We have learned that residents of the Santa Cruz Mountain communities of lumpy cohens ion tr among those who have been cleared to go home. But it could be a week maybe 2 before some of the hardest hit areas are cleared. The problem as kron fours rob fladeboe reports roads and utilities have been badly damaged. Fire crews heading out for yet another day bulldozers working on containment lines and still other crews are working to clear damaged roads and power lines. This is fire ravaged swanton road out of davenport were down trees and power lines blocked away many fire weaken trees and utility poles are in danger of falling. These areas are not yet safe for the return of evacuees this not just the fire that were. Having to mitigate its the you know the trees in the road, the some of them were damaged the landscape here is scorched from miles along either side of empire grade whole utility poles have fallen. Crews are working to restore power. A similar story is told by the charred lands
Voters in Castle Hills could determine the fate of $9.3 million in funding for street and drainage improvements in November if petitioners get their way.