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Wildland residents focus on prevention

One year ago, on July 4, two workers on a ranch near Zaca Lake sparked the second largest wildfire in state history.

As the fire swept eastward, burning through over 240,000 acres, mostly in the Los Padres National Forest, it came perilously close to the wildland communities at the base of Figueroa Mountain, and also those around San Marcos Pass.

“From my house I could see 180 degrees of fire, it looked like the surface of the sun,” said Mike Williams, whose home was seven miles from the fire line at one point.

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Valley ready with Fourth celebrations
The Santa Ynez Valley’s Independence Day celebrations are scheduled to begin Friday with the annual Fourth of July Parade and Barbecue and end in a dazzling fireworks show at Old Mission Santa In/s.

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Buellton: UGB Initiative going to ballot
The proposed Urban Growth Boundary Initiative in Buellton is going to a vote of the people in November.

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Casino mitigation funds held up by state
State officials are withholding $1.3 million — derived from Indian gaming proceeds — intended to help pay for police, fire and other public-safety needs in communities surrounding the Chumash Casino Resort in the Santa Ynez Valley.

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No contest plea entered in molestation case

A Los Alamos man pleaded no contest Monday to committing lewd or lascivious acts on two underage sisters, one of whom is disabled.

Francisco Diaz Gutierrez pleaded no contest to a count of a committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 in connection with the younger sister, and a count of a lewd or lascivious act on a 14- or 15-year-old against the older girl, said Deputy District Attorney Stephen Foley.

Gutierrez will be sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, Foley said.

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SY 4-H report: Hard work pays off at the fair
It takes everything you’ve got. Effort, training, knowledge, courage, experience, enthusiasm.

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County suing over retirement board’s actions, withholding payment
Santa Barbara County is suing the county retirement board and withholding payment of a supplemental health benefit to retirees until the conditions set forth in the lawsuit are met.

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Lights & Sirens
The following is taken from the case logs of the Santa Ynez/Sol-vang Buellton Sheriff’s stations.

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Valley News Brief
Buellton

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