A National Guard unit from Chico is assisting in the processing debris basin material at Randall Road Debris Basin to prepare the basin for future storms.
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Work is set to begin on the Randall Road Debris basin, which is intended to help protect parts of Montecito against dangerous debris flows
$20 million dollar effort will create new debris basin to protect part of community
It’s a nightmare that Curtis Skene has been reliving for more than three years. On January 9
th, 2018 the Montecito debris flow rolled through the community, killing 23 people, and destroying or damaging hundreds of homes, including Skene’s.
He escaped serious injury. As Skene waited outside of his gutted East Valley Road home for help, he decided he wanted to try to prevent similar disasters in the community.
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It will integrate whole-person care in outpatient services by integrating the eight dimensions of wellness in departmental programming practices and developing outreach materials targeted to unserved and underserved groups, according to Chris Ribeiro, deputy director of the department.
The Public Health Department has had “all hands on deck” every single day as it responds to and guides the community through the novel pandemic, Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso said. The pandemic has offered the department the center stage to demonstrate its capacity to protect the health of the community, especially the vulnerable community members, Do-Reynoso said.