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https://www.europesays.com/people/67542/ California DA tears into Gavin Newsom for letting convicted rapist and murderer walk free #AlbertoTamezJr #california #DanDow #DangerousCriminals #DistrictAttorney #GavinNewsom #GenevieveAdalineMoreno #ParoleBoard #SanLuisObispoCounty

Search for Kristin Smart’s remains continues Friday

Kristin Smart case: Stockton native’s remains still not found, convicted k…
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Search for Kristin Smart’s remains continues Friday

Kristin Smart case: Stockton native’s remains still not found, convicted k…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #BreakingNews #arroyogrande #CalPolySanLuisObispo #collegestudent #friday #Headlines #Home #kristinsmart #murder #office #official #paulflores #Property #prosecutor #remain #sanluisobispocounty #search #smart #stocktonnativekristinsmart #susanflores #Topstories #TopStories
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Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says

Looking to enjoy a meal or cocktail outside? With summer approaching, popular review site Yelp has ranked the best outdoor patios and rooftop bars in San Luis Ob…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #outdoorpatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/

Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says

Looking to enjoy a meal or cocktail outside? With summer approaching, popular review site Yelp has ranked the best outdoor patios and rooftop bars in San Luis Ob…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #outdoorpatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/

Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says

Looking to enjoy a meal or cocktail outside? With summer approaching, popular review site Yelp has ranked the best outdoor patios and rooftop bars in San Luis Ob…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #outdoorpatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/

Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says

Looking to enjoy a meal or cocktail outside? With summer approaching, popular review site Yelp has ranked the best outdoor patios and rooftop bars in San Luis Ob…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #outdoorpatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/

Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/ #dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #OutdoorPatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp

Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/ #dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #OutdoorPatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp

Best SLO County restaurants, bars for outdoor dining? Visit these spots, Yelp says https://www.diningandcooking.com/2617094/best-slo-county-restaurants-bars-for-outdoor-dining-visit-these-spots-yelp-says/ #dining #LunaRed #OutdoorDining #OutdoorPatios #RooftopBars #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLO #SLOCounty #yelp

Popular SLO Mediterranean restaurant is opening second spot. Here’s where, when

Gyro lovers, rejoice — Petra Mediterranean Pizza and Grill is expected…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #MediterraneanRestaurants #BrooksBurgers #Mediterranean #mediterraneanrestaurants #restaurant #SanLuisObispo #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLOPublicMarket
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2371601/popular-slo-mediterranean-restaurant-is-opening-second-spot-heres-where-when/

Popular SLO Mediterranean restaurant is opening second spot. Here’s where, when https://www.diningandcooking.com/2371601/popular-slo-mediterranean-restaurant-is-opening-second-spot-heres-where-when/ #BrooksBurgers #Mediterranean #MediterraneanRestaurants #restaurant #SanLuisObispo #SanLuisObispoCounty #SLOPublicMarket

Mesoscale Discussion 2145 (not yet posted), but that includes #SanLuisObispoCounty #SantaBarbaraCounty #VenturaCounty

Will be here, soon:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/2025/md2145.html

#CAwx #rain #convection

Viticulturist Kevin Wilkinson Unveils Alterra Solutions, Elevating Vineyard Management Across California

September 16, 2025 (San Luis Obispo County, CA) — Veteran viticulturist Kevin Wilkinson, one of the Central Coast…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #CaliforniaWine #AlterraSolutions #california #californiawine #KevinWilkinson #SanLuisObispoCounty #Wine
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2287883/viticulturist-kevin-wilkinson-unveils-alterra-solutions-elevating-vineyard-management-across-california/

Viticulturist Kevin Wilkinson Unveils Alterra Solutions, Elevating Vineyard Management Across California https://www.diningandcooking.com/2287883/viticulturist-kevin-wilkinson-unveils-alterra-solutions-elevating-vineyard-management-across-california/ #AlterraSolutions #california #CaliforniaWine #KevinWilkinson #SanLuisObispoCounty #Wine

