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Clear Creek Management Area is closed due to Boone Fire danger

homesafetytechpros — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 17:56:06 +0000

MARINA, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is issuing an emergency closure of the Condon Peak Recreation Area and Campground in Fresno County, due to wildland fire danger from the nearby Boone Fire and existing evacuation orders. This temporary closure is effective immediately, until further notice.

The Boone Fire started Tuesday, Sept. 3, and has burned more than 17,000 acres of brush and grass fuels as well as burning in the area previously affected by the 2020 Mineral Fire.

Clear Creek Management Area, which is approximately 63,000 acres of BLM-managed public land located in the San Benito Mountain Range in San Benito, Fresno, and Monterey counties. This closure order includes the Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), Oak Flat Campground, Jade Mill Campground, Condon Peak Recreation Area and Campground, and all roads included within the Clear Creek Management Area.

The area is closed to all forms of public access to provide for public and firefighter safety in relation to the Boone Fire and management of that fire. For specific questions related to the closure, please contact the Central Coast Field Office at 831-582-2200. For information about the Boone Fire, please email Andy.VanSciver@ventura.org, or call 559-356-5041.

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Want to clear a criminal record? This lawyer has an app for that

homesafetytechpros — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 03:26:01 +0000

A Rasa team member (left) helps a woman register for the Rasa app at a legal clinic at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Photo courtesy of Rasa.

The impact for people clearing their criminal records can be life-changing, leading to long-term employment and financial security. And research shows that it also helps prevent recidivism. But the path to expungement is not always easy, requiring people with criminal records to navigate an unfamiliar, costly and drawn-out process. That’s where lawyer Noella Sudbury comes in.

In 2022, she launched an app called Rasa to provide a quick, cheap and easy solution for people who want a fresh start, automating the process of expungement from start to finish.

Sudbury, the first lawyer in her family, says she developed a keen interest in criminal justice reform after working as a public defender. During that time, she saw her clients hitting a brick wall when they tried to rent an apartment, secure loans or get a job.

That inspired her to create an app that could tackle the issue at scale, and Rasa is currently available for people trying to clear their records in Utah and Arizona.

In this episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, the Rasa founder and CEO tells the ABA Journal’s Matt Reynolds about some of the challenges that she faced in getting Rasa off the ground and her plans to expand the app beyond Utah and Arizona.

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Noella Sudbury. Photo courtesy of Rasa.

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Noella Sudbury. Photo courtesy of Rasa.

Noella Sudbury is an attorney with over a decade of experience in criminal law, policy and data-driven justice reform. She led a successful campaign to pass Utah’s Clean Slate law, which automates the expungement process for more than 450,000 Utahns, and has assisted other state campaigns to pass automatic clearance. In her spare time, Sudbury enjoys the outdoors and spending time with her two daughters. In 2023, she was named by Inc. Magazine as one of the top 200 most dynamic female founders in America.

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BLM restores motorized vehicle access to the Clear Creek Management Area

homesafetytechpros — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:32:57 +0000

(Updated Oct. 2)

MARINA, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management has completed repairs to Clear Creek Road in the Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern allowing visitors to receive permits online and enter the area in San Benito County. The full order rescinding the closure can be found on the website.

“We are excited to welcome the public back to the area for the first time in 2023 and remind visitors to recreate responsibly by staying on designated routes and by practicing leave no trace ethics on public lands,” said Central Coast Field Manager Zachary Ormsby.

Crews completed repairs to culverts and stream crossings on Clear Creek Road and maintenance work along the entire public touring route network in the Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern; they also repaired the many stream crossings and culverts that were washed away during the winter storms. The completed work included a complete regrading of the total length of Clear Creek Road, which had experienced significant erosion from Clear Creek overflowing and washing out the road surface. Crews also surveyed the entire public route network and completed repairs and regrading, where needed.

Visitors can go online to recreation.gov to access permits for entering the Clear Creek Management Area and the Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern. All visitors are required to have their own permit, regardless of age, and the permit must be always in the holder’s name and on them. Please note some visitors will need multiple permits to access areas within the Clear Creek Management Area. An individual is allowed a total of five permits per calendar year.

The Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern permit is available for advanced reservations and allows the visitor access to the Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern within the Clear Creek Management Area for the duration of one day.

Recreate Responsibly and Pack It In – Pack It Out: Practice Leave No Trace ethics, while recreating on public lands by packing out all your trash. Illegal dumping of waste is a public safety hazard and dangerous to wildlife.

Clear Creek Management Area encompasses approximately 75,000 acres, of which 63,000 acres are public lands managed by the Central Coast Field Office. Topography is rugged with elevations ranging from 2,600 feet at Oak Flat Campground to 5,241 feet on San Benito Mountain. Recreational opportunities include hunting, camping, hobby gem/mineral collecting, mountain biking, horseback riding, hiking/backpacking, and sightseeing. There are two developed campgrounds in the Clear Creek Management Area, Oak Flat and Jade Mill, both with picnic tables, shade structures, fire rings, and vault toilets.

For more information, please visit the Clear Creek webpage. For specific questions, contact the Central Coast Field Office at 831-582-2200 or BLM_CA_Web_CC@blm.gov.

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