Zaca Fire Concerns Smolder in Montecito
With southern progression of blaze, awareness level is elevated and crews start to work in Romero Canyon area.
Month: August 2007
Battle to Hold Monte Arido Ridge
On Monday Incident Commander John Molumby encouraged fire fighters to put everything into the next seventy-two hours. “These are critical hours,” he enjoined his troops as they headed out to battle the fire.
Global Warming Expedition Launches from Santa Barbara
The team will study climate change on Inuit in Arctic settlements.
Woman Reported Missing
Nineteen-year- old Ashley Clary was last seen on State Street Monday.
The Great Disney Smoke-Out
When Disney’s smoking ban spreads to grown-up fare, should movie lovers pipe up?
Zaca Fire Morning Update
Last Updated: August 16, 2007 8:00 am. Acres Burned: 127,244 acres.
News-Press on Trial
It was a long afternoon for Santa Barbara News-Press Associate Editor Scott Steepleton in the first day of the trial. In response to questions posed by prosecutors with the National Labor Relations Board-who charged the News-Press with illegally firing pro-union reporters for a host of legally protected union activities-Steepleton frequently answered that he did not remember.
Council Incumbents Face Six Challengers
For months, it appeared as if this November’s City Council race would be a total non-event. No one, other than the three incumbents seeking re-election-Brian Barnwell, Helene Schneider, and Das Williams-evidenced any interest in the contest. Republicans, business interests, Latino activists, neighborhood advocates, fiscal hawks, and slow-growthers upset by the high-density direction of City Hall might grind their teeth about the current council, but no one had fielded a candidate.
School District Cutbacks Bemoaned in Light of Budget Surplus
With the start of the school year less than two weeks off, inaction by the Santa Barbara School Board at its Tuesday meeting left parents and teachers in the audience audibly frustrated and Trustee Bob No»l zero-for-three in motions made by the time Board President Nancy Harter adjourned the meeting. No action had been planned for Tuesday’s meeting, and district programs were left up in the air at its conclusion.
The Fire and the Wild
Just off Highway 33, as you enter the upper Cuyama Valley, a dirt road cuts across the river leading to the Tinta OHV (off-highway vehicle) route and Rancho Nuevo Canyon, a part of the Dick Smith Wilderness. In a few days, this area will be fired out along the Cuyama River northwest to Santa Barbara Canyon. The fire is getting that close.
