On
Tuesday, June 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
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.
Here is another
description I've found quite helpful.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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