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General News
Southern California fears worse to come for fires
MSNBC- When they weren’t racing to mountainsides and canyons to fight fast-moving, potentially deadly blazes this week, firefighters sometimes found themselves scratching their heads. They do not usually see such major blazes in Southern California before Aug. 1. Most happen in October — the height of fire season — when hot Santa Ana winds can push flames across huge areas.
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Jul 26, 2004, 10:15
Fire Stories
Hundreds flee fire North of Los Angeles
MSNBC- Dry, windy weather on Monday hampered efforts to contain a wildfire in northern Los Angeles County that has forced several thousand people to flee their homes, one of several blazes that crews were battling in the state.
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Jul 19, 2004, 10:47
Forest and Trees
Log trees to save forests from fire?
MSNBC- The Sierra Club says this is an example of the Forest Service allowing logging of older trees killed by fire and leaving younger, thinner ones standing when those should be thinned instead. Timber interests counter that removing some dead but still commercially valuable trees means fewer healthy trees will need to be cut elsewhere to meet demand.
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Jul 13, 2004, 12:42
General News
When technology fails the insured
MSNBC- "Ninety percent of Californians are probably underinsured," says California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi, partly because of increased reliance on technology, including computerized forms that are used to estimate the replacement value of homes.
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Jul 13, 2004, 12:40
Fire Stories
Faced with fire, a city prepares itself
MSNBC- The fire district of Four Mile is in fact some 10 miles long, winding up a canyon of dry forest with dazzling views. About six miles in live Al and Jean Riordan, two of 2,200 people in 16 communities settled across these 35,000 acres of hillside and valley. They know fire well enough.
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Jul 13, 2004, 12:38
Fire Stories
Wildfires 2004
MSNBC- With wildfire season upon the nation, MSNBC.com takes a look at what homeowners are doing to protect their property, new tools insurance companies are using to decide fire coverage and what the government is doing to thin tinder-dry forests.
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Jul 13, 2004, 12:36
General News
Arson suspected in California wildfire
Seattle Post Intelligencer- LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. -- Authorities on Tuesday were looking for a man who may have set at least one of five small fires near this mountain resort community in Southern California.
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Apr 27, 2004, 08:09
General News
California mudslide claims at least 7 lives
MSNBC- Searchers slogging through waist-high muck found seven people dead Friday and looked for at least nine others missing after mudslides engulfed two camps in the San Bernardino Mountains in a terrifying torrent of soil, boulders and tree trunks.
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Dec 26, 2003, 23:58
Fundraising/Donations
Sun readers' generosity tops $30,000
San Bernardino Sun- Generous Sun readers sent our annual Holiday Fund racing past $30,000, more than 2 times last year's total.
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Dec 26, 2003, 00:32
General News
Mudslide hits California youth camp
MSNBC- A mudslide swept over a Greek Orthodox youth camp Thursday, trapping up to 30 people as heavy rains triggered flooding in areas ravaged by deadly wildfires last month, authorities said. advertisement Nine to 12 of those victims were rescued from the Saint Sophia Camp in Waterman Canyon, just north of San Bernardino, authorities said. Two rescue teams were headed to the camp Thursday night in search of more people — one hiking up the canyon and the other hiking down because the road was washed out.
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Dec 26, 2003, 00:26
General News
One Highway Is Opened as Another Is Closed
Mountain News- Highway 18 through the so-called "Narrows" is now open for traffic after being closed following the Old Fire due to rockslides and other hazardous conditions. CalTrans crews removed the barricades at 5 p.m. last Friday evening allowing vehicles to make the short trek between the Crestline cutoff and Lake Gregory Drive.
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Dec 20, 2003, 13:25
Forest and Trees
WASTE FEES TO INCREASE
Mountain News- Bark beetle debris and charred timber debris will be subject to the regular tipping fee of $35.34 per ton, effective Jan. 19, 2004, the San Bernardino County Solid Waste Management Division announced today. The move comes after nine months of observing the bark beetle waste volume skyrocket thirty-fold, far surpassing the ability of the solid waste system to continue to absorb it financially.
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Dec 20, 2003, 13:24
General News
REBUILDING PLAN ADOPTED
Mountain News- The Cedar Glen area represents some of the "greatest challenges" to bringing the area up to current building standards and codes and to reconstruct the area to a level that meets current health and safety hazards following the Old Fire, according to a report adopted by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors during their Dec. 16 meeting.
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Dec 20, 2003, 13:23
General News
Deployment revisited
San Bernardino Sun- As the Grand Prix Fire spread out of control Oct. 21, four air tankers that might have helped put it out were flying to a fire at Camp Pendleton that some say wasn't threatening homes.
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Dec 13, 2003, 23:07
Fundraising/Donations
Christmas Made Brighter for Mountain Children
Mountain News- The Mountain Kids Christmas annual fund-raising event at the St. Moritz Lodge was a story of many people coming together for a well-supported cause - brightening the holiday season for children in need.
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Dec 13, 2003, 23:04
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