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Photo: Smoke plume from the CZU Lightening Complex Fire as seen from Minoca Road, Portola Valley, on August 18, 2020. During that 24 hour period, 43,000 acres – an area greater than 7 Portola Valley’s – was consumed by wildfire. The CZU fire came within 6 miles of Portola Valley and Los Trancos.

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Is Portola Valley abandoning its General Plan? (Video)
Facing the destructive power of Portola Valley’s many natural hazards while recognizing that its precious...
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Meme: Hey, Portola Valley, Choose One!
Memes cut through the complexity and capture the essence of the debate. Are we going to acknowledge...
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Key Post - Why PublicSafety4PVNow?
Details of Portola Valley’s handling of wildfire risk under CEQA Introduction I’d like to tell...
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Details of Portola Valley's handling of wildfire risk under CEQA (Video)
A sad summary of subordination of safety in Portola Valley, including: – Grossly understating the risk...
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Help Portola Valley fix its noncompliant CEQA analysis (Video)
Provides a ‘big-picture’ description of the wildfire component of Portola Valley’s...
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Woodside Fire's recommendations for safe development (Video)
A brief video about the importance of fire safety measures as we plan for a 20% increase in population...
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Why no CEQA for Portola Valley?
Over 50 years ago, California adopted the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to protect our...
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Living With Fire in a Wildland Urban Interface (Video)
Fire science and policy in the San Francisco Peninsula