Santa Barbara County orders evacuations ahead of big storm
By Staff Report / Monday, March 4th, 2019 / Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara County orders evacuations ahead of big storm
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Santa Barbara County evacuations ordered as heavy rains forecasted
By Staff Report / Friday, February 1st, 2019 / Latest news, South Coast / Comments Off on Santa Barbara County evacuations ordered as heavy rains forecasted
Forecasted heavy rains prompted the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department to order residents to evacuate by 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in areas below the Thomas, Whittier and Sherpa fire burn scars. Residents in areas at high risk for debris flows were ordered to evacuate and homes in adjacent areas were warned about the potential for Read More →
Central Coast wildfires char campgrounds, close highways
By Marissa Nall / Friday, July 14th, 2017 / Central Coast, Latest news, Small Business, South Coast, Tourism / Comments Off on Central Coast wildfires char campgrounds, close highways
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Fires burn more than 40,000 acres in Santa Barbara, SLO counties
By Staff Report / Monday, July 10th, 2017 / Latest news / Comments Off on Fires burn more than 40,000 acres in Santa Barbara, SLO counties
Three fires had burned more than 40,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties by June 10, triggering air quality warnings and shutting down major traffic arteries. Smoke from the Alamo fire, which had burned nearly 29,000 acres near the Twitchell Reservoir and was 15 percent contained as of 1:35 p.m., drifted into Read More →