th, 2021 09:13 Patrick Wright, author of the new book, The Sea View Has Me Again: Uwe Johnson in Sheerness, talks to Simon Matthews about the "moral utopia" in the Thames Estuary Brent geese over Shellness and nudist beach. All pictures courtesy Patrick Wright We live in interesting times. Who would have thought that the odyssey of legendary East Germany writer Uwe Johnson, from the Baltic to Sheerness forty-five years ago, would have resonance today in a political and social landscape scarred by Brexit? A legendary figure in European literature, Johnson chose to sett...

Article content Acclaimed Sudbury cover band Good Vibes, known for their dance parties featuring classic songs from the 70s, recently released their first-ever original single called “I’m The Problem.” The three-piece band composed of Ryan McIntosh (guitar), Dan Moir (drums), and Patrick Wright (bass/vocals) released the song as part of a series of four recordings that will appear over the course of 2021. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Pandemic inspired Sudbury cover band to write and record original music Back to video Q What is the hist...