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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Mendocino Complex Disaster Recovery Center in Lake County will transition to a U.S. Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Center on Monday, Sept. 17.
The center is located at the Habematolel Pomo Tribal Community Center, 9460 Main St., Upper Lake.
SBA representatives will be available at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center to meet with businesses and residents affected by the wildfires and high winds that began July 23 to answer questions, explain SBA’s disaster loan program, help with completing SBA applications and close approved disaster loans.
The disaster recovery center will operate through 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.
The premises will reopen on Monday, Sept. 17, as the SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Representatives from FEMA will continue to provide services at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center through the registration deadline of Oct. 3.
Disaster recovery centers are jointly run by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Representatives from Cal OES, FEMA, SBA and other state and federal agencies staff the centers. They offer survivors of the July wildfires disaster assistance resources.
As with any disaster recovery center transition, those affected are reminded that FEMA is a phone call, mouse click or FEMA app away.
Disaster survivors can go online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov , use the FEMA app, or call 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585 for TTY users.
Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay Service can call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., local time, seven days a week.
For more information on California recovery, visit the disaster web page at www.fema.gov/disaster/4382, Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/femaregion9 or www.wildfirerecovery.org/ . You can also apply for SBA disaster loans by visiting SBA’s disaster Web site at www.disasterloan.SBA.gov/ela . For more information call SBA at 800-659-2955 or 800-877-8339 (TTY).
The center is located at the Habematolel Pomo Tribal Community Center, 9460 Main St., Upper Lake.
SBA representatives will be available at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center to meet with businesses and residents affected by the wildfires and high winds that began July 23 to answer questions, explain SBA’s disaster loan program, help with completing SBA applications and close approved disaster loans.
The disaster recovery center will operate through 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15.
The premises will reopen on Monday, Sept. 17, as the SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Representatives from FEMA will continue to provide services at the Disaster Loan Outreach Center through the registration deadline of Oct. 3.
Disaster recovery centers are jointly run by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Representatives from Cal OES, FEMA, SBA and other state and federal agencies staff the centers. They offer survivors of the July wildfires disaster assistance resources.
As with any disaster recovery center transition, those affected are reminded that FEMA is a phone call, mouse click or FEMA app away.
Disaster survivors can go online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov , use the FEMA app, or call 800-621-3362 or 800-462-7585 for TTY users.
Applicants who use 711 or Video Relay Service can call 800-621-3362. The toll-free numbers are open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., local time, seven days a week.
For more information on California recovery, visit the disaster web page at www.fema.gov/disaster/4382, Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/femaregion9 or www.wildfirerecovery.org/ . You can also apply for SBA disaster loans by visiting SBA’s disaster Web site at www.disasterloan.SBA.gov/ela . For more information call SBA at 800-659-2955 or 800-877-8339 (TTY).
On Thursday Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) slammed Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means for unanimously rejecting his amendment to provide targeted tax relief for victims of natural disasters.
The amendment was offered to H.R. 6760, the second iteration of Republican-led tax cut bill, during a markup in the committee.
“In the last year, our district has suffered both the most destructive and the largest fire in California history,” Thompson said in a followup statement. “The survivors of these fires and all natural disasters should not have to come begging to Congress to get tax relief as they work to recover and rebuild. Last year after hurricanes ravaged his Texas district, Chairman Brady offered a bill that provided targeted tax relief for the victims of disaster that struck his community. Today, he and the rest of the Republicans on the committee rejected my amendment that would provide the same disaster tax relief to all survivors of natural disasters. This is hypocrisy – we shouldn’t be turning our backs on those who need help the most, we should be providing a path for them to get back on their feet.”
