Lake Fire 90 Percent Contained
Santa Ynez Valley gets back to business as usual, though an evacuation warning and orders are still in effect for some areas due to the 38,664-acre fire.
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Electriq Power’s Inventory Auctioned Off for $4.9M
The unknown buyer plans to restart the bankrupt solar company that left Santa Barbara County homeowners with liens, says bankruptcy trustee.
Santa Barbara Supervisors Discuss Ways to Keep Fire at Bay
In high-fire zones, plants within five feet of a house have to go in wildfire areas.
Santa Barbara Supervisors Get Positive Progress Report on Lake Fire
Most evacuated residents have been allowed to return home, and fire crews are being deployed back to their home stations, to other fires, or onto north side of the more than 38,600-acre wildfire.
Supervisors Approve Library Special Tax Increase for Greater Goleta
In keeping with an annual cost-of-living adjustment, the fee for the library zone will increase by 3.5 percent next year.
Old Town Goleta Changes Its Stripes
Hollister Avenue switches to single lane of traffic in each direction and back-in diagonal parking on the north side of the street.
Update: New Evacuations Ordered Friday After Lake Fire Burns Half of 6,000-Acre Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Ynez Valley
The fire has grown to more than 36,700 acres, threatening the nature preserve’s historic structures and research projects.
Day Six of Lake Fire: Nearly 29,000 Acres Burned, 1,500 People Evacuated
The fire is the largest actively burning in California and biggest in Santa Barbara County since 2017’s Thomas Fire.
Juan Lopez Honored by Family and Friends
The victim of a hit-and-run crime was loved by many.
Santa Barbara County Expands Lake Fire Evacuations Again on Tuesday Afternoon
[Update] Evacuation orders expand; the fire has spread toward the edge of Santa Barbara County’s wine country.
