Photo: Smoke plume from the 2020 CZU Lightening Complex Fire as seen from behind the Priory in Portola Valley. The CZU fire burned 86,000 acres, took four months to extinguish, and came within 6 miles of Portola Valley and Los Trancos.

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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 noncompliant California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) submission. These critical problems that impact...
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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 over an 8 year period, featuring powerful comments by the Fire Marshal.
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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 environment, wildlife, and citizens against the rapacious effects of relentless, ill-considered development....
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Living With Fire in a Wildland Urban Interface (Video)
Fire science and policy in the San Francisco Peninsula
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