Web site keeps Sierra updated on fire hot spots

Pascale Fusshoeler at Yubanet.comWhen it comes to coverage of California wildfires, newspapers and television pretty much have the story down cold: "Massive" or "wind-whipped" fires fed by "explosively dry" grasses or "tinderbox" forests "ripped" through "rugged terrain" as "weary" firefighters fought to "contain" the "conflagration."

People with lives or property at stake, however, simply want to know, "How close is the fire to me?" And they want to know straightaway.

That's where YubaNet.com  comes in.

Read more about local citizen journalism in this article at the Sacramento Bee.

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