On this episode of On The Town, Tom Fitzsimmons joins Grass Valley Community Risk Reduction Manager Duane Strawser at Tofanelli’s Gold Country Bistro to discuss wildfire prevention, emergency preparedness and public-safety improvements across Grass Valley. Strawser shares updates on vegetation management, encampment fire risks, defensible-space inspections, Zone 0, home hardening and evacuation access for the Glenwood and Maidu neighborhoods. The conversation also covers fire-buffer work near the Loma Rica housing development and the McCourtney Road Active Transportation Project, including new sidewalks, bicycle and pedestrian connections, hazardous-tree removal and improvements near Brighton Street, Highway 20/49 and the Nevada County Fairgrounds.