[grc] Old and new media play helpful roles during Valley fire

[Carol Spooner]

LA Times story today: 
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-valley-fire-staying-in-touch-20150913-story.html

"As the Valley fire raced through small communities in Lake and Napa 
counties over the weekend, residents were desperate to learn the fate of 
loved ones and to hear when and where to evacuate and how to help others.

Those with access to computers and working cellphones could take 
advantage of resources that would have been unavailable not that long 
ago. But for those with only spotty cell service or who lacked mobile 
devices or who were cut off from landlines and TVs, there was an old 
standby: radio.

They tuned to — and turned to — KPFZ 88.1 FM, a radio station in 
Lakeport that serves the area near Clear Lake. Lakeport sits near the 
west edge of the lake, about 21 miles north of Cobb and 29 miles north 
of Middleton, both of which were hit hard by the fire."