"After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire leveled 80% of San Francisco, more than a quarter of a million residents were temporarily displaced. People who had the means left the city, but many low income San Franciscans didn't have that option. City leaders commissioned union carpenters to build small cottages to house the refugees - many of whom the city relied upon to help rebuild the city."
"Originally imported to Monterey County for sport by a wealthy landowner in the 1920s, wild boars now number in the hundreds of thousands, and they are destroying sensitive habitats and suburban lawns all over the state. Experts say the problem has gotten worse in recent years all across the state, especially after a series of wet winters has left moist soil teeming with grubs - a pig's favorite food."
After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire leveled 80% of San Francisco, more than a quarter of a million residents were temporarily displaced. City leaders commissioned union carpenters to build small cottages that housed refugees and provided many low-income residents their first opportunity for homeownership. Those earthquake shacks helped supply labor and stability needed to rebuild the city and a few examples still remain. In Monterey County wild boars were introduced in the 1920s for sport and have since multiplied into the hundreds of thousands, destroying sensitive habitats and suburban lawns and worsening after wet winters increased grub populations, prompting efforts to control them.
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