He continued, “The tax plan to which my amendment was offered is reckless policy focused on gifting huge, unpaid for tax cuts for the richest one percent, while eliminating tax incentives for the middle class, and leaving low-income families in the dust. After adding more than $2.3 trillion to the debt, Republicans will use this an excuse to chip away at Medicare and Social Security. By making permanent the cap on State and Local Tax deductions, this bill makes it harder for local governments in states like California to pay for essential services like health care, infrastructure, and law enforcement. Once again, Republican leaders rushed this process with no bipartisan input or opportunity to hear from outside experts to pass this tax giveaway to the richest Americans just in time for the November elections. This is unacceptable, we should instead be working together on policy that will boost wages for everyone, build up our middle class, and help everyone get ahead.”
LAKEPORT, Calif. – After postponing a vote on its budget for two weeks to hold labor negotiations that ultimately failed, the Lakeport Fire Protection District Board on Tuesday approved a new fiscal year budget that is the worst-case scenario for staffing, making deep cuts to both full-time and part-time firefighter numbers.
The district has nine full-time firefighters in addition to Fire Chief Doug Hutchison, and three part-timers, Hutchison told Lake County News.
The new budget calls for laying off three of the district’s full-time firefighters and all three part-timers, which Hutchison said was necessary to make the budget balance.
When contacted by Lake County News on Wednesday, the Lakeport Professional Firefighters Union declined comment ahead of a Thursday night meeting that is planned with members.
The fire district board held a special meeting on Aug. 28 to consider two budget options: the first, what Hutchison called a “Band-Aid measure” that would have laid off one full-time firefighter and all three part-time positions, and the “black and white” option, which called for laying off three full-time firefighters and the three part-time personnel.
At that time, the board voted to seek an extension from the county on the budget’s approval in order to try last-minute negotiations with the firefighters’ union, as Lake County News has reported.
The district has been wrestling with dropping ambulance revenues and struggling to make ends meet after having given the union a 3-percent cost of living increase in February, as Hutchison said in a late August interview during which he explained the district’s challenges.
At the opening of the district’s regular Tuesday night meeting, Board President John Whitehead said the union had offered the district a 10-percent pay cut in salaries with four-person staffing per day, which Hutchison later explained to Lake County News would have required three full-time firefighters and one part-time firefighter.
The district countered with a 10-percent budget cut and three-person staffing per day, which Whitehead said was rejected. That proposal also included 10 ambulance transport shifts per month.
Whitehead said the negotiation committee considered negotiations at an end.
From there the board moved forward with the public hearing on the budget in front of a standing-room-only audience of nearly 70 people, ultimately voting 3-1 – with Bill Whipple voting no – to accept the more severe of the two budget options it had looked at on Aug. 28.
Board member Gerry Mills retired last month. Later in the meeting the board interviewed candidates to succeed him, ultimately deciding to ask the Board of Supervisors to appoint Gary Hill to Mills’ seat.
On Tuesday the fire district board also would vote to do away with board member stipends of $100 per meeting as another cost-saving measure.
Hutchison told Lake County News that the newly approved budget has revenues of $1,821,160 and expenditures of $2,091,601. The district’s reserves will cover the $270,441 deficit.
In addition to the firefighter staffing cuts, Hutchison said he and his administrative assistant took 7-percent pay cuts and had caps placed on their health insurance.
During Tuesday night’s meeting, the fire district board heard from a number of concerned community members who decried the cuts and also raised issue with why they were finding out about the severity of the situation so late in the budgeting process.
Among those raising concerns about public health and safety was Sutter Lakeside Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Dan Peterson.
“I have grave concerns about the decision that it appears you've made tonight,” Peterson said.
He said the delay in ambulance transports could cost patients their lives. Peterson added that it was more than a budget conversation but one that is about the community’s health and wellness.
Peterson said he would pledge his own money and added that the hospital would love to collaborate with the district to find solutions.
In the wake of the meeting, Hutchison said the reactions from the community have been muted.
On Wednesday, Hutchison – who said he doesn’t do social media – said the district had received no phone calls, and that everyone he’s been able to sit down with and talk to about the matter has understood the situation.
“Nobody’s more unhappy about this than me. There isn’t a fire chief in the world who wants to give up people,” he said, adding that, at the same time, he has a legal responsibility to keep a balanced budget because government finance is different than personal finance.
