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As temperatures dropped to freezing levels and rain pounded the muddy hillsides in the area devastated by the Butte Fire, nobody came to what leadership with the Mountain Ranch Community Relief EfForts called the first "Out of the Weather Rally" Yet Trisha Chalk stayed the entire night. Members with the community relief efForts did not close shop even after it may have been evident that nobody would access the resource that was made available until sunrise. "We wanted to establish that we are going to be there for them. That's the message we' re sending," said Chalk, the director for the Mountain Ranch Community Relief Efforts. "If somebody decided at 1 a.m. that they couldn' t handle the cold or the rain where they were at, they can
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ommunity Resources Agen;y released a report analyzng the potential environnentalimpacts of proposed :hanges in the first compre-
tion for future growth and development, and update the plans about every 20 years. Adopting a budget and general plan are arguably
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The vacancies Thursday — and again on the second evening the next day — are to be expected thus far into the process, however. Previous attempts by the American Red Cross to open a shelter for fire victims have, Chalk said, failed. And be-
.ral Plan since 1996. sponsibilities of the Board of California state law re- Supervisors, County AdminIuires every city and county istrator Craig Pedro said. n adopt a general plan, vhich serves as a constituSee PLAN/Back Page
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tom system is strong are 100 percent by Thursday night. 3 system is on the Models on Tuesday showed the sysd and could bring tem slowingtoa degree,decreasing the io next week. likelihood of thunderstorms over burn in for Thursday areas, including this year's Butte Fire asters say. Over- scar and the 2013 Rim Fire scar, Mie expected in the chelle Mead, the warning coordination ae 30s Thursday meteorologist in Sacramento, said. ht. At higher eleResidents and visitors who remember s Big Trees State chances of snow See WEATHER/Back Page rom waters near
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munity that is mistrusting to begin with, has been strained. "They opened a shelter two times and not gotten the word out. They opened this so last minute," Chalk said. "One hour ahead of time they told us they were opening. They had onehour to tellallthese people who are living all over. Nobody came. Five hours later they closed." Lilly Wyatt, a public information officer with the Red Cross,said the organization does not always have the ability and capacity to notify an entire community beforehand about the opening of a shelter. In many cases, the organizaSee RALLY/ Back Page
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