Surviving the Firestorm By Dr. Carmen Carrillo It was a typical Sunday afternoon with sports on the family TV and me curled up with a book in the study. Wanting to breathe fresh air, I ambled to the backyard where a warm breeze moved the apple tree branches and felt somehow unpleasant. The sky was […]
Read: 1991 Firestorm Victim by Leigh Ortinburger
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Flyer: United Policyholders first Roadmap to Recovery meeting 10.25.91. Submitted by Emily Rogan
Submitted by Emily Rogan, United Policyholders on their 30th anniversary.
A slideshow of Photographs of quilts from the 1992 Firestorm Quilt Show
curated by Mary Mashuta and displayed at New Pieces.
Read: Twenty years after the Oakland hills fire, what has changed? by David Kessler
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Read: Long-time Resident Remembers by Don Jacobus
Don Jacobus, Fire Survivor Long-time Resident Remembers My family had lived on Vicente Road since early 30’s. There were half the number of homes as there are today. There were roads above this area, perhaps built by the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) which had provided jobs and education to young men after WWI, but I […]