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High fire season declared in Santa Barbara County and last updated 2021-05-03 22:45:30-04 It’s now officially high fire season for all areas of Santa Barbara County. A lack of rain is contributing to grasses drying out earlier and most of the hillsides are turning brown and yellow. “The fuel that you see on the hillsides, at this time already, about two months ahead of schedule is able to carry fire,” Chief Mark Hartwig of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department said. With high fire season here, those in high fire danger areas like the Painted Cave community have been preppin...

Big Storm Bringing Heavy Rainfall to Santa Barbara County, Especially Thursday Excessive rainfall could prompt flash flooding warning for communities below Cave Fire burn area, National Weather Service says Wednesday's rain storm caused flooding on Whittier Drive near Girsh Park in Goleta. Heavy rain on Thursday morning and throughout the day is expected to cause additional flooding issues and a risk of flash flooding and debris flows below recent burn areas like the Cave Fire. (Tom Bolton / Noozhawk photo) A dusting of snow along Figueroa Mountain Road on Wednesday. The storm moving through...

Highway 246, Highway 1, Highway 101 lane closures as well as surface flooding during winter storm Highway 1 near Orcutt was among several Santa Barbara County roadways shut down Thursday due to flooding. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli | UPDATED 9:26 p.m. January 28, 2021 | 10:06 a.m. Flooding and minor rock slides caused some road closures in Santa Barbara County Thursday, as a winter storm drenched the region.  Highway 246 was closed overnight at Buellton, until 9 a.m. Friday, according to Caltrans, and a lane of northbound Hig...

Santa Barbara County Fire Chiefs Join Forces to Address Regional Areas of Concern Workgroups are formed to tackle three main issues: parking at trailheads and beaches, dispersed camping, and safety of homeless encampments Safety concerns associated with homeless encampments, such as this one along Highway 101 in Goleta, are among the issues the Santa Barbara County Fire Chiefs Association is working to address. (Rob Hazard photo) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue  January 23, 2021 | 10:12 p.m. Leaders from the Santa Barbara County Fire Chiefs Association ...

Environmentalists make a case for leaving fossil fuels in the ground Reuters 1/12/2021 By Gary McWilliams By Gary McWilliams (Reuters) - Economic, climate and healthcare upheavals point to the need to move toward developing cleaner energy sources, environmentally friendly jobs and healthier communities, participants in a Reuters Next panel said on Tuesday. A new U.S. presidential administration promising to reverse job losses, re-embrace the Paris climate accord to limit warming and stem the COVID-19 pandemic creates an opportunity to rethink the dominance of fossil fuels ...