Brides-to-be fret over fires in Santa BarbaraNOAKI SCHWARTZ
A firefighter, who declined to reveal his name, told Xinhua Friday morning at foothill of a steep ridge along 150 freeway dividing Ventura County and Santa Barbara County that the winds are weakening, his work is to monitor fire spots on the top of the hill. "Tonight we are lucky, the ...
wildfires burned in the same areas of other recent destructive infernos, including the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which killed three people and destroyed 1,600 homes near Los Angeles, and the 2017 Thomas Fire, which burned more than a thousand homes and other structures in Ventu...
which burned 281 893 acres in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties this past December before it wascontained.On Monday morning, the Ranch Fire, burning southwest of the community of Potter Valley and north ofHighway 20, on its own surpassed the Thomas Fire, as the larges single fire in state...
Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season.
Fanned by Santa Ana winds suddenly started from last Monday, six wildfire ranging in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and San Diego county forced the governor to declare a state of emergency five days ago. Brown said he expects the "new normal" caused by the changing climate would exacerba...
Similar to previous efforts for the Zaca fire near Santa Barbara, California, as well as the large-scale California fires of 2003, Esri provided staffing, ArcGIS software, and other resources. More than a dozen wildfires in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventu...
“The Cuyahoga fire and other environmental disasters like the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill became national symbols of industrial indifference and the weakness of public regulation. The environmental movement needed a rallying point and the burning Cuyahoga River became its poster child,” said Hartig....
Lucas Zucker is the Policy Director at Central Coast United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE), which works with immigrant farmworkers in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. During last summer’s wildfires, CAUSE distributed N95 masks to workers in the field. “Farm work is already dangerous o...
Hotel Californian opened in the fall, just in time to take in displaced Montecito residents after the fires and floods. Some stayed as long as a month. The 121-room hotel is an oh-so-Santa-Barbara kind of place, with beautiful facades and decor, cushy rooms, sweeping views and fine rest...