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Fire Crews Pour Toward Los Angeles’s Urban Firestorm
KMUD’s Lisa Music met with crews heading towards the Eaton, Hearst and Palisades Fires in Los Angeles County. Alta Dena has been devastated and large regions of the county are under evacuation orders. Dry winds, gusting to 60mph, are expected to continue another day. Music’s reporting spotlights unpreparedness catching many off guard, the exhaustion of Los Angeles crews, the human heartache, and the all-hands-on-board nature of the call out to districts far and wide for mutual aid.
Humboldt County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan update to begin
Humboldt County’s Community Wildfire Protection Planning, as described by Southern Humboldt’s Fire Safe Council’s chair Gail Eastwood, shows us the structural framework that organizes and directs the work implementation crews carry out.
Mendocino Fire Safe Council Crew Implements Prevention IRL
Sarah Reith introduces us to the work of Mendocino’s Fire Safe Council and the 5 members of its Fire Safe Council crew who move around the county doing the work of fire fuel reduction on the ground: Crew lead Daniel Rockey Sr, Alfredo (Freddie) Romero, Jr, Gabriel Villa, Davette Hayes and Eric Patino
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Delayed Dungeness Crab Season Highlights Economic and Environmental Challenges for Local Fleet
The commercial Dungeness crab season in Northern California is set to open on January 15, 2025, after weeks of delays tied to ongoing concerns over whale entanglements and crab quality testing.
Arcata Man After Vehicle Assault and Hatchet Attack
Stover was arrested and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on charges of Attempted Homicide, Reckless Driving, and Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
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