CLEAR LAKE RIVIERA, Calif. –The Clear Lake Riviera Community Association is launching its inaugural “Be Safe, Clean Your Space Day” on Saturday, Oct. 17.

The association is encouraging residents to hold yard/garage sales and take action to create a defensible space around homes by cutting back brush, limbs and weeds.

Families holding yard sales will receive free advertising, signage and a spot on the map provided to yard sale customers.

Participants may have leftover items picked up by Hospice Thrift Store on the event day or may dispose of items in a community dumpster.

Individuals interested in having their yard sale identified on the map should contact the association office by Oct. 12.

Residents disposing of yard debris from their their properties will be provided with “brush bucks” valued at $10 and redeemable at Quackenbush, the landfill in Clearlake or with the association-sponsored chipping program.

The event will culminate in a free barbecue at the community center starting at 4 p.m.

The “Be Safe, Clean Your Space Day” was established as part of an effort to become a certified Firewise Community.

The Firewise Communities program sponsored by the National Fire Protection Agency teaches people how to reduce their vulnerability to the devastation of wildfires with an emphasis on neighborhoods working together to make it happen.

To have yard sales placed on the map, obtain brush bucks, learn more about the Oct. 17 event and how to become in the Firewise program, call the Clear Lake Riviera Community Association at 707-277-7281 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .