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On the 10th anniversary of the devastating East Bay Hills fire, UC Davis University Extension will co-sponsor a conference in Oakland on preventing similar fires at the urban-wildland interface. "California's 2001 Wildfire Conference and Public Events" will share the latest research on minimizing losses in California's urban-wildland interface. Conference organizers hope to help the public adopt fire-safe behaviors and to promote interagency cooperation and long-term planning. Conference co-sponsors include the Hills Emergency Forum, numerous University of California units, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and others. The conference will take place on Oct. 10-12 at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Dr. Media should register (free of charge) with Sandy Cooper, UC Davis University Extension, (530) 757-8878, scooper@unexmail.ucdavis.edu. The conference is open to the public; registration, which includes materials and lunch, is $325; without lunch, $295. For more information, call University Extension at (530) 757-8878 or visit the Web site at . More public events will be held on Oct. 13 at Jack London Square and Merritt Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ in Oakland. For more information on those events, contact Cheryl Miller, Hills Emergency Forum, amphion@value.net.