anewscafe.com
Menu Close
  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Recipes
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe

rural fire protection

11

A Fire Prevention Option

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Tom O'Mara

After last year’s Carr Fire, I took a hard look at our vulnerability to fire out here in the urban-wildland interface. I have been working for many years on our defensible space, but November saw two more cords of stacked… Continue Reading →

Lead Story, Living rural fire protection, Tom O'Mara, urban fire protection

Photo Cafe

Red Crossbill

Posted: October 6, 2026 at 8:36 am

By Dave Bogener

Click here for more Photo Cafe

Most Commented Last 30 Days

  • Kindness of strangers is sometimes f...(48)
  • Man Seriously Injured in Hit and Run...(27)
  • Asphalt Cowboys’ Community BBQ...(17)
  • Beloved insulated travel tumbler: He...(15)

Most Viewed Last 30 days

Most Viewed Last 30 days
  • Shasta County Clerk/Registrar of Vot...(1,307)
  • The Sutherlin Police Department Seek...(1,249)
  • Kindness of strangers is sometimes f...(1,074)
  • Man Seriously Injured in Hit and Run...(833)

RSS feed: Recent Comments Recent Comments

  • Comment on Message from young walker: ‘Dog owners, contain your aggressive animals’ by Carla
    This is an outrage and would never be tolerated in a county with a functioning animal control department. My recommendation is to call Animal Control every single time you’re chased or threatened, and if possible, video each incident. If nothing changes, take your case and video evidence to a Board of Supervisors meeting and then […]
  • Comment on Kindness of strangers is sometimes found on a dark country road by Steve Towers
    In reply to Mahmoud Darwish. The Redding area is thick with coastal redwoods that have suffered from tip death due to xylem cavitation during our hellish summers, including a few on my own property. They do okay if the soil around their shallow root systems is kept consistently damp, but struggle otherwise. When the top […]
  • Comment on Kindness of strangers is sometimes found on a dark country road by Mahmoud Darwish
    In reply to Steve Towers. Ugh, that reminds me: google recently updated their default navigation voice to the vocal frying Gemini AI personality called "Ursa." It's like getting directions from a valley girl.
© 2026 anewscafe.com. All rights reserved.
Hiero by aThemes