Burn, baby, burn (carefully)

Rainfall and improved drought conditions have eased fire concerns enough that the city’s restriction on burning in parks has been lifted. The restriction, which applied to all city parkland, is no longer in effect. However, according to a press release from the parks department, “The Department is committed to protecting the City’s parks and surrounding communities and will continue to evaluate the wildfire risk on an ongoing basis. If conditions worsen and the threat of wildfire increases, a Parks Burning Restriction will be activated.”