BERKELEY, Calif. (KRON) — One month after the City of Berkeley approves an ordinance enforcing the 5-foot rule, which creates 5 feet of defensible space within a home, KRON4 checks in with homeowners to see how they’re preparing as warm weather rises in the East Bay.
Many homeowners in the Berkeley and Oakland hills say they take pride in their landscaping because they know far too well the fire danger they endure over here. But as you can see, just steps away from neighborhoods, there’s plenty of vegetation.
In the Berkeley Hills, homeowner Dan Scarola is already prepared for fire season. That’s because, in 1991, his newly purchased home that burned down in a wildfire has since been rebuilt…