Check out this article in the Champion Newspapers on the First Day hike in Chino Hills State Park. Are you hoping getting outside more in 2018? View the article in the Chino Champion.
Hills For Everyone has partnered with Assemblymember Phillip Chen to host a hike at Chino Hills State Park on Saturday, January 13, 2018 from 10 AM to noon. Download the event flyer and register here.
This article hits home. This is exactly why Hills For Everyone has been fighting projects in the hills in known wildfire corridors, including Madrona and Esperanza Hills. How much risk is one community supposed to take on and at what price? Read the Los Angeles Times article.
Homes built to better standards can withstand fires better. However, even when they are built to better standards, the question remains: should we be putting people in harm’s way? It is a planning issue at the heart of the matter. No matter the fire-fighting resources you pour into stopping a fire’s progression, if it is wind-driven, it is a losing battle until the winds change (literally). Check out the Orange County Register article.
Rick Halsey with the California Chaparral Institute writes a great OpEd on California wildfires. “As we do with earthquakes and floods, our goal should be to reduce the damage when wildfires arrive, not pretend we can prevent them from happening at all. That mindset starts at the planning department, not the fire station.” Check out the OpEd in the Los Angeles Times.