"The station will serve as a stop for #Amtrak, which currently travels between #Salinas and Paso Robles without stopping, about a 100-mile gap.”—Erik Chalhoub, #MontereyCountyNow https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/opinion_blog/a-passenger-train-is-close-to-stopping-in-king-city-after-decades-of-rolling-through/article_132a86a6-4163-4c42-81e4-6fa8ef1eab7e.html

#MontereyCounty #PublicTransport #trains #rails #KingCity #PasoRobles #SanLuisObispoCounty

#GiffordFire #SanLuisObispoCounty #CAwx #SantaBarbaraCounty
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A Temporary Evacuation Point and Community Information & Resource Center is located at Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center, 4689 Highway 166, New Cuyama. The hours of operation are Monday-Friday (9am - 4pm). Residents can access this location for relief from the heat and smoke. N95 masks, water bottles, and incident information are available onsite. Stop by County Fire Station 27 for masks Saturday & Sunday 10am-4pm.

The Temporary Evacuation Point at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School is now closed.

Per San Luis Obispo County and Santa Barbara County.

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Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Aug 6 at 8:08 PM EDT

- Evacuation Update -

San Luis Obispo County - Evacuation Orders have been expanded to include Zones: SLC-225, SLC-240, SLC-264, SLC-298, SLC-239 - per the San Luis Obispo County Evacuation Map https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/307abfb512e04eb8baf33f5020e6578c

These evacuation zones are viewable on the Watch Duty map or via the San Luis Obispo County Evacuation Map.

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Animal Care:

Large Animals, please call the County Animal Services Disaster Hotline at 805-681-4332.

Small/domestic animals, the following locations are available:

548 W Foster Rd, Santa Maria (open until 6pm)
1501 W Central Ave, Lompoc (open until 6pm)
5473 Overpass Rd, Goleta (open until 6pm)
111 Commerce Dr, Buellton (open to 5pm)
Road Closure Notice: State Route 166 remains closed between US 101 and Perkins Road in the unincorporated city of New Cuyama. Non-emergency traffic will not be allowed east of Tepusquet Road or west of Perkins Road. There are Exceptions. Please see the Gifford Fire Road Closure Update announcement on Inciweb.

Personnel: 1,910
Engines: 115
Hand Crews: 39
Dozers: 23
Water Tenders: 30

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2/3

Weather: Today, it was mostly sunny with a few areas of smoke. Afternoon high temperatures reached into the mid-80s to lower 90s and lows were in the mid-50s to 60s. Relative humidity dropped to 20%. Diurnal winds were anticipated and increased fire activity in the afternoon. A warming and drying trend is expected to continue from Wednesday through the weekend. Thursday and Friday will see 90 to 100 degrees, with increasing fire behavior.

Evacuations: Due to erratic fire behavior, residents should watch for changing conditions in their area. For information on evacuations in Santa Barbara County, please visit the following websites ReadySBC.org and see the Gifford Fire Evacuation Map. For information on evacuations in San Luis Obispo County which has multiple alert and notification systems for emergency information, please visit PrepareSLO.org and ReadySlo.org/wea.

Evacuation Point(s): A Temporary Evacuation Point is now open at Benjamin Foxen Elementary School, located at 4949 Foxen Canyon Rd, Santa Maria. For assistance, you can also contact the American Red Cross at 805-678-3073.

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BRINGING FORWARD FOR INFO PURPOSES

Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Aug 4 at 11:49 PM
Evening update from InciWeb

Acres Burned: 72,460 / Containment: 3%

Current Situation: Great progress was made on the west, north and east flanks of the fire. The fire is established near Branch Creek. On the east flank, lines were established close to Grant Canyon, with the intent to round this corner and push the fire to the west. On the south end of the fire significant efforts were made to ensure structure protection. Direct and indirect line construction has been successful and will continue on Buckhorn Ridge. There has also been considerable progress in constructing contingency lines on both the North and South sides of the fire, particularly in previously burned areas.

