Phones, water provided in Dulzura area

Postal service to Dulzura and Potrero could begin this week. Mail will be delivered unless a mailbox was burned, in which case the local post office will hold the mail for pickup.

AT&T officials also announced at a community meeting last night that they've placed six pay phones outside offices at 17883 Highway 94 and another one behind the Barrett Junction Cafe for residents affected by the continuing power outage there.

Brian Gray with AT&T said people can use the phones to make free local and domestic long-distance calls. He also said a temporary cell phone tower would be set up behind the cafe, and a limited number of cell phones would be made available.

Residents were told they can get water at every local volunteer fire station. The Barrett Lake Mobile Home Park and the Potrero evacuation center recently received large tanks from which people can take water or wash up.

Cal Fire Battalion Chief Dave Nissen said firefighters will be in "patrol mode" this week, helping residents with anything still smoldering.

-Janine Zuniga, staff writer