The next steps ahead
Hutchison said the process for how the layoffs will take place still hasn’t been determined.
One of the key issues is that the district and union don’t really have a memorandum of understanding, but decades of side letters about an original agreement, a copy of which no one has, Hutchison said.
That has complicated the negotiations process, he said, adding that the district had hoped to hit the “pause button” in order to get the document written down.
None of the existing documents explain how to proceed with layoffs. “Typically, it’s seniority,” he said.
However, Hutchison said the district wants to hear from the union on the process. “We will give them the opportunity to have that input.”
Negotiations also could restart, which would offer other options outside of the layoffs. However, Hutchison said that because negotiations had previously not yielded a resolution, the district had to move forward with its budget because it cannot arbitrarily cut pay and health insurance.
“That’s what forced the board to have to cut the positions,” he said.
Even though a final budget has been approved, Hutchison said the district always welcomes discussions with the union. “We’ll sit down with the union any time they want to talk.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, Hutchison said he hadn’t received any messages from the union, which typically communicates through its representative and attorney, who in turn contacts the district’s attorney.
The district’s staffing has remained at the same level since 2004, when the district hired an additional firefighter per shift in response to the departure of an ambulance company that had served the county, Hutchison said.
Altogether, the district will now have six firefighters, plus Hutchison, left to serve the Lakeport community, which just over a month ago was fully evacuated due to the River fire portion of the Mendocino Complex.
At the fire board meeting on Tuesday night, community members raised the issue of fire and ambulance response times, which Hutchison acknowledged could now be slower due to less personnel.
In the followup interview on Wednesday, Hutchison said the cuts will bring Lakeport’s staffing to levels that are really no different than other stations around the lake, with the exception of Clearlake.
“While it’s tragic and unfortunate, we’re still going to be on par with the rest of the county, which isn't a good place to be, I don’t want to be there, but right now my hands are tied,” he said.
In addition to look at pursuing an updated fire tax measure early next year, Hutchison said he plans to apply for a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant for rehiring laid off firefighters which will open early next year, likely in March.
The grant is highly competitive, with only about 300 awards made nationwide. The grant would provide money for 75 percent of the salaries for two years and a 35 percent for the third year. Hutchison said that if the tax measure is approved, the district wouldn’t get proceeds for a few years, so the grant could help cover that lag time.
He said the district didn’t apply for that grant this year because they were in negotiations and, at that point, hadn’t gotten all of the revenue projections. “At the time, as we were building that budget, everything looked OK,” he said. “We don’t get the final numbers from the county until June.”
Hutchison said the district also got a surprise when, due to a lag in ambulance revenue billings that was exacerbated by changes in billers, rather than going into the new fiscal year with $114,000 in the bank, it started $97,000 in the hole.
He’s hoping that the issues with the billings are just a temporary glitch. However, “I can’t issue people paychecks that don’t have cash behind them, and that’s what it would take to keep those folks on right now unfortunately.”
In light of his current situation, Hutchison recalled one of his old chiefs, who had to downsize units and close stations. “I remember him telling me, it will be one of the worst days of your life,” and he said that’s been the case.
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The district has nine full-time firefighters in addition to Fire Chief Doug Hutchison, and three part-timers, Hutchison told Lake County News.
The new budget calls for laying off three of the district’s full-time firefighters and all three part-timers, which Hutchison said was necessary to make the budget balance.
When contacted by Lake County News on Wednesday, the Lakeport Professional Firefighters Union declined comment ahead of a Thursday night meeting that is planned with members.
The fire district board held a special meeting on Aug. 28 to consider two budget options: the first, what Hutchison called a “Band-Aid measure” that would have laid off one full-time firefighter and all three part-time positions, and the “black and white” option, which called for laying off three full-time firefighters and the three part-time personnel.
At that time, the board voted to seek an extension from the county on the budget’s approval in order to try last-minute negotiations with the firefighters’ union, as Lake County News has reported.
