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cameras.alertcalifornia.orgAs smoke from the Gifford Fire moves across the region, southern San Luis Obispo County may see an impact to air quality this week, according to San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District. -
Gabriela FernandezThe Gifford Fire burning in the hills east of Santa Maria has now become California’s largest wildfire this year, surpassing the size of last month’s Madre Fire. -
CalFireThe Gifford Fire burning in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties has scorched 82,567 acres and is 7% contained as of Tuesday morning, according to Los Padres Fire. The Madre Fire burned approximately 80,779 acres and was fully contained by July 26, according to CalFire. -
Gabriela FernandezThe Gifford Fire surged in size between Sunday and Monday. As of Monday night, the fire was mapped at more than 72,000 acres with 3% containment, according to the Los Padres National Forest incident web site. -
Gabriela FernandezAnimal evacuation sites are open across Santa Barbara County as the Gifford Fire continues to burn. -
Monica LopezEvacuation orders and warnings remain in parts of SLO and Santa Barbara counties. Residents are urged to monitor for changing conditions. Hwy 166 is closed between Hwy 101 and New Cuyama. -
Creative CommonsFederal officials are celebrating the restart of an oil platform off California’s Central Coast. But, local advocates are pushing back saying that hasn’t quite happened yet. -
Adam SolorzanoThe Santa Barbara City Council voted to give $500,000 to local immigrant organizations in response to recent ICE enforcement activities.Local advocates packed a Special Council Meeting urging lawmakers to support families impacted by raids and educate the immigrant communities on their rights.
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Plans are moving forward to redevelop part of Santa Barbara’s waterfront with the goal of honoring the area’s indigenous roots. The city approved more than $240,000 in grant funding this week to support the project. -
Authorities have upgraded the alert level for California and the Central Coast from a tsunami watch to a tsunami advisory following the magnitude 8.7 earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, July 29. -
A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims at changing how the federal government plans to address homelessness, addiction and mental illness. The order says “endemic vagrancy” and hundreds of thousands of people living on U.S. streets are a threat to public safety. -
The City of Carpinteria voted this week to create an ad-hoc committee to advise on the city's response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.Vice Mayor Monica Solorzano and Council Member Julia Mayer will lead the ad hoc committee. -
Rep. Jimmy Panetta toured the privately run Adelanto facility days after ICE blocked other members of Congress from making surprise inspection visits. -
Students at the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District will follow new rules for student smartphone usage this school year. -
A decades-old San Luis Obispo theater is getting a major upgrade thanks to a six figure donation from a local nonprofit organization. -
Paso Robles police are investigating a wave of vandalism involving caltrops – small metal spikes designed to puncture tires – that have been deliberately placed on public roads. The department says it has documented more than 40 incidents since April, and a new wave of reports began this week. -
The City of Greenfield is hitting pause on most new building permits as it faces mounting problems with its wastewater system. -
The City of Goleta passed a resolution urging federal lawmakers to advocate for immigrants who live and work in the city. The move follows recent immigration raids that shook nearby communities on the Central Coast.
