Zone zero article by Max Moritz
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=279eeb61-b4ef-4125-9547-c24eeb202a6b&v=sdk
Noozhawk Article on the progress of the 8-story apartment behind the Mission
https://www.noozhawk.com/8-story-apartment-tower-proposed-behind-santa-barbara-mission-closer-to-reality/
MCA – 2025 Annual Meeting
Thursday, May 8social half-hour: 5:30 p.m.meeting: 6–7:30 p.m.Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History2559 Puesta del Sol Once a year, we open the wine, roll out the cheese, brew up the coffee, and bake batches of brownies for a canyon-wide get together you don't want to miss! This year we will…
Schiff’s 1st Senate bill tackles home hardening
A tax credit would help pay for upgrades to protect against natural disasters. By Kevin Rector https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=6289b61b-e106-4d75-844b-b4c5779152ce&v=sdk
FireSafe Council announces 2025 chipping dates
Maps and more information available at the FireSafe Council website
Chipping Program Helps Residents Protect Their Homes
https://www.noozhawk.com/chipping-program-helps-residents-create-fire-safety/
CalFire Releases New Fire Hazard Maps for Santa Barbara County
https://www.noozhawk.com/calfire-releases-new-fire-hazard-maps-for-santa-barbara-county/
Rumble Strip Installation Occurring on E. Los Olivos
Rumble Strip Installation Occurring on E. Los Olivos Street Near Mountain Drive Thursday, March 27 https://santabarbaraca.gov/news/rumble-strip-installation-occurring-e-los-olivos-street-near-mountain-drive-thursday-march-27
Follow up from the Insurance Town Hall with Monique Limon & State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara
The meeting featured presentations from the State Insurance Commissioner, the California FAIR plan, the California Association of Realtors, Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig, and the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council. Here is a link to the recording of the event: Insurance Town Hall.Power Point slides from the presentations…
Recap of the Town Hall with Roy Lee and Santa Barbara County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig
https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-officials-talk-fire-safety-with-focus-on-preparedness/
Santa Barbara County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department is preparing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) and Transportation Study for the Santa Barbara Foothill Communities. We are current in the Public Review stage for the Draft CWPP and Transportation Study and are now seeking input from community members, agencies, environmental groups, and…
Mission: Implausible? Eight-Story Housing Project Proposed Behind Santa Barbara Mission
https://www.independent.com/2024/11/13/580730/
Fire Insurance in the news
California Homeowners To Face New Fees To Keep Fallback Insurance Plan Solvent After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special charge of $1 billion on homeowners and insurance companies, the first such move in more than three decades. To…
Upcoming town hall meeting with Roy Lee – newly elected 1st District Supervisor and Mark Hartwig – County Fire Chief
The meeting will feature Roy Lee and the County Fire Chief, taking place on February 18th from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM at the Fleischmann Auditorium at the Museum of Natural History. They'll be addressing all fire-related questions, including evacuation procedures and Firewise matters like defensible space. They are of…
Fire Insurance Update and Q & A
On Tuesday, December 3rd, Mission Canyon Association hosted Rob Obedoza from Community Relations and Outreach Branch of California Department of Insurance for a Fire Insurance Update and Q & A. The recording of the meeting is available below. https://youtu.be/UeBbrWwvvtI
Tunnel trail is now open!
Tunnel trail is now reopened to the public. Starting on November 18th, SC Edison will continue to do re-seeding and planting restoration work through December and help hikers and bikers navigate around them.
Helicopters in the Canyon
As part of their restoration project work SCE will be flying helicopters in the canyon for several days beginning this coming Tuesday, October 8th. SCE hand crews have been working for several weeks in the canyon bottom gathering and bagging rock and dirt that the SCE grading crew dumped over…
Mission Canyon Tag and Trim work
The Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council will be doing some tag and trim tree work (trimming trees to provide better ingress/egress routes for first responders) starting October 14th in the Canyon and it will affect residents as it is along the roadways. Areas of focus have been identified and…
Living with Fire Summit on October 23rd
Please join Community Environmental Council, UCSB's California NanoSystems Institute and Santa Barbara County's Wildfire Resilience Collaborative for the Living with Fire Summit on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 1PM. RSVP required - please RSVP by visiting- cec.pub/firesummit With support from UC Climate Investments, CNSI in partnership with Community Environmental Council and Santa Barbara County Wildfire Resilience…
Red Flag Warning in effect 9/5,3pm through 9/7,10pm
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR ALL MOUNTAINS AND THE SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST FOR EXTREME HEAT AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS... ...WIDESPREAD ELEVATED TO BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND INLAND OF THE BEACHES FOR VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS, LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS, AND POTENTIAL FOR LARGE VERTICAL PLUMEGROWTH... .DISCUSSION...A long duration heat wave continues to ramp up towards the Friday peak,with minimal improvement after through Saturday or Sunday. Peak high temperatures between 107 and 117 will become common over the valleys, lower mountains and deserts. Inland coastal plains will see peak highs between 93 and 103, including the Santa Barbara foothills. Overnight lows will bring little relief to the foothills and deserts, with lows in the 80s common and some locations not going below 90. Humidities will lower as well, with minimum humidities generally in the 8 to 15 percent range over the valleys and mountains and poor to minimal overnight recoveries. Sundowner winds will increase over southern Santa Barbara County, peaking tonight and Friday night with gusts between 25 and 40 mph common over most of the Santa Ynez Range.