San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Monterey Counties did not see the widespread damage from yesterday’s bomb cyclone that local officials warned was possible. Evacuation orders in Santa Barbara County have now been lifted.
There are mandatory evacuations for the Thomas Fire burn scar in Montecito, the Alisal Fire burn scar in Gaviota and the Cave Fire burn scar in the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Firefighters are gaining control of a brush fire that erupted Friday along the Big Sur Coast, with the blaze now 35 percent contained and about 700 acres still burning.