Tag: wildfires

Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council update — How We’re Building Resilience to Wildfires

Rising temperatures, prolonged droughts, and extreme weather events are driving the severity and frequency of wildfires. So far this year, California has had more than 7,000 wildfires — including our region’s recent Lake and Mountain Fire — that have ravaged a million acres, destroying homes and communities, impacting air quality, and releasing massive amounts of pollution into the atmosphere. Every one of these fires represents a setback to carbon reduction efforts.

But we have the collective power to stop this climate chaos.

The Community Environmental Council recognized early on that the California Central Coast provides the perfect climate lab to test solutions that can protect our and other regions from future fires. The good news is our solutions are working.

Bilingual report: Application period open for no-cost debris removal program

VENTURA —Ventura County is coordinating the application process for the California Office of Emergency Services Consolidated Debris Removal Program (CalRecycle) for Woolsey and Hill fire victims. The program is offered to Ventura County residents whose home was destroyed in the…

Dec. 8 — Ag Museum Hosts Exhibit of the Thomas Fire Quilt Relief Project

SANTA PAULA — The Agriculture Museum in Santa Paula, will host an opening reception, 1 to 3 p.m., Dec. 8, for Wrapped With Care, an exhibit of quilts from the Thomas Fire Quilt Relief Project, along with cards anhttps://venturamuseum.org/visit-agriculture-museum/d messages…