Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Crews have begun to clear stands of highly flammable eucalyptus trees from Caltrans land that homeowners in the San Mateo County town of Montara had pushed to remove ahead of this fire season. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

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