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As 30th anniversary of Oakland Hills Firestorm nears, we haven’t learned from what we know
PERSPECTIVE
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The Alvarado Ridge after it was destroyed by the Oakland Hills Fire in 1991.
It’s almost the end of the water year. In abnormal times Oct. 1 would have ushered in the worst of the fire season. It’s a time when much of California has little rain save for occasional summer showers in the higher elevations. But these are normal times.