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By Woody Henderson, MCFSC board memberContributed A quick note from the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council (MCFSC): Though it is late in the season, we are still getting a lot of questions regarding fire abatement around residences and vacant property. People call us because we can often help with the removal of brush and dead…
Mountain Disaster Preparedness, a local non-profit volunteer group, is holding a Great Shakeout event to inform residents how to be better prepared for earthquakes and other emergencies. The event, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 18, also will stress the need for Hill residents to be prepared to be self-sufficient, especially after a catastrophic…
By David Jerome Contributing Editor California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit on June 12 in Los Angeles Superior court against the officers of a family real estate empire that owns, according to the suit and widespread reporting, over 22,000 rental units in the state. The list of defendants begins with the name of Swaranjit…
Optimism and good news were prevalent at last week’s Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. Fire officials from forest fire agencies — U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and CAL FIRE — discussed their preparations for the 2012 fire season that has already begun.
The Fern Valley Water District directors adopted a revised policy manual at their July 17 meeting. The major sections included the board of directors, board meetings and general policies such as budget preparation. The Rate and Revenue Subcommittee, composed of directors Robert Krieger and Trisha Clark, did not meet this month. Consequently, nothing was reported…
Tucked back from North Circle in a historic building just off the main road, Mountain Mike’s feels less like a storefront and more like a waypoint — the kind of place you find because you’re meant to. Mike prefers it that way. People don’t stumble in. They arrive. His love affair with the mountain began…...