The following stories were posted in the Santa Barbara Independent during the fire and over a period of several years afterwards.
In a major victory for sixty of the homeowners whose homes were destroyed in the 2009 Jesusita Fire, Stihl Corporation has agreed to a confidential settlement as a result of a lawsuit filed on their behalf by Brian Heffernan, an Attorney for the Los Angeles-based firm of Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack.
A wildfire is currently burning above San Roque Canyon and the Tunnel Road area in Santa Barbara, and evacuations are already underway. The brush fire is burning mid-slope near some power lines and is making its way northward up mountain, according to county fire officials
It started small, as many wildfires do, but within minutes gusting winds began to push the flames eastward toward Mission Canyon. I received word of the fire at 2:05 p.m., and by 2:20 p.m., a half hour after the Jesusita Fire was reported, I was up on a high ridge on the east side of …
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