Just over a month ago, the homes at the end of Via de la Vista in Inverness sat right up against a serious fire hazard: a drought-afflicted bishop pine forest. Now, the underbrush, a thicket of lichen-covered bushes, gives way to a thin layer of wood chips stretching more than 100 feet from the home

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