On Monday, September 21, 2020 at 11:31:16 AM UTC-7, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:28:34 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
wrote:

There is no rain forecast for us.

For Ben Lomond, no rain in September:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/ben-lomond/95005/september-weather/2154513
but rain a week before Holloween:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/ben-lomond/95005/october-weather/2154513
In Santa Cruz, it always rains around Holloween.

If you want rain any earlier, I suggest organizing a rain dance or
build a rainmaking machine:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rain+dance
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rainmaking

Like you said, the recent rain slowed some of the Oregon fires but did not stop them. Rain later this week will help, too. There is still some haziness, but the air is much better in PDX.

-- Jay Beattie.