Although welcomed during wildfire season, heavy rain was a damper when Wildfire Community Preparedness Day was held in front of the Tractor Supply Store on May 4. The Rancho Murieta Regional Fire Safe Council sponsored the educational event that aims to raise awareness about wildfire safety. In the right photo, Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost, on the right, is among the visitors who stopped by the Fire Safe Council table where Eric and Karen Hoberg were stationed. In the photo above,  waiting for the public at another table were forester Phyllis Banducci, on left, supervising a local fuel reduction project being funded by a $4.5 million CAL FIRE grant and Brenna Howell, who coordinates the Sacramento County Fire Safe Council. The on-duty crew from the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Station 59 also participated in the event. Photos by Gail Bullen