From: Lila Hayes
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:35 PM
To:
Subject: Fw: news from the sun
For the North County
Times
EL CAJON ---- The evening at Shadow Mountain Community Church
started off with an optimistic tone, but it didn't last.
State Sen. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, brought the Senate Insurance Committee to El Cajon to help survivors of last year's wildfires resolve their insurance claims.
"This is not a tell-us-your-woes meeting," Speier said.
"This is designed to allow us to get cases resolved."
By bringing
together fire victims, major insurance companies and state officials, Speier
said she wanted to apply the influence of her committee and encourage fire
victims to use a state mediation program and avoid litigation. One insurance
company representative even brought a checkbook, Speier said.
[read more at the above link]
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In the news
The Sun has published news about our group twice this
week!
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DAVID SCHWARTZ, Staff Writer
Saturday,
November 13, 2004 - CEDAR GLEN - The smell of fire has been washed away, but
the burned trees remain. Just chimneys and bare foundations stand as gravestones
marking the 336 homes lost.
More than a year after the Old Fire roared through this mountain community, the rebuilding process is painfully slow. Except for a few replacement modular homes where the wildfire raged, this remains a wasteland.
Foreboding and uncertainty about the future of this mountain paradise now fill the place where homes once stood.
Of the 336 homes destroyed in Cedar Glen by the Old Fire, permits have been issued or construction has begun on 15, a mere 4.4 percent. Just seven more owners have applied for permits.
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JANET M. HARP, Staff Writer
Saturday,
November 13, 2004 - LYTLE CREEK - Mike Cron and Buffie Lee's dreams of
running an antique store were shattered piece by piece Saturday in this mountain
community each time the auctioneer said, "Sold.'
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GEORGE WATSON, Staff Writer
Saturday,
November 06, 2004 - The chairman of the San Bernardino County Board of
Supervisors has been the driving force behind a redevelopment proposal to
rebuild a mountain community devastated in last fall's Old
Fire.
But Dennis Hansberger has failed to disclose that his father, a prolific
land developer, owns at least 15 properties next to the proposed Cedar Glen
Redevelopment Project near Lake Arrowhead, a Sun investigation has
found.
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GEORGE WATSON
Tuesday,
November 16, 2004 - Staff Writer
The county Board of Supervisors rejected several objections to a proposed redevelopment project in the mountains on Tuesday, pushing the controversial plan closer to fruition.
A week earlier, residents had challenged the Cedar Glen Redevelopment Project on issues ranging from those who want to be removed from the proposed area to those who believe proper notifications were not made to homeowners.
---Lila Hayes
Old Fire Recovery
Group
www.oldfirerecoverygroup.org