Plains Pipeline, whose oil pipe ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has high rate of safety infractions Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 21, 2015 Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions Read more…
Cleanup effort of 21,000-gallon oil spill continues off Santa Barbara County coast Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2015 Cleanup crews on Wednesday began the delicate process of removing oil from fouled beaches after a 21,000-gallon oil spill on the Santa Barbara County coast. Santos Cabral, a Read more…
Source of this article: The Thousand Oaks Acorn, January 9, 2014 Dennis Rosenberg stood a discreet distance from a group of men fishing along the shore of the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard. He watched them through his binoculars for a bit before coming closer to ask if they had Read more…
The military is working with environmental groups and local governments to create buffer zones around bases where development threatened to encroach on combat training. It’s been a conservation boon. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 28, 2013 Many of the nation’s 440 military bases were established in Read more…
Source of this article: The Condor Call, journal of the Los Padres chapter of the Sierra Club, October-November 2012 By James Paxton “Be here at the office at 7:30 a.m. sharp. A minute late and you don’t work.” Coming from the initially intimidating veteran Mike Vaughn, Head Supervisor of work Read more…
The bill, backed by House Republicans, would retain the zone south of Point Conception until wildlife officials develop a plan ensuring that the threatened marine mammals and endangered abalone recover and that the commercial shellfish harvest stays at current levels. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, April 27, Read more…
Source of this article: The Condor Call, Journal of Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club, April/May 2012 By Lynn P. Kirst Montecito’s beautiful, but sometimes treacherous, front country trails proved deadly once again, when mountain biker Matthew Bruce Sanborn, 42, lost his life on the Cold Spring Trail on Tuesday, January Read more…
After 2 months, officials declare it contained. The second-largest fire in state history has burned 375 square miles and injured 44 firefighters. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2007 Firefighters finally declared victory over the Zaca fire Sunday. The blaze was declared fully contained at 6 Read more…
Trail returned to road to give firefighters access to the Zaca fire Source of this article – Santa Barbara Independent, August 23, 2007 By Ray Ford In an on-again, off-again saga, the Romero Canyon Single Track Trail was finally bulldozed all of the way through yesterday. It seemed as if Read more…
For Ojai residents, rugged beauty and ‘small-town feel’ outweigh the threat of wildfires. As it blazes on, the Zaca fire has earned a place in history as the California’s second-largest inferno. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2007. Romero Canyon Trail plowed for fire access By Read more…