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Editor s note: This is the first in a series of articles profiling the future residents of Brenkle Court, who are building their own homes as part of a self-help affordable housing project organized by Our Town St. Helena.
As a born and raised native of St. Helena, Anai Ortiz knew there was no other place like home.
She graduated from Sonoma State in 2010, lived in Atlanta short-term and did her fair share of traveling, but she came back in 2015 to be closer to the family and community she had missed so much.
Ortiz began a part-time job working at Stonebridge Apartments for the nonprofit EAH Housing and taught Spanish grades K-8 part-time at the St. Helena Catholic School, where she also coached girlsâ soccer. When the school closed in 2018, Anai got promoted to Lead Resource Coordinator at EAH, supervising the counties of Sonoma, Napa and Marin.
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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.
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Mostly Breezy, Sunny
Today should be the best weather day of the week as we go above average with lots of sun.
Lows in the low 30s, highs around 60.
Wednesday Forecast: Mostly, Breezy, and a little ABOVE average
Rocket Attacks
At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties.