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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. 

Upcoming Tunnel Trail Closure by Southern California Edison

The trail will likely be closed for 6 months. More details and contact information can be found here: https://www.sce.com/about-us/reliability/upgrading-transmission/mission-canyon And Article by NoozHawk is also available here: https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbaras-tunnel-trail-closing-for-months-for-more-sce-restoration-work/#:~:text=Southern%20California%20Edison%20(SCE)%20is,SCE%20spokesperson%20Gabriela%20Ornelas%20said.

Mission Canyon Storm Response Road Repairs

Dear Mission Canyon Trails Community, SCE has been assessing the post-storm site conditions and repair needs on our access roads throughout our service territory following the El Niño driven storms over the past months.  SCE is coordinating with the city, county, and environmental agencies in the Santa Barbara area on authorizations needed to move forward with post-storm repairs…