fire protection: The Santa Rosa Plateau Fire - 9/1/10. - 09/02/10 08:12 AM
Driving home yesterday afternoon I spotted a plume of smoke boiling out of the hills above Murrieta. It's that season and when it's in your back yard it's always scary. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A few months back there was a fire on the hill directly across from my home. Two weeks ago a fire burned up the hillside at the end of the street from my home. The fire yesterday was a few miles away but still awesomely visible from my backyard. 

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fire protection: Assemblymember Kevin Jeffries Responds to Schwarznegger's Threat to 'Let the State Burn'. - 05/08/09 06:02 AM
Some of you probably heard the latest musing from the empty suit that used to be Arnold Schwarzenegger the other day. In his latest pandering to the unions in pursuit of more taxes, he warned of dire consequences from the failure of Propositions 1A - 1E. Specifically he took the opportunity at the beginning of Fire Prevention Week, in the backyard of the Santa Barbara fires, to note that if the props didn't pass it would mean automatic cuts to fire protection statewide including cutting some 1,700 firefighters, closing 30+ fire stations and on and on with the fear mongering. 
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