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Massive brush fire erupts near Zaca Lake in Santa Barbara County
A brush fire that erupted in Santa Barbara County sent up towering columns of smoke over Los Padres National Forest land Friday afternoon. The blaze had exploded to an estimated 4,673 acres before 11 p.m. No update on the size was available as of 6:45 a.m. Saturday. ...
Gas Leak at Solvang Grocery Store
Santa Barbara County firefighters responded to a report of a gas leak at a Solvang grocery story on Thursday, July 4. At 3:59 p.m. crews arrived at 1984 Old Mission Drive at the New Frontiers Natural Marketplace. Firefighters discovered a non-toxic leak/oxygen displacement gas with low O2 readings noted by...
Firefighters Halt Progress of Vegetation Fire in Lompoc Foothills
A vegetation fire that erupted in the 500 Block of “O” Place in the Lompoc foothills late Thursday night was successfully contained by Santa Barbara County Firefighters. The blaze, which was first reported at around 10:06 PM, was initially estimated to cover an area between 1 and 2 acres with a slow rate of spread and posed no threat to nearby homes.
Solvang Fourth of July Parade Celebrates ‘Life, Liberty and Love’
Floats, cars, gymnasts and dancers displayed their patriotism Thursday for the Solvang Fourth of July Parade. The parade, organized by the Solvang Rotary Club, started at 11 a.m. at the Mission Santa Ines and traveled through the village along Mission Drive and Cophenhagen Drive. In total, the procession included 75...
Southern California teens to compete in solar-powered car race in Texas
Three teams of high school students from Southern California prepared Friday to head to Texas to compete in an annual solar-powered car race with cars they designed and built. For the Solar Car Challenge, a 4-days race taking place at Texas Motor Speedway, students at Temple City High School were testing their solar-powered vehicles that they built from scratch.
Heat advisory in effect through Wednesday
– Portions of California, including North County, remain under an excessive heat warning until 9 p.m. PDT Wednesday. Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures ranging from 106 to 116 degrees are expected, with today anticipated to be the hottest. Nights will also remain very warm. There is a high risk...
Fourth of July celebrations grace the skies of the Central Coast
Fourth of July fireworks shows up and down the Central Coast are in the books, but before we move on, Your News Channel wanted to put together a great spot to check out all the highlights. The post Fourth of July celebrations grace the skies of the Central Coast appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
California’s Junk Fee Ban No Longer Clashes With Restaurant Fees
Earlier this year, two trends gaining momentum neared a collision in California’s restaurants and bars. One was a statewide ban on junk fees — here defined as anything over and above the items purchased on a particular visit to a shop, hotel or other establishment. The other? The fact that a growing number of restaurants are charging fees in order to pay their staff a living wage or provide them with healthcare. The metaphorical collision in this situation is that California’s government seemed ready to treat restaurant fees as junk fees — which is to say, not allowing bars and restaurants to charge them.
Hoping to reduce Colorado River dependency, Southern California bets big on wastewater recycling
LOS ANGELES (CN) — Can wastewater be made potable again on a mass scale? Water-district managers in California think so. At a wastewater treatment plant in Carson in the Los Angeles area, scientists and engineers have been fine-tuning their purification process since 2019. The facility — known as the...
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