Author: Brent Stromberg

July of 2018, the West Fire hit the Greater Alpine area in Southern California. Mainly caused by strong Santa Ana winds, the heat-and wind-stoked flames quickly reached critical levels, forcing evacuations, closures on I-8, and entire neighborhoods blocked off. In one particular neighborhood of Alpine, […]

Recently awarded a $10K grant from the California Fire Safe Council, the Oakland Fire Safe Council has been busy at work promoting fire safe practices in their community.  With the grant, they organized the thinning of more than 200 young Monterey pine trees, other brush, […]