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Lake Fire 90 Percent Contained
The skies over the Santa Ynez Valley have cleared of smoke and ash as firefighters have tamed 90 percent of the Lake Fire as of Monday, July 22. Business was back to usual, said Tracy Beard with the Solvang Chamber of Commerce. “Two Wednesdays ago, the smoke lay in the valley for a couple of hours,” she said, “but the fire was 22 or 25 miles away and didn’t really affect us too much. The smoke mostly was shooting eastward.”
Lompoc elections heat up with early candidate filings
The filing period is underway for the City of Lompoc General Municipal Election, with nominations open for the offices of mayor, District 1 and District 4 council members. Those listed as having filed candidacy papers with the city so far, including city council and the mayoral seat, are Stephen Bridge, Jeremy Ball and Jenelle Osborne, respectively.
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