Tools for Paradise needed

With the horrific fires that have burned up and down the state of California, I have recollections of the Rice Canyon fire of 2007 that burned here in Fallbrook.

If you recall, the entire Fallbrook population was evacuated from that fire with the howling Santa Ana winds blowing cinders and sparks miles away from the origin of the fire.

In the past week, the television's vivid broadcasting coverage has brought back those fire memories, and my heart goes out to all those in the state who have gone through fires at one time or another, and let's help out Paradise, California now.

Let's step up an...