I'm in my home town of Santa Barbara for a bit and it's been a crazy homecoming. Santa Barbara, along with other counties in California, is fighting a major fire that is only minimally contained, 5% last I checked. Wednesday and Thursday nights were met with power outages in the northern regions, while at least 1,000 evacuations have taken place. I have had friends lose their homes in past fires and this one is just as unnerving. The Governor has issued a State of Emergency and the Gap Fire has become the priority fire danger in the state. Let's hope for the best resolution.
[KEYT] and [LA Times]