Tomorrow, Air Operations expects helicopter assets will increase and there will likely be 11 Type 1 and 3 Type 2 helicopters, with both aircraft able to deliver very significant water drops. A UAS, an unmanned aerial ship (drone), will be operating on tomorrow’s shift to do reconnaissance. Additionally, two new base camps are being established on the North and East sides of the fire, allowing personnel to more efficiently access the fire perimeter.

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Gifford Fire as seen by AlertCalifornia La Panza 1 camera at 7:29 pm EDT

#GiffordFire #SanLuisObispoCounty #CAwx #SantaBarbaraCounty

Sekhar Padmanabhan, Staff Reporter
Aug 4 at 6:31 PM EDT

WHAT:

Direct Relief is hosting a staffed N95 mask distribution event in Buellton for community members impacted by wildfire smoke from the Gifford Fire. Masks are free of charge, with a limit of two per person.

In addition, N95 masks will also be available for self-service pick-up at two additional locations in Santa Barbara County.

WHEN & WHERE:

- Staffed Distribution Event (Buellton):

Monday, August 4, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Hitching Post 2 Restaurant
406 E Hwy 246, Buellton, CA 93427
(Direct Relief staff will be onsite distributing masks and sharing information.)

Additional Pick-Up Locations (Self-Service):

Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Public Library – Downtown Branch
40 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Goleta: Direct Relief Headquarters
6100 Wallace Becknell Rd, Goleta, CA 93117

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Sekhar Padmanabhan, Staff Reporter
Aug 4 at 4:20 PM EDT

Resources are en route to a vegetation fire with smoke showing on camera. Current camera view attached. Location is approximate and subject to change.

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8:27 pm EDT screen shot of Gifford Fire from La Panza 1 AlertCalifornia Camera

#GiffordFire ##SanLuisObispoCounty #CAwx #SantaBarbaraCounty

Michael Silvester, Staff Reporter
Aug 3 at 7:10 PM EDT

San Luis Obispo County: Zone SLC-240 is now under an Evacuation Warning on the San Luis Obispo County Evacuation Map. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/307abfb512e04eb8baf33f5020e6578c

This zone can also be viewed on the Watch Duty map.

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Evacuations: Due to the erratic fire behavior, residents should watch for changing conditions in their area. For more information please visit the following websites ReadySBC.org and see the Gifford Fire Evacuation Map

Evacuation Orders (Residents should leave now)

• Upper Tepusquet Canyon south of Highway 166

• Area south of Highway 166, east of Willow Springs trailhead, and west of Cottonwood Canyon Rd.

Evacuation Warnings (Residents who need more time to evacuate should leave now)

• Lower Tepusquet Canyon north of Sisquoc River

• South of Highway 166, east of Cottonwood Canyon Road, west of School House Road

Evacuation Point(s): For sheltering assistance, please call the American Red Cross at 805-678-3073.

Animal Care:

Large Animals, please call the County Animal Services Disaster Hotline at 805-681-4332.

Small/domestic animals, the following locations are available:

548 W Foster Rd, Santa Maria (open until 6pm)
1501 W Central Ave, Lompoc (open until 6pm)
5473 Overpass Rd, Goleta (open until 6pm)
111 Commerce Dr, Buellton (open to 5pm)

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Sekhar Padmanabhan, Staff Reporter
Aug 3 at 12:48 PM EDT

Update from Los Padres National Forest:

Today, firefighters are continuing to construct fire line in the southern portions of the fire using La Brea Road. They are also scouting historic containment lines on the eastern side, from Miranda Pine Mountain to Cuyama Valley.

Crews are providing structure protection for critical values at risk in School House and Cottonwood Canyons. On the western flank of the fire, dozer lines are being constructed, and firefighters are seeking opportunities to build containment lines at the fire’s edge. On the northern flank, contingency lines are being established to prevent the fire from spreading into the Manchesna Wilderness.

Weather: Hot and dry conditions will continue through Tuesday with little change. Onshore winds will push into the area this afternoon, impacting fire behavior.

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Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Aug 2 at 1:30 PM EDT

The fire has now been mapped at 23,588 acres by Intel aircraft. Their perimeter is visible on the Watch Duty map under the Active Fire Perimeters map layer.

