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Create defensible space around your home, but never mow after 10 a.m. â you could make things much, much worse.
That was one of the practical tips offered at a virtual emergency preparedness town hall meeting held May 19 by the City of St. Helena.
With fire season starting earlier and ending later than ever, due largely to climate change, itâs imperative for St. Helenans to mow their weeds down to no more than 4 inches tall by the June 1 weed abatement deadline, said Fire Chief John Sorensen.
However, donât mow after 10 a.m., he said, because a spark from a blade striking a rock could start a fire during low humidity. In fact, thatâs exactly what started a quarter-acre fire in Deer Park a few hours before the meeting, Sorensen said.
A typical person might despair at the thought of celebrating a milestone birthday with a few Zoom calls instead of a roomful of friends.
But Patricia Rardin, a self-described loner whoâs been doing things her own way for a full century, isnât letting it get her down.
âI feel very, very well,â said Rardin, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Saturday at her Vineyard Valley home in St. Helena. âPhysically Iâm in good shape, I have good friends, I like my own company, I do a lot of reading, and I have pets. What more could you ask?â
The first five weeks of Napa Countyâs mass vaccination effort has proved volatile, punctuated by vaccine shortages, changing guidance at the state level and gaps in communication between local government and the healthcare entities receiving vaccine allocation from the state.
Each of those variables has proved an obstacle not only in the countyâs effort to vaccinate its residents but to communicate clearly with them. After suggesting vaccines would be made more widely available in late January, state officials â following revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention â declared California residents age 65 and older eligible for the vaccine.
The St. Helena Hospital Foundation administered Modernaâs COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday to the most vulnerable residents of Vineyard Valley Mobile Home Park and Silverado Orchards.
Provided the county can supply enough vaccine, the foundation hopes to vaccinate up to 500 people per day from Tuesday through Friday at the Napa Valley College Upper Valley Campus in St. Helena, said Glen Newhart, president of the St. Helena Hospital Foundation.
âThis is day one for St. Helena and the upper valley on the road to normal, whatever that normal looks like in the future,â he said. âPeople have waited for this day for so long, and itâs nice to see the smiles.â