AGENCIES THAT RESPONDED to last month’s Edgewood Fire that burned 10 acres along Interstate Highway 280 in Woodside discussed the details of what could have been a more disastrous blaze during a San Mateo County Board of Supervisors meeting this week.

County Executive Mike Callagy said he asked the board to discuss the events surrounding the fire to highlight how without a swift, multi-agency response, the fire had the potential to be far more destructive.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.