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Where Mill Valley stands on wildfire

Sweetwater Music Hall

Wednesday, September 16  ·  7:30pm  ·  Sweetwater Music Hall  ·  Free with RSVP

Fire season no longer has an off season. Mill Valley felt that this year: its first power shutoff in five years, a wildfire within a half mile of downtown. A panel of local experts joins us to talk about what's working and what still isn't.

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Hosted by a rotating group of locals who know this community from the inside, each episode is one conversation, recorded with care.

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