From: Lila Hayes [lila@carehelp.org]
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 5:13 PM
To: info@carehelp.org
Subject: CARe Update
This weeks schedule:
CARe Group meetings will take place in the following areas:
   - TuesdayMay 27 at 7:00PM - Dulzura Community Center, 1136 Community Bldg Rd.
   - SaturdayMay 31at 10:00AM - Fallbrook Community Baptist Church - 731 S Stagecoach Ln.
 
EARLY MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
On TuesdayJune 10 at 6:30 PM we will be hosting team members of the law firms taking on SDG&E lawsuit regarding the Rice and Witch Creek Fires. Jerry Ramsey of Engstrom, Lipscomb and Lack and Jeff Neer of Baker, Keener and Nahru there to answer your questions, including:
    - UPDATED INFORMATION
    - CLARIFICATION of CLASS ISSUES
    - STAY IN or OPT OUT
    - WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TODAY
 
For details (including description of meeting and address and a link to print a map), go to:
http://www.carehelp.org/workshop_schedule/workshop.php
 
Anyone who lives in any area is welcome to come to any meeting (unless noted as private). For example, if you live in San Diego but your home burnt in Lake Arrowhead, you are welcome to come to a meeting in San Diego.
 
Individual, one-on-one policy review appointments are available most days of the week. Please call 888-216-8264.
 
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Insurance/Recovery Tip:
Why does replacement cost more than new construction?
 
I found this great paper written by Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (self described as providing "vital property information and services determine the costs to replace or repair residential and commercial buildings") about why reconstruction usually costs more than new construction.
http://www.syntech.ab.ca/pdf/ConstructionRebuilding.pdf (Adobe Acrobat required.)
 
Here is another description I've found quite helpful.
http://www.rapidsurveygroup.com/faqs.htm#horeplacementvsnew
 
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News Bites:
    San Diego
        While fire recovery delays harvest delayed, flower growers plug gap - May 16, 2008
In the six months since wildfires scorched 200,000 acres of San Diego meadows, orchards and suburban subdivisions in the span of a week last October, many of the flower and scrub growers whose crops were have grappled with change, change and more change.
[more at: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2008/05/16/business/nctd88a8149b091f8058825740f00675.txt ]
    Rim Communities
        Old Fire Suspect ‘Secured’ - May 25, 2008
A person of interest has been identified as a possible suspect in the deadly 2003 Old Fire, and is currently “secure,” according to Lieutenant Rick Ells of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. “There is a suspect named in the investigation who is being reviewed,” Lt. Ells told the Mountain-News on Monday morning.
[more at: http://crestlinecourier-news.com/articles/2008/05/22/news/news1.txt ]
    Orange County
        Modjeska honors its fire heroes - Friday, May 23, 2008
        Annual dinner gives canyon residents chance to honor those who helped during Santiago fire.
Residents of the canyons held their annual Modjeska Fire Department Annual Awards Dinner on Saturday, May 17, at the Mission Viejo Elks Lodge.
[more at: 
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/local/thecanyons/article_2050926.php ]
    LA County:
        Rain leads to mudslides and evacuations in Sierra Madre May 23, 2008
Sierra Madre police and fire officials are clearing debris from mudslides today on the heels of a wild spring thunderstorm that wreaked havoc across Southern California on Thursday.
[more at: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-weather24-2008may24,0,3996530,full.story ]
    South Lake Tahoe
        Forest Service is seeking input on restoring Angora burn area - May 21, 2008
Amid banging hammers and the hum of construction equipment, Diana Freeman noticed a short, bright-green growth sticking up near some rocks and a small, slightly faded U.S. flag in her front yard.
[more at: http://tahoedailytribune.com/article/20080521/NEWS/649214282 ]
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