Where there is smoke, there is fire. And there were surely some people on the coast who saw smoke on Friday and worried that wildfire was licking at our door
The new leader of Cal Fire in Santa Cruz County, Nate Armstrong, is making a few changes, while insisting that the statewide agency’s “aggressive initial attack” philosophy and other core principles are not his to change and were in place during the devastation of the CZU fires and the criticism that followed.
At this writing, the Estrada Fire — the latest wildland fire turned social media hashtag — had burned about 150 acres, causing an anxious weekend for residents along the Santa