The district has been wrestling with dropping ambulance revenues and struggling to make ends meet after having given the union a 3-percent cost of living increase in February, as Hutchison said in a late August interview during which he explained the district’s challenges.
At the opening of the district’s regular Tuesday night meeting, Board President John Whitehead said the union had offered the district a 10-percent pay cut in salaries with four-person staffing per day, which Hutchison later explained to Lake County News would have required three full-time firefighters and one part-time firefighter.
The district countered with a 10-percent budget cut and three-person staffing per day, which Whitehead said was rejected. That proposal also included 10 ambulance transport shifts per month.
Whitehead said the negotiation committee considered negotiations at an end.
From there the board moved forward with the public hearing on the budget in front of a standing-room-only audience of nearly 70 people, ultimately voting 3-1 – with Bill Whipple voting no – to accept the more severe of the two budget options it had looked at on Aug. 28.
Board member Gerry Mills retired last month. Later in the meeting the board interviewed candidates to succeed him, ultimately deciding to ask the Board of Supervisors to appoint Gary Hill to Mills’ seat.
On Tuesday the fire district board also would vote to do away with board member stipends of $100 per meeting as another cost-saving measure.
Hutchison told Lake County News that the newly approved budget has revenues of $1,821,160 and expenditures of $2,091,601. The district’s reserves will cover the $270,441 deficit.
In addition to the firefighter staffing cuts, Hutchison said he and his administrative assistant took 7-percent pay cuts and had caps placed on their health insurance.
During Tuesday night’s meeting, the fire district board heard from a number of concerned community members who decried the cuts and also raised issue with why they were finding out about the severity of the situation so late in the budgeting process.
Among those raising concerns about public health and safety was Sutter Lakeside Hospital Chief Administrative Officer Dan Peterson.
“I have grave concerns about the decision that it appears you've made tonight,” Peterson said.
He said the delay in ambulance transports could cost patients their lives. Peterson added that it was more than a budget conversation but one that is about the community’s health and wellness.
Peterson said he would pledge his own money and added that the hospital would love to collaborate with the district to find solutions.
In the wake of the meeting, Hutchison said the reactions from the community have been muted.
On Wednesday, Hutchison – who said he doesn’t do social media – said the district had received no phone calls, and that everyone he’s been able to sit down with and talk to about the matter has understood the situation.
“Nobody’s more unhappy about this than me. There isn’t a fire chief in the world who wants to give up people,” he said, adding that, at the same time, he has a legal responsibility to keep a balanced budget because government finance is different than personal finance.
The next steps ahead
Hutchison said the process for how the layoffs will take place still hasn’t been determined.
One of the key issues is that the district and union don’t really have a memorandum of understanding, but decades of side letters about an original agreement, a copy of which no one has, Hutchison said.
That has complicated the negotiations process, he said, adding that the district had hoped to hit the “pause button” in order to get the document written down.
None of the existing documents explain how to proceed with layoffs. “Typically, it’s seniority,” he said.
However, Hutchison said the district wants to hear from the union on the process. “We will give them the opportunity to have that input.”
Negotiations also could restart, which would offer other options outside of the layoffs. However, Hutchison said that because negotiations had previously not yielded a resolution, the district had to move forward with its budget because it cannot arbitrarily cut pay and health insurance.
“That’s what forced the board to have to cut the positions,” he said.
Even though a final budget has been approved, Hutchison said the district always welcomes discussions with the union. “We’ll sit down with the union any time they want to talk.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, Hutchison said he hadn’t received any messages from the union, which typically communicates through its representative and attorney, who in turn contacts the district’s attorney.
The district’s staffing has remained at the same level since 2004, when the district hired an additional firefighter per shift in response to the departure of an ambulance company that had served the county, Hutchison said.
Altogether, the district will now have six firefighters, plus Hutchison, left to serve the Lakeport community, which just over a month ago was fully evacuated due to the River fire portion of the Mendocino Complex.
