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Victor Maccharoli
City, forestry, and ground maintenance crews pull work hard Thursday in Parma Park pulling out debris that could cause flooding in the future.

Recovery efforts continue for Tea Fire

By ERIC LINDBERG

On one of the final twists of Las Alturas Road as it climbs above Sycamore Canyon, a metal gate stands alone in the wreckage of a home lost in the Tea Fire.
Off in the distance, the three stone archways of the Tea Gardens are barely visible on the crest of a small ridge along the ash-gray hillside, marking the origin of the destructive blaze.
A few families are sifting through the remains of their homes. A handful of insurance officials survey the damage.
A renter gets a check for her cleanin ...

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Smoke tests might be visible in burn area

By DAILY SOUND STAFF REPORT

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department will be conducting a series of smoke tests today between 2 p.m. and dusk in the area of Mountain Drive and Cold Springs Road, near the ignition point of the Tea Fire.
County Fire Capt. Eli Iskow said the smok ...

Wind could cause Tea Fire flare-up

By COLBY FRAZIER

A week after the Tea Fire blew out of control in the Santa Barbara foothills and consumed 210 homes, officials yesterday braced for another round of brisk sundowner winds.
As of press time, much of Santa Barbara County remained under a red flag warn ...

County sued over Naples

By COLBY FRAZIER

Minutes before the deadline, a consortium of local environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in Superior Court yesterday against the County of Santa Barbara, alleging the county made widespread errors when it approved a 71-home development at Naple ...

Fifth grader struck by car

By COLBY FRAZIER

A 10-year-old boy suffered minor injuries yesterday after being hit by a car in the intersection of Pedregosa Street and Prospect Avenue.
The boy, a fifth-grade student at Roosevelt Elementary School, was riding his Razor scooter south down Emerson ...

SBIFF picks Eastwood as Modern Master

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced yesterday it will honor Academy Award winning actor Clint Eastwood with its Modern Master Award, the festival’s highest honor.

Film Festival Executive Director Roger Durling praised Eastwood’s ...

Tea Fire Benefits

If all you knew about the Tea Fire is the way the national media covered the devastating blaze, you’d probably think there wasn’t any need for financial assistance for those who lived in the 210 homes destroyed in the fire.

Nearly every outlet refe ...

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• DEAR MISS KITTY,
• Homeless turn out for health fair
• Westmont, UCSB students not involved in Tea Fire
• Final evacuations lifted in Tea Fire
• Bowl game comes to City College
• Santa Barbara makes it an all-local final
• Promethus Returns to the SB Foothills
• Trés Chic in Mexico City…The Mighty Mino…
• Dancing in SB
• Nina makes stop in SB
• Officials pledge aid for fire victims
• Smoldering bonfire led to Tea Fire
• A passion for pumping iron
• Senate race widening
• City gives nod to School Dist.
• Firestorm unleashed
• A look at the real heroes
• Tea Fire has human origins
• Boy arrested for starting Gap Fire
• Modoc Road families face eviction
• SBIFF to honor Mickey Rourke
• Grant aimed at DUI probation enforcement
• Police blotter — Nov. 18
• Local man assaulted at Spearmint Rhino
• UCSB earns 7th straight tourny bid

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