18 min ago | Chicago Tribune
Wind is the wild card in Goleta fire
A fast-moving wildfire that consumed some 6,600 acres rained smoke and ash from the mountains Friday, leaving residents here wondering whether a stiffer breeze would come up to sweep the blaze into their ...
4 hrs ago | PR-inside.com
Farmers Insurance Claims Teams Helping Customers in or Near the Goleta, California Wildfires
"The Farmers Mobile Claims Center Bus located at: -0- San Marcos High School 4750 Hollister Ave Santa Barbara, CA 93110 MCC is situated at the corner of Turnpike and Hollister," noted Bill Matlock, Executive ...
8 hrs ago | Santa Barbara Independent
Fire Causes Cancellation of Goleta's July 4 Festivities
Shortly after the area affected by the Gap Fire was declared a state of emergency today, the City of Goleta cancelled its Independence Day festivities, including the 34th annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July ...
13 hrs ago | HendersonvilleNews.com
Fires on Second Front Force Californians Out
A fast-moving fire in Goleta, Calif., just north of Santa Barbara, has forced nearly 2,000 residents from their homes, as a shift in winds and the availability of timber fuel combined on Friday to trump fires ...
17 hrs ago | San Jose Mercury News
As residents dig in to protect homes, firefighters face a more...
The Big Basin Complex Fire continued to move toward Highway 1 in Big Sur on Friday July 4, 2008.
21 hrs ago | Hispanic Business
California Emergency Grows as Wildfires Spread South
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger extended California's state of emergency Thursday, declaring disaster status in Santa Barbara county where a wildfire threatened the coastal community of Goleta.
Growing Blaze Near Goleta Is California's Top Firefighting Priority
The fires that bedevil California took another ominous turn Thursday as a blaze near Goleta triggered more evacuations and authorities shut another 10 miles of Highway 1 along the flaming Big Sur coast.
Goleta fire doubles to 2,400 acres
GOLETA, Calif. -- The Gap fire looming over this town has grown to more than 2,400 acres this morning, doubling in size overnight as it burned for its third day.
VIDEO: California fires spread
The most imminent danger was to homes around Goleta, near Santa Barbara, where one fire was fast approaching 2,600 homes and transmission lines supplying power to 100,000 people on the central coast.
Airtanker drops fire retardant over wildfire near Goleta, California
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Urgent: Goleta Evacuations Orders
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AN EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL RESIDENTS NORTH OF PATTERSON AVENUE BETWEEN FAIRVIEW AVENUE AND PATTERSON AVENUES.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Massive wildfires threaten two California towns
Goleta threatened: Flames were fast approaching 2,600 homes and transmission lines supplying power to 100,000 people on the central coast.
California firestorm coverage 2008
As a wildfire feeding on half-century-old brush posed a threat Thursday to 200 canyon homes in the Santa Ynez Mountains above communities in Santa Barbara County, a blaze broke out in Yucaipa.
Most of Big Sur evacuated after wildfire spreads
A large wildfire burns out of control above a water treatment plant in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Goleta, Calif.
Wildfires Spread in California
Wildfires raging in northern and southern California are overcoming firefighting attempts to control them and are threatening area populations, officials said.
More evacuations in Goleta area due to Gap fire.
A mandatory order still stands for Glen Annie Canyon and La Patera Canyon. Surrounding neighborhoods have been put on alert.
Copper bullets predicted to benefit hunters
Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 15:45. It's a great day for California sportsmen and a bad day for California deer.
Goleta: Wildfire Forces Summer School Cancellations
Santa Barbara School Districts have confirmed that all Summer school classes being held at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta have been canceled because of the Gap Fire.
Calif. Firefighters To Get National Guard Support
Weary crews battling wildfires across northern and central California are going to get help from the National Guard, the first time the military has been called to ground-based firefighting duty since 1977.
Los Angeles Firefighters Respond To 'Gap' Fire Near Goleta
Pursuant of a formal Mutual Aid Request, the Los Angeles Fire Department has assigned one Strike Team of Firefighters to assist the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, U.S. Forest Service and allied agencies ...