At the fire board meeting on Tuesday night, community members raised the issue of fire and ambulance response times, which Hutchison acknowledged could now be slower due to less personnel.
In the followup interview on Wednesday, Hutchison said the cuts will bring Lakeport’s staffing to levels that are really no different than other stations around the lake, with the exception of Clearlake.
“While it’s tragic and unfortunate, we’re still going to be on par with the rest of the county, which isn't a good place to be, I don’t want to be there, but right now my hands are tied,” he said.
In addition to look at pursuing an updated fire tax measure early next year, Hutchison said he plans to apply for a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant for rehiring laid off firefighters which will open early next year, likely in March.
The grant is highly competitive, with only about 300 awards made nationwide. The grant would provide money for 75 percent of the salaries for two years and a 35 percent for the third year. Hutchison said that if the tax measure is approved, the district wouldn’t get proceeds for a few years, so the grant could help cover that lag time.
He said the district didn’t apply for that grant this year because they were in negotiations and, at that point, hadn’t gotten all of the revenue projections. “At the time, as we were building that budget, everything looked OK,” he said. “We don’t get the final numbers from the county until June.”
Hutchison said the district also got a surprise when, due to a lag in ambulance revenue billings that was exacerbated by changes in billers, rather than going into the new fiscal year with $114,000 in the bank, it started $97,000 in the hole.
He’s hoping that the issues with the billings are just a temporary glitch. However, “I can’t issue people paychecks that don’t have cash behind them, and that’s what it would take to keep those folks on right now unfortunately.”
In light of his current situation, Hutchison recalled one of his old chiefs, who had to downsize units and close stations. “I remember him telling me, it will be one of the worst days of your life,” and he said that’s been the case.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – As part of its campaign to reverse the opioid crisis, which claimed 63 lives in Lake County between 2014 and 2017, SafeRx Lake County has committed to participate in three outreach events over the coming month.
Additionally, SafeRx will be meeting with state legislators on Sept. 26 to lobby for support.
“Our presence at these events will focus on Medically-Assisted Treatments, or MAT,” said Lisa Hardy, an AmeriCorps VISTA working with SafeRx. “MAT has proven to reduce overdose deaths, and has documented successes of full patient recovery from opioid addiction.”
AmeriCorps VISTA, a national service program, has matched the community’s urgent need by assigning three more full-time AmeriCorps Volunteers to serve in the coalition within the past two weeks.
“The crisis has affected all parts of our community, and contributes to poverty, crime, destruction of families and lives, and most unfortunately, death,” says Susan Reed, SafeRx’s coordinator. “Our strategy in preventing overdose death is to implement initiatives pervasively throughout all areas where we can make a difference. We’re looking at every angle.”
SafeRx is currently addressing areas such as awareness, youth education, law enforcement, medically-assisted treatments, Naloxone distribution (an overdose reversal medicine), safe prescribing, data collection and analysis, community enrichment, partnerships and outreach.
SafeRx is determined to reverse the opioid crisis, and seeks any and all support the community can offer at the following events:
· Recovery Happens: Sept. 15, Austin Park, Clearlake;
· Veterans Stand Down: Sept. 19 and 20, Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeport;
· Heroes of Safety and Health: Oct. 13, Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeport.
For more information about SafeRx Lake County, please visit www.saferxlakecounty.org.
SafeRx seeks to create a healthier and safer community by improving the quality of life and functionality of individuals with pain, and reducing harm from prescription drug misuse and abuse through collaborative partnerships that focus on prevention, treatment and recovery.
Additionally, SafeRx will be meeting with state legislators on Sept. 26 to lobby for support.
“Our presence at these events will focus on Medically-Assisted Treatments, or MAT,” said Lisa Hardy, an AmeriCorps VISTA working with SafeRx. “MAT has proven to reduce overdose deaths, and has documented successes of full patient recovery from opioid addiction.”
