The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, leaving 34 people dead, has been found guilty of negligence in a US court.The boat had been wrapping up a three-day diving excursion around the Channel Islands, off the coast of Santa Barbara.
In 1947, Lillian Child, the owner of the Vegamar estate overlooking Santa Barbara’s East Beach above the now-Andrée Clark Bird Refuge, deeded her 17-acre
A special vegetation management team is working to reduce risks in high fire areas. This includes some parks with overgrowth and areas with thick brush near structures.
The Lompoc Fire Department received funding to work with the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council and the Santa Barbara Fire Department to prepare a community wildfire protection plan.