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The park and road improvements are some of the last recovery work being carried out by the city related to the Tubbs fire that destroyed 4,600 homes, including more than 3,000 in Santa Rosa, and killed 22 people.
Robin Bailey, 53, said the family are growing increasingly concerned about the safety of his brother Grant Bailey, who vanished in Afghanistan hours before he was due to board a flight home.