How the Fire Grew
What started as a tiny brushfire on July 1 took just two days to grow into the number one firefighting priority for all of California, where more than 1,400 fires have already been burning early this summer.
Month: July 2008
Fire on the Mountain
Telling the story of a wildfire is difficult because so many intense experiences, so many quickly changing facts, so many human dramas must be woven into a whole cloth. In this issue we have tried to give as clear as possible a picture of what happened to our community during the last week.
This Week in History
U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, led by Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain, beats China to win the World Cup.
On the Ground of the Gap Fire
Santa Barbara’s wildfire expert reports from the frontlines.
News to Yous
The Carpinteria Valley Arts Center needs volunteers to work as hosts at its 855 at the Arts Center gallery.
Gap Fire Timeline
When it started and where it has gone, day by day.
Gap Fire May Soon Be Contained
Despite a forecast of extreme fire behavior today firefighters appear to have the upper hand and the Gap Fire may be contained within days.
Rush Hour Rally
MoveOn.org staged rallies here and in about 2000 other cities to “get oil out of the White House.”
Last Call for Mel’s Lounge
The rent doubled on Mel’s Lounge, the bar and pool hall that the fashionable Paseo Nuevo mall had to build around.
Back Home Again
An evacuee tells her emotionally draining experience of being put out of her home.
