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Recent wildfire-safety coverage from Humboldt County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The commission added 47 areas covering about 208 square miles and denied SCE’s request to remove 61 areas, citing an insufficient record that wildfire risk had declined.
The Planning Commission voted 3-1 on each CAL FIRE-related coastal permit, retaining some safeguards for one project while removing a tree-retention condition for the other.
The 3-1 vote allowed removal of eight redwoods at 5177 Woodland Way, including a roughly 64-inch, 162-year-old second-growth tree staff had recommended retaining.
The 3-1 votes revised staff conditions for the Call and Maples projects, while county officials prepare a proposed large-tree moratorium and tree-preservation ordinance.
