Santa Rosa Official Offers Advice to Camp Fire Survivors

David Guhin and Marc Mattox Earlier this month, with the Camp Fire still raging, All Things Considered host Audie Cornish spoke with Santa Rosa’s Assistant City Manager David Guhin about rebuilding here in Sonoma County. They discussed lessons that might be passed on to our neighbors to the north and south devastated by wildfires this season.

KRCB News Director Steve Mencher listened in.

(Pictured: David Guhin, Assistant City Manager of Santa Rosa, Calif. and Marc Mattox, Assistant Town Manager, Paradise, Calif. Courtesy of Facebook)

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