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Burned by the Gap: Not Everyone Escaped Goleta Blaze Unscathed

Paul Wellman/Santa Barbara Independent

Santa Barbara Independent | August 5, 2008

Much of the community breathed a sigh of relief when the Gap Fire entered its final days, having only claimed a few outbuildings and some lemon and avocado orchards. Not everybody was fortunate, however, as residents of the county's wilderness-adjacent communities can attest.

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Tags: California, Santa Barbara, wildfire, damages, disasters, Gap Fire

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Students Connect with Those Touched by the Horrors of Warnew

UCSB Students who sign up for RS-155 find that it’s neither a history class nor a religion class, but an emotional journey through the psyche and experiences of real live veterans.

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Chumash Dictionary Breathes Life into Moribund Languagenew

Thought to be dead for more 40 years, the last surviving branch of Chumash languages was merely dormant.

Santa Barbara Independent | Ben Preston | 04-28-2008 | Books

Tags: California, Native Americans, language, Chumash, linguistics, Richard Applegate

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Santa Barbara Independent | Tyler Hayden | 03-10-2016 | Immigration

How Did 2,500 Barrels of Oil Escape Into the Pacific Ocean Without Notice?new

One of the big surprises to emerge out of the Refugio Oil Spill is that the pipeline owned by Plains All American Pipeline is the only one in all of Santa Barbara County not to have an automatic shut-off valve. Not coincidentally, it happens to be the only pipeline over which the county Energy Division has no safety and inspection oversight authority.

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