MENDOCINO, Calif. As a measure of both the nation's creaking infrastructure and the severity of the drought gripping California, there is the $5 shower.
The drought is revealing for California that perhaps even more than rainfall it is money and infrastructure that dictate who has sufficient water during the state’s increasingly frequent dry spells.
BLM to conduct prescribed burn at Lake Mathews Reserve for teaching, fuels reduction, ecology
Moreno Valley, Calif. – Fire crews from the California Desert Interagency Fire Program will treat up to 60 acres of public lands with prescribed fire in the Lake Mathews-Estelle Mountain Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat Reserve in western Riverside County. During the burn, smoke may be visible from the community of Lake Mathews and the cities of Corona, Perris, and Riverside, as well as State Route 91 and Interstate 15 freeways.
The prescribed fire is scheduled to occur daily between Tuesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 20, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., when specific weather conditions allow for safe, successful burning and adequate smoke dispersion conditions are present.