The Wild(fire) One

When Ray Ford writes about wildfire in Santa Barbara’s backcountry, the landmarks he refers to don’t come off a map.

Bar Fire in Refugio

UPDATE: Crews quickly contained the blaze and, as of 8 p.m., are in mop-up mode.

How to Make Amends?

It’s appropriate that Ed St George apologized for cutting down 36 eucalyptus trees used by monarch butterflies as a winter roosting habitat, but the question is how to make amends?

Smoke and Cellophane

Ask any conservative for two places where socialism is alive and well, and they’ll likely tell you our school system and Hollywood.

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