Vegetation and dead wood from structures and properties to create that 30foot defensible area and the focus is on flammable material, not on green shrubbery or trees, but those things that are high and have a high probability of a flash point. We also believe this type of management of vegetation is consistent in trying to also balance park and Land Management with biodiversity with other Sensitive Habitat preservation which is part of our mission. Thats the proactive approach we tabling every year. On the reactive side if the department receives a complaint or a flagged situation, we immediately dispatch staff out there to evaluate it, take a look at it, and if we see a credible fire hazard, we will do that Fire Management abatement at that site. We maintain a list of properties where we do this, especially where we have an adjacent residential parcel shared Property Line so we can keep up with this. If we find new spaces, we add them to that list. Because that is the list we start wi
The mount sitro open reserve just to the left of the ucsf campus there. The open space reserve is over 60 acres and on those 60 acres we have about 5. 5 miles of Public Access trails. Some other statistics ill mention real quickly, theres about 900 feet of elevation gain across this property. Those are beautiful trails in those trees and giving great views. We also have over 10,000 living trees in the reserve. We also have between 200 and 300 residents that live in the housing facility up at the top top of the mountain. The history is the mayor in 1885 he donated 13 acres to create the ucsf campus there. In 1953, decades later, ucsf purchased 90 additional acres, including the area that is now the open space reserve on mountain sutro. And in 1976, the uc regions designated that as permanent open space, designating this the mount sutro open space reserve. That reserve is maintained and the trees on it and our priorities are multiple. First off, we want to ensure of course the safety of
Shrubbery or trees, but those things that are high and have a high probability of a flash point. We also believe this type of management of vegetation is consistent in trying to also balance park and Land Management with biodiversity with other Sensitive Habitat preservation which is part of our mission. Thats the proactive approach we tabling every year. On the reactive side if the department receives a complaint or a flagged situation, we immediately dispatch staff out there to evaluate it, take a look at it, and if we see a credible fire hazard, we will do that Fire Management abatement at that site. We maintain a list of properties where we do this, especially where we have an adjacent residential parcel shared Property Line so we can keep up with this. If we find new spaces, we add them to that list. Because that is the list we start with every year to do the wildfire abatement. Those are enumerative and proactive approaches. On this slide you can see places where we do some of th
Meteorologist Steve Paulsen is monitoring the conditions in the area. Reporter firefighters have been showing up throughout the morning. This is the command base, where they will have a briefing this morning before heading back out to the fire line. One thing we did learn is that one of the Evacuation Centers yesterday was full and now has space at the fieldsburg Community Center. The Sonoma County fairgrounds also a place that you can bring livestock. About 2,000 people remain under the mandatory evacuation orders. There are three main Evacuation Centers, the hillsburg Community Center, the Veterans Memorial building in santa rosa, and the fairgrounds where horses and livestock can be sheltered. Evacuees say they are nervous. So far 49 structures with have burned. Its nature, right . Reporter firefighters have been able to contain about 800 acres. As for those evacuated neighborhoods, the Sheriffs Office has put deputies in those neighborhoods to watch for any suspicious activity or p
Continue with gusts over 50 in some higher peaks. Highs today or above average. 82 to almost 90 degrees and they will be for the rest of the week. Moderation on sunday. Is a disagreement on the models on how windy and cool we make it but it looks to be above average. Everything continues to write up and over the ridge of High Pressure. The end result is typical october weather. A northerly breeze in place in marin county, the peninsula and the east bay hills and to the north. Not that strong yet. 40s, 50s and 60s. 62 in the city. Berkeley labs, 71. Tiburon, 64. 66 in the Oakland Hills. Very mild to warm and it will be sunny and warm with temperatures well above average. Probably all the way into saturday and we are getting a hint of an offshore breeze for some near the coast. Warm for everybody today. 70s for a few and 80s for many. 5 01 am. You have done the south end Solano County. Now the tracy . East bay. Trace. Very good, steve. You will Pay Attention and i want to show you the ea