AmeriCorps VISTA, a national service program, has matched the community’s urgent need by assigning three more full-time AmeriCorps Volunteers to serve in the coalition within the past two weeks.
“The crisis has affected all parts of our community, and contributes to poverty, crime, destruction of families and lives, and most unfortunately, death,” says Susan Reed, SafeRx’s coordinator. “Our strategy in preventing overdose death is to implement initiatives pervasively throughout all areas where we can make a difference. We’re looking at every angle.”
SafeRx is currently addressing areas such as awareness, youth education, law enforcement, medically-assisted treatments, Naloxone distribution (an overdose reversal medicine), safe prescribing, data collection and analysis, community enrichment, partnerships and outreach.
SafeRx is determined to reverse the opioid crisis, and seeks any and all support the community can offer at the following events:
· Recovery Happens: Sept. 15, Austin Park, Clearlake;
· Veterans Stand Down: Sept. 19 and 20, Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeport;
· Heroes of Safety and Health: Oct. 13, Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeport.
For more information about SafeRx Lake County, please visit www.saferxlakecounty.org.
SafeRx seeks to create a healthier and safer community by improving the quality of life and functionality of individuals with pain, and reducing harm from prescription drug misuse and abuse through collaborative partnerships that focus on prevention, treatment and recovery.
MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Middletown Area Town Hall this week will get an update from the district supervisor.
MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St.
Meetings are open to the community, and offer the opportunity for additional public input on items not included on the agenda.
On the agenda is an update from District 1 Supervisor Moke Simon.
MATH members also will discuss new projects, the group’s Internet presence and the formation of a bylaws committee.
The MATH Board includes Chair Joseph Sullivan, Vice Chair Courtney Van Leuven, Secretary Marlene Elder, and members-at member Lisa Kaplan, and alternates Mike Tabacchi and Claude Brown.
MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.
Meetings are subject to videotaping.
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Email Elizabeth Larson atThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Follow her on Twitter, @ERLarson, or Lake County News, @LakeCoNews.
MATH will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Middletown Community Center, 21256 Washington St.
Meetings are open to the community, and offer the opportunity for additional public input on items not included on the agenda.
On the agenda is an update from District 1 Supervisor Moke Simon.
MATH members also will discuss new projects, the group’s Internet presence and the formation of a bylaws committee.
The MATH Board includes Chair Joseph Sullivan, Vice Chair Courtney Van Leuven, Secretary Marlene Elder, and members-at member Lisa Kaplan, and alternates Mike Tabacchi and Claude Brown.
MATH – established by resolution of the Lake County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 12, 2006 – is a municipal advisory council serving the residents of Anderson Springs, Cobb, Coyote Valley (including Hidden Valley Lake), Long Valley and Middletown.
Meetings are subject to videotaping.
For more information email
Email Elizabeth Larson at
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Firefighters continue to work to fully contain the Snell fire in Napa County.
The fire remains at 2,490 acres, with containment on Wednesday night up to 75 percent, according to Cal Fire.
The fire began on Saturday afternoon southeast of Middletown near the Berryessa Estates subdivision, as Lake County News has reported.
Cal Fire said fire crews on Wednesday made good progress constructing fire line and strengthening current lines.
Fire crews also are continuing to patrol and mop up hot spots, Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said the resources that remain assigned to the incident include 746 personnel, 66 engines, seven water tenders, 19 fire crews, one helicopter and three bulldozers.
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The fire remains at 2,490 acres, with containment on Wednesday night up to 75 percent, according to Cal Fire.
The fire began on Saturday afternoon southeast of Middletown near the Berryessa Estates subdivision, as Lake County News has reported.
Cal Fire said fire crews on Wednesday made good progress constructing fire line and strengthening current lines.
Fire crews also are continuing to patrol and mop up hot spots, Cal Fire.
Cal Fire said the resources that remain assigned to the incident include 746 personnel, 66 engines, seven water tenders, 19 fire crews, one helicopter and three bulldozers.
Email Elizabeth Larson at