[NormsRevenge]

SEAN M. HAFFEY / Union-Tribune
Mark Coast looked out across the canyon behind his Rancho
Bernardo home. He believes he saved his house from the
wildfires that tore through his North County neighborhood
in October by clearing thick brush near his property.
His neighbor's home was lost.

[EggsAckley]

I’ve been taking the lessons learned in San Diego very seriously this fall. We’ve removed about 50 ugly dying oaks near the forest, the views have improved, and I can sell them for firewood. It feels good to see all that scrubby stuff gone.