PROFILE
FROM Stephanie O'Neill
One Year Later: Rebuilding from the Thomas Fire This week marks one year since the Thomas Fire descended on the city of Ventura. It burned more than 500 homes within city limits. Since then, roughly half of those properties have received the green-light to start construction, but only a handful have actually broken ground. We visit one neighborhood where some of the first homes are getting rebuilt.
One Year Later: How Ojai Weathered the Thomