Fire officials say they've faced red tape trying to cut fire risk at Mt. Diablo

Fire officials say they've faced red tape trying to cut fire risk at Mt. Diablo

In the San Ramon Valley, fire leaders are trying to protect homes from potential wildfire, but their efforts to do that were cut significantly short, at least for this fire season. The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District knows its area faces high fire risk, particularly on Mt. Diablo and in Mt. Diablo State Park, where the district is responsible for responding to fires on much of that territory. In 2025, the district had been working on a…