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Thursday 1 November - 10 AM - Word from Chief George Lucia is that Palomar Mountain is now open to everyone with no identification required, see Scott's web site (linked below) for details. I drove up late yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon and even the South Grade looked much better than I had feared, compared to the fires on parts of the East Grade in 1999. I proceeded up to Birch Hill and locked up my house; perhaps good advice to other part-timers inasmuch as I was not asked for ID even after dark - Mike Pique

  • See Scott Kardel's site at astro.caltech.edu/palomar/fire
  • see Sabrina Covington's site at www.mypalomar.com/Fire2007.html - Mike Pique

    Witch Creek Fire 1:28 PM October 22 from Birch Hill, Palomar Mountain
    Witch Creek Fire 1:28 PM October 22 from Birch Hill, Palomar Mountain. View is looking south-southwest. (size 68 KB)
    Witch Creek Fire 1:31 PM October 22 from Birch Hill, Palomar Mountain
    Witch Creek Fire 1:31 PM October 22 from Birch Hill, Palomar Mountain. View is looking south-southwest. (size 216 KB)
    Witch Creek Fire 7:30 PM October 21 from Birch Hill, Palomar Mountain
    Witch Creek Fire 7:30 PM October 21 as seen from Birch Hill, Palomar Mountain. Lights of Ramona at right.

    Web Sites for Fire-safe landscaping

    Maureen Gilmer's "Living With Wildfire: Useful emergency tips, defensible landscaping, architectural design, and all about fire in the natural environment" site at www.moplants.com/archives/index.php#wildlife.

    Defensible Space Landscaping: Fire Performance ratings of landscape plants, flowers.flowers-to-world.com/l/lampranthus/1

    If you need a reminder, or have forgotten the "small La Jolla reservation fire" just a few years ago, take another look at the photos. - Mike Pique

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    Year 2020 General Plan update

    The San Diego County General Plan for the year 2020 is already far along, but there's still time for your comments and concerns. The plan will control land parcel sizes and uses for the whole county.

    A General Plan is a statement of goals and policies that guide the long-range physical development of the County and all communities. It determines the development of the County and its population distribution in both the near and distant future, and the size, form and character of the County. It designates land for residential, commercial, industrial, open space and other uses. It also identifies sizes and locations for community facilities like parks, schools and roads. For more information about the 2020 plan, see www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/landuse/planning/GP2020.

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