Dorothy Hirsch, 63, was charged in June in Queens Supreme Court with 18 criminal counts of violating city and state weapons possession laws including possession of loaded guns. She maintains she didn't know her estranged husband stashed the guns in her closet with some of his other property.
September marked a year since the Almeda Fire and South Obenchain Fire devastated communities in the Rogue Valley. But the rebuilding process has been slow and many fire victims still need support. On Saturday, the non-profits Rogue Climate and Rogue Action held a pop-up resource center for fire victims in Medford.