Note: Fire perimeters are preliminary and indicate general burn area but do not reflect structure protection efforts by firefighters. A structure within a fire perimeter may not be damaged or destroyed.

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#MadreFire #SanLuisObispoCounty #KernCounty #SantaBarbaraCounty

Katlyn C, Staff Reporter
About 2 hours ago · Jul 12 at 10:50 AM
The fire is 77% contained per the U.S. Forest Service - Los Padres National Forest https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G7j7mSy5N/?

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Katlyn C, Staff Reporter
About 2 hours ago · Jul 12 at 10:50 AM
The fire is 77% contained per the U.S. Forest Service - Los Padres National Forest https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G7j7mSy5N/?

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Katlyn C, Staff Reporter
About 2 hours ago · Jul 12 at 10:50 AM
The fire is 77% contained per the U.S. Forest Service - Los Padres National Forest https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G7j7mSy5N/?

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BRINGING FORWARD FOR INFO PURPOSES FROM 7-8-2025.

Michael Silvester,Staff Reporter
Jul 8 at 8:18 PM EDT
The fire is now 80,610 acres & 55% contained per the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).

Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Jul 8 at 7:13 PM EDT

Evacuations Update as of 4:00pm today, July 8, 2025

San Luis Obispo County, the following evacuation warnings have been lifted: Zones SLC-225, SLC-266, SLC-301, SLC-359, SLC-365, and SLC-366, SLC-367.

San Luis Obispo County, the following evacuation orders are being downgraded to warnings: Zones SLC-226, SLC-265, SLC-300, SLC-313, SLC-339.

Santa Barbara County, the following evacuation warning has been lifted: Zones SBC-167.

Please use caution when driving near the fire area as firefighters, equipment and crews are still working along the roadways. Please continue to monitor your county Office of Emergency Services for changing conditions.

Per Los Padres National Forest

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Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Jul 7 at 4:08 PM EDT
The fire has now been mapped at 80,602.9 acres by CAL FIRE Intel aircraft. Their perimeter is visible on the Watch Duty map under the Active Fire Perimeters map layer.

Note: Fire perimeters are preliminary and indicate general burn area but do not reflect structure protection efforts by firefighters. A structure within a fire perimeter may not be damaged or destroyed.

Sekhar Padmanabhan, Staff Reporter
Jul 7 at 1:37 PM EDT

Evacuation warnings have been lifted for Kern County zones KRN-245, KRN-249, KRN-259, and KRN-281-B, per Genasys. These changes are viewable on the Watch Duty map.

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Evacuations:

San Luis Obispo - The County of San Luis Obispo has multiple alert and notification systems that can be used to provide emergency information. Two of these systems, Reverse 911 and AlertSLO require the public to register their devices to receive emergency information. For more information, please visit the following websites PrepareSLO.org | ReadySLO.org | AlertSLO.org

Kern - The emergency notification system for Kern County provides essential information quickly in a variety of situations, such as earthquakes, severe weather, fire, floods, or evacuation of buildings or neighborhoods Sign up for Ready Kern

Santa Barbara - For the latest information on evacuations and available resources for San Barbara County, please visit ReadySBC.org

Area Closures: All BLM lands in Carrizo Plain National Monument are closed to public access until further notice for public and firefighter safety. Entry is prohibited and violators face federal penalties including fines and possible imprisonment. Please see Emergency Closure Order for additional information.

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Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Jul 5 at 6:24 PM EDT

Madre Fire Daily Update July 5, 2025 - per Los Padres National Forest

California Incident Management Team 8 assumed command of the fire on July 4, 2025, at 7:00PM. The fire is in Unified Command with Los Padres National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo Unit. The fire remains active with wind-driven runs that allow for continued fire growth to the southeast. There were areas of perimeter growth and intense fire on the northwestern and southeastern sections. Within the perimeter, there were isolated pockets of fire and large areas of scattered fire.

Weather: The current forecast calls for minor warming and drying through Monday where interior areas will see temperatures in the high 80s to mid-90s with humidities ranging between 5 and 15 degrees. Winds are expected from the southwest to northwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph across the interior valleys and mountains with isolated gusts up to 40 mph in the Antelope Valley foothills.

