Thursday Top of the Scroll: Bay Area officials urge water conservation, caution in face of raging wildfires
With the North Bay’s LNU Complex Fire topping 124,000 acres Wednesday and new state evacuation orders emerging every few hours, local and state officials urged Bay Area residents to take a variety of precautions….The city of Santa Rosa has prohibited all outdoor water use, including for irrigation. It is temporarily illegal for residents to wash their cars, and they are asked to conserve water indoors as much as possible.
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