Big Holiday Guide #2


EVENTS•ENTERTAINMENT•FOOD


PG&E Urges Sonoma County Customers to Safely Warm Their Homes and Warns of Home Heating Hazards


SANTA ROSA, CA. ~ With freeze warnings in the forecast tonight and tomorrow across Sonoma County, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) is urging customers to be cautious when heating their homes. Electric heating devices, such


as space heaters, are a home fire hazard when not properly used or monitored. Fuel-burning ap- pliances, such as gas furnaces, stoves and water heaters, can increase


the risk of carbon


monoxide, a toxic gas, when they are not working properly. “We want our customers to be warm this winter, but most importantly we want them to be safe. High levels of carbon monoxide can be generated by appliances that are defective or improperly installed or main- tained.


That is why it’s very impor- tant to have your gas appliances checked before every winter to ensure they are working prop- erly,” said Dave Canny, Senior


Manager for PG&E’s Sonoma Division.


PG&E encourages custom- ers to schedule free gas appli- ance safety checks through the company’s customer service helpline


at 1-800-743-5000.


Our Gas Service Representa- tives (GSRs) will test carbon monoxide detector batteries and expiration dates,


relight


furnace pilots, and check gas stoves, fireplaces and water heaters at no cost to the cus- tomer.


According to the National


Fire Protection Association, heating equipment is the sec- ond leading cause of home fires in the United States. Nearly half of these fires occur from December through February. The leading contributing fac- tors to space heater fires are heating equipment too close to objects that can burn, such as furniture, clothing, mattresses or bedding, and leaving heating equipment unattended.


“Life is a


mystery to be lived not a


problem to be solved”


Clive Ollies


UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • January 2018 • 9 NEW Heron Hall Art Exhibit


“Naturally” Prints and Paintings by Rik Ol- son. On display Janu- ary 9 through May 1, 2018 Heron Hall, La- guna Environmental Center, 900 Sanford Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Opening Reception


January


13, 2018 from 3-5PM FREE. No RSVP nec- essary. Light snacks provided.


Upbeat also has opossums that make our two small dogs go nuts! I pushed him off the fence with a broom into the tall grass. Unhurt, he scurried away!~ PAD


O-Impossumable!


www.comfirstcu.org “Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” ~ William Feather UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • January 2018 • 9


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