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#MadreFire
#SanLuisObispoCounty
52,000+ acres
(52,000 football fields)
about 30 hours since start

#California #Wildfires
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025/7/2/madre-fire

#MadreFire #SanLuisObispoCounty #CAwx

Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Jul 3 at 6:38 PM EDT

The fire has now been mapped at 52,592.8 acres by FIRIS Intel 24. Their perimeter is visible on the Watch Duty map under the Active Fire Perimeters map layer.

Note: Fire perimeters are preliminary and indicate general burn area but do not reflect structure protection efforts by firefighters. A structure within a fire perimeter may not be damaged or destroyed.

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Outlook
Planned Actions: Resources will continue to be ordered.

Projected Incident Activity: Hand crews, aircraft, dozers and water tenders will continue to respond to the fire and actively suppress the fire where it is safe to engage.

Remarks
Cooperating agencies include: California Highway Patrol, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff, Santa Barbara County Sheriff, Pacific Gas and Electric, CAL OES Fire, CAL OES Law, San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Current Weather
Weather Concerns
Continued hot conditions are expected for the Madre Fire on Thursday, with highs again in the mid to upper 90s. Humidities are expected to increase some, with minimum values near 20 percent. However, there is a 30 percent chance of minimum humidities between 12 to 15 percent.

Mixing heights will be high enough to allow for plume dominated fire behavior, especially in the afternoon to early evening hours. Light winds in the morning will increase from the west, becoming gusty in the afternoon to evening with peak gusts between 20 to 25 mph.

https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/calpf-2025-madre-fire

#MadreFire #SanLuisObispoCounty #cawx
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From InciWeb:

Basic Information
Current as of Thu, 07/03/2025 - 11:12 am EDT
Incident Type Wildfire
Cause Under Investigation

Date of Origin Wed, 07/02/2025 - 13:07 EDT
Location Cuyama Highway and Gypsum Canyon, West of New Cuyama
Incident Commander Unified Command with US Forest Service Los Padres National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo

Incident Description Fast moving wildfire located approximately 20 Miles northwest of New Cuyama, CA.

Fire behavior is expected to be extreme, characterized by rapid uphill runs and wind-driven head fire spread. The presence of dry, cured annual grasses will support high rates of spread with intense flame lengths. Alignment of slope and wind will further exacerbate fire behavior, creating challenging suppression conditions.

Coordinates 35° 05' 46.2'' Latitude
-120° 02' 48.5 '' Longitude
Current Situation
Total Personnel: 303
Size 35,530 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained 5%
Fuels Involved
Primary fuels are grass, oak woodland, and chaparral brush.

Significant Events
The fire continues to burn actively throughout the night, with greatest rates of spread observed on exposed ridge tops and drainages in alignment. Wind-sheltered areas and drainage bottoms experienced topography-driven runs with short-range spotting.

#MadreFire #SanLuisObispoCounty #CAwx

Cole Euken, Staff Reporter
Jul 2 at 6:40 PM EDT
Evacuation Orders have been issued for Zone: SLC-337 and Evacuation Warnings have been issued for Zone: SLC-312 - per the San Luis Obispo County Evacuation Map https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=448eaae3c7c54194826ea97b86fa7472&center=-120.4376%3B35.1847&level=10

These evacuation zones are viewable on the Watch Duty map or via the San Luis Obispo County Evacuation Map.

