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Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Butte County vets: Habitat for Humanity wants your help Sept. 12 (actionnewsnow.com) — Local veterans are invited to join Habitat for Humanity's R.E.D. Day of Service on Sept. 12, with a small construction crew helping build homes in either Chico or Paradise. The free event honors service members, includes lunch, and continues Habitat's long-running work with families in Paradise recovering since the Camp Fire. Space is limited and registration is required online.
• Drones, Balloons and Sound Waves: New Ways to Fight the World's Fires (bloomberg.com) — A tech entrepreneur's childhood wildfire experience and later shock at seeing Paradise reduced to ashes helped push him toward new ways to fight fires. The story uses Paradise's devastation as a key turning point while exploring emerging tools like drones, balloons, and sound-based systems aimed at preventing future communities from facing similar destruction.
• Decades-Old '10 A.M. Rule' for Wildfire Suppression May Make a Comeback, Sparking Debate (hsjchronicle.com) — Wildfire experts and federal officials are debating whether to revive a hardline "10 a.m. rule" that once required every wildfire be fully contained by the next morning, a shift that could reshape fire management across California. The discussion repeatedly invokes the 2018 Camp Fire that devastated Paradise as a warning about both aggressive suppression and the dangers of runaway blazes.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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