House hardening has become a significant focus of emergency preparedness in California. The Marin Independent Journal described a county-wide effort to motivate homeowners to modify their vegetation to improve public safety. This has also become an issue of home insurance, which should be a major focus of Kensington’s Fire Protection District, as the Kensington Property Owners Association and other civic groups have pointed out. Please provide your contact information if you want a notification when this program goes live.