Jul 2 at 6:29 PM EDT
Hwy 166 Is closed from the south Jct of US 101 /in Santa Maria/ to Perkins Rd /in New Cuyama/ (Santa Barbara Co) - Motorists are advised to use an alternate route - per Caltrans https://roads.dot.ca.gov/?roadnumber=166

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"Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau https://montereycfb.com/immigration-resources/

Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: https://panetta.house.gov/services/immigration-resources

#SalinasValley #SaladBowlOfAmerica #PajaroValley #MontereyCounty #SantaCruzCounty #SantaClaraCounty #SanLuisObispoCounty #immigrants #AgriculturalWorkers

"Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau https://montereycfb.com/immigration-resources/

Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: https://panetta.house.gov/services/immigration-resources

#SalinasValley #SaladBowlOfAmerica #PajaroValley #MontereyCounty #SantaCruzCounty #SantaClaraCounty #SanLuisObispoCounty #immigrants #AgriculturalWorkers

"Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau https://montereycfb.com/immigration-resources/

Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: https://panetta.house.gov/services/immigration-resources

#SalinasValley #SaladBowlOfAmerica #PajaroValley #MontereyCounty #SantaCruzCounty #SantaClaraCounty #SanLuisObispoCounty #immigrants #AgriculturalWorkers

"Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau https://montereycfb.com/immigration-resources/

Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: https://panetta.house.gov/services/immigration-resources

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"Monterey County Agriculture is a $4.3 billion-dollar economic sector that depends on 55,000 farmworkers to harvest our crops each year, primarily immigrants; some have resided in our communities for decades.
Our nation’s fresh food supply and local economy are fully dependent on this workforce, and we consider this a #NationalSecurity priority in a time of agricultural labor shortages.” —#MontereyCounty Farm Bureau https://montereycfb.com/immigration-resources/

Two-page guidelines below, “What to do if ICE or Border Patrol show up at your fields or facilities,” posted by Rep Jimmy Panetta (California’s 19th Congressional District) on June 10, 2025: https://panetta.house.gov/services/immigration-resources

#SalinasValley #SaladBowlOfAmerica #PajaroValley #MontereyCounty #SantaCruzCounty #SantaClaraCounty #SanLuisObispoCounty #immigrants #AgriculturalWorkers

Hidden Gem: Fathomwerx Part 1 - What is it?

Up until this point, I have drawn my ‘hiiden gems’ from the military assets in the region. I started with the Coast Guard, moved to Naval Base Ventura County, and then I wrote about the three tenant commands there that are also federal Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (recall that they are the Naval Surface Warfare Center - Port Hueneme Division, the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, and the Naval Expeditionary and Engineering Command). In this post, I begins to edge out from behind the Department of Defense fence line that protects the previous examples to write about Fathomwerx.

Located just outside the DOD fence line but insider the Department of Homeland Security fence line that protects the commercial Port of Hueneme, Fathomwerx is hard to describe. On paper, Fathomwerx is a partnership between six organizations: the three federal laboratories at NBVC, the commercial port of Hueneme, the Economic Development Cooperative of Ventura County, and a private technology firm called Matter Labs. They work together to make Fathomwerx an entity that

"[Serves] as a public-private laboratory, community, and resource for technological innovation, the partners strive to fuse small and non-traditional companies, academic institutions, and other Department of Defense stakeholders together to work on the most challenging problems in military, port, and maritime domains.""

The Fathomwerx ‘laboratory’ is their industrial sized makerspace facility at the Port of Hueneme. Here, people who share with Fathomwerx an interest in the same types of challenges come together to collaborate on imagining and prototyping solutions. The DHS fenceline is much easier to cross than ther NBVC fenceline (i.e., anyone, regardless of nationality, who has an official ID and a DHS-recognized escort can come into the port), so Fathomwerx is absolutely more accessible to the public. As a result, all the work at Fathomwerx is unclassified; anything that needs to be classified can be pursued at the Fathomwerx Innovation Lab that’s on base near the NSWC-PHD command center.

Fathomwerx means different things to different people. The engineers of the Navy commands, who are solving important problems facing the fleet, see Fathomwerx as a place where they can prototype solutions immediately without the bureaucratic wait required by their machine shops. It’s true that the engineer has done to their own work at Fathomwerx, but many see that as an added benefit to having Fathomwerx in their back yard. Public safety professionals of regional cities and counties see Fathomwerx as agent that allows them to engage with their counterparts to explore creative solutions to maritime-related safety problems and practice techniques for dealing with new challenges. This kind of work happens every year under the umbrella of the Advanced Naval Technology Exercises - Coastal Trident program. I plan on giving Coast Trident its own ‘hidden gems’ post, soon.

