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Amid a groundswell of public support, the Portola Valley Town Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve its third draft of its housing element. But the battle over its state-mandated housing plan is far from over. ....
During an at times heated candidate forum on Thursday, Sept. 29, the five seeking seats on the Portola Valley Town Council this November fielded questions on housing, concerns about town staff s response times, wildfire risk and more. ....
'Very scary, very frustrating': Portola Valley homeowners face nonrenewal of homeowners insurance almanacnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from almanacnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
How Woodside, Portola Valley considered appealing their latest housing allocations, but stopped short almanacnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from almanacnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since the CZU fires, Cal Fire s San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties division, Cal Fire CZU, as well as other county groups have been working on various projects to protect against wildfires. Woodside and Portola Valley have both stepped up their fuel reduction efforts, said Denise Enea, former Woodside Fire Protection District fire marshal and president of Fire Safe San Mateo County, the organization dedicated to protecting property and the environment for county residents in the wildland/urban interface. “It s not just going to be more engines, it’s not just going to be more hand crews, it’s not going to just be more vegetation management, it’s not just going to be prescribed burning, it’s going to be more of everything,” explained Jonathan Cox, deputy chief of Cal Fire CZU, during the April Cal Fire talk, speaking about how the county can prevent a catastrophic wildfire. ....