When the winds blow, you need to be especially mindful of outside work. Weed whacking on high heat, high wind, low humidity days can spark a fire by accidentally hitting a rock. It is advised that this kind of yard work be done before 10:00 AM while overnight humidity is still in the plants. Be safe and mindful of these extreme weather days.
Here is another letter to the editor that you may not have seen in response to the September 4 OC Register article. It was submitted by Brea resident Eric Johnson. The boogeyman in this battle over Esperanza Hills is not the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Very few lawsuits are actually filed under CEQA: less than 1% of projects subject to CEQA review are actually challenged in court. To say that CEQA stops projects is flat out wrong. The law … Read More
This is so cool to see our work from SPACE. East of LA’s lights the biggest dark spot (open space) is the Cleveland National Forest. If you follow that up the photo, you can see the entire Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor. Zoom in to get a closer look. If you are geographically challenged, find the biggest island (Catalina) by the rectangular-ish point (Palos Verdes) and the Puente-Chino Hills are northeast from there (aim to 2:00)
It is high time our fire agencies looked at what is actually working and what isn’t when it comes to wildland fires and home protection. Our codes don’t keep up with the latest lessons learned from fire disasters. “We do fuel breaks because the premise is we’ve got a wildfire containment problem” when in fact, Cohen argues, we have a home ignition problem.” View the Los Angeles Times article.
In response to the September 3, 2019 OC Register article on Esperanza Hills, Hills For Everyone Executive Director Claire Schlotterbeck penned this Letter to the Editor: The recent Op-Ed by the Register misrepresents concerns about the proposed Esperanza Hills project above Yorba Linda. It is all about wildfire risks. Our group founded Chino Hills State Park, 50% of the project site borders the Park’s permanent wildlands– escalating the fire risk to habitat and homes. The 2008 Freeway Complex Fire burned … Read More