It’s commitment to creative problems solving and cutting across organizational silos is baked into Fathomwerx’s DNA. Fathomwerx started life in 1999 as the Center for Asymmetric Warfare(CAW) at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey Bay, CA. It separated from NPS in 2015 and attached itself to NSWC-PHD. Soon, it created (and transformed into) the Maritine Applied Science and Technology (MAST) lab at the Port of Hueneme. Soon, it’s innovative mission attracted organizations that are now the Fathomwerx partners who united under the Fathomwerx trademark. My next post will illuminate Fathomwerx's devotion to innovation and will suggest why we neighbors should look toward Fathomwerx if we want to find opportunities for economic development in the region.

In the meantime, let me know if you have any questions about NBVC. Drop them in the comments. And if you know of a hidden gem in the area you think people should know about, do the same. If you want to see a version of this post with hyperlinks for some of the content, you can find one at http://www.jasonemiller.org.

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Hidden Gem: The Federal Laboratories at Naval Base Ventura County

By my count, I've shared six posts about 'hidden gems' in the Ventura County region. They all involve the Navy installation in the County. I promise that I'll edge out of the military sector soon, but frankly this is my wheelhouse right now. Today, I'm going to circle back around on NAVFAC, NSWD-PHD, and NAWC-WD at a slightly higher level to amplify a motivation for writing this 'hidden gem' series.

The purpose of this series is to show how our region is rich in human, technology, cultural, and natural resources that we can leverage together for regional Good. In this post, I want to highlight ways that the Navy helps its neighbors leverage the resources of its bases and commands.

Each of the three Navy commands I've written about (NAVFAC, NAWC-WD, NWSC-PHD) have distinct missions in the Navy, yet they are all united by the fact that each is recognized as a federal Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory. Title 10 of the U.S. Code, Section 4121 gives these laboratories special privileges that other naval commands don't have. Some of those privileges are bureaucratically obtuse to me, and I won't explore them. Others deserve attention here.

The federal code gives these laboratories agency to conduct research that supports their mission, to engage in technology transfer work (to and from the private sector), and engage in workforce development that feeds the needs of the laboratories to recruit and retain scientific and engineering talent.
To do all this, these laboratories are given special tools for this that you need to know about. They are:

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs): allows a laboratory to collaborate with an indutry partner via resource sharing and the development of shared intellectual porperty;

Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs): an agreement with an economic development or non-profit agency that provides for the laboratory solution sourcing, outreach events, and community management in the context of the laboratory's mission and technology needs; and,

Education Partnership Agreements (EPAs): establishes a pathway for Navy collaboration with an institueion of higher education for STEM and business career pathways and research, leveraging university expertise and facilities for research and workforce development.

Another tool available to the Navy (even if a Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory is not invovled) is the Commercial Service Agreement (CSA). A CSA allows a non-defense entity to rent access to a Navy resource. Suppose a company (or municipality or academic institution) is developing a technology that would benefit from access to a Navy command's facility that has no civilian commerical counterpart. That company could enter into a CSA with that command to buy access that facility for the purpose of developing its product. Here's a link to a web page describing CSAs with NAWC-WD.

Naval Base Ventura County is the only Navy base in the world that is home to three federal laboratories. Together, these labs offer the region technology resources available nowhere else on the globe: a vast controlled ocean test range, a vast aerial test range in the Mojave, the largest drone ship in the world, expertise in autonomous systems, a deep water port, diverse civilian engineering expertise, climate change experts, a myriad of employment opportunities, etc. All this is in our backyard, hidden behind an opaque Department of Defense fenceline that I hope I've been able to breach in these post. These resources can be leveraged by our community to strengthen our local economy and hone our workforce to attract business and industry. How do we do it? Who is going to do it? These are very good questions.

In the meantime, let me know if you have any questions about NBVC. Drop them in the comments. And if you know of a hidden gem in the area you think people should know about, do the same. If you want to see a version of this post with hyperlins for some of the content, you can find one at http://www.jasonemiller.org.

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