Jake Burkart wrote:
>
> I've been seeing the smoke build up on the mountains for two days now
> when I drive home from work.
The Thursday HgNu reports that the fires are southeast of Lick, with the
smoke drifting away from the observatory. There was no indication that
there was a threat to the facility.
-- Jim Van Nuland, San Jose (California) Astronomical Association <a href="http://www.svpal.org/~jvn/ ">JVN's web site</a>