Recently, I was awakened by a loud cracking in the night. It was 12:45 a.m. A few minutes later, the top of a large, leaning Oregon ash splintered off and crashed into our backyard and San Geronimo Creek, taking down our powerline.
It was the third time in 15 years that a tree brought down the line, which crosses the creek and its riparian forest. It was the fifth time that our landlord could…