Montecito and Carpinteria drivers need to ease up as construction projects alter traffic flow
MONTECITO, Calif. - Drivers are hitting their brakes hard at times when exiting at San Ysidro Road in Montecito these days. It s due in part to an increase in traffic.
Nearby the next exit at Sheffield Drive is now closed for the Highway 101 freeway widening project and drivers are looking at alternate ways around the changes.
The morning hours are among the times when drivers need to be the most alert. As the exit fills, the backup is on the freeway and at times both in the slow lane and onto the freeway shoulder.
‘Raising Our Light’ Ceremony Marks Third Anniversary of Montecito Debris Flows
Community members gather to remember the January 2018 tragedy and to honor the 23 lives that were lost
During Saturday night’s “Raising Our Light” ceremony, firefighters from the Montecito Fire Protection District lead a moment of silence with candles honoring the 23 people who died in the Montecito debris flows in January 2018. (Jade Martinez-Pogue / Noozhawk photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
January 9, 2021
| 11:07 p.m.
Churches and schools rang bells in harmony, firefighters lit 23 candles and a moment of silence was taken on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the tragic and destructive Montecito debris flows.
Community remembers Montecito debris flow victims on three year anniversary
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade
For the third anniversary of the 1/9 Debris Flow, and in consideration of the current pandemic stay-at-home order, a team of community partners hosted a commemorative live-stream ceremony on January 9th, 2021 in Montecito.
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The 23 lives lost in mudslides that devastated the community of Montecito January 9, 2018 will never be forgotten.
Those lives were remembered and honored on the third anniversary of the debris flow Saturday night January 9th, 2021 during a commemorative live-stream ceremony.
The event began at 6:30 p.m. with an invocation from Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Taylor.
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MONTECITO, Calif. It’s been three years since Montecito residents woke up to a massive mudslide.
Not only did the devastating debris flow damage and destroy hundreds of homes but tragically, 23 lives were lost.
The mudslide was triggered after heavy rain hit the Thomas Fire burn scar, just weeks after the fire broke out.
Officials say the rainfall on that fateful night was 18 times more than necessary to cause a debris flow on the burned hillsides.
“I jumped out of bed, I looked out the window and there was this huge pulsing red light in the sky,” Bucket Brigade co-founder Abe Powell said. “It looked like the almighty had turned on a siren for all to see and I heard the sound of boulders.”