The Week of August 2, 2020 — The Apple Fire, the Pandemic Continues, Interior Finish Work, the Entrance Canopy, the West Side, and the East Parking Lot Update
The Featured image for this week is of the towering plume of smoke rising from the “Apple Fire ” near Cherry Valley and Oak Glen. The photo was taken late Saturday afternoon August 1, 2020, with an iPhone 11. The towers on the Loma Linda University Health campus appear to be insignificant compared to the billowing smoke in the distance. As of this writing (11:00 AM on August 2, 2020, there is 0% containment, some 20,500 acres scorched, and approximately 8,000 people ordered to evacuate. Many Loma Linda University Health employees live in the area. Hopefully, they are out of harm’s way. News reports tell of only two (2) out buildings having been destroyed.
On Sunday, August 2, 2020, heavy equipment, surveyors, and a compaction tester was congregated on the east side finishing up on the remedial work that was needed for the east parking lot.
After graduate school Dennis accepted a position at Loma Linda University. He worked there for 42 years in the areas of administration and financial management, also teaching accounting and management to dietetic students at the School of Public Health. Through the years Dennis has chronicled the growth of the campus, including the construction of the Drayson Center and the Centennial Complex and the razing of Gentry Gym. He is the author of "The Mound City Chronicles: A Pictorial History of Loma Linda University, A Health Sciences Institution 1905 - 2005." dEp 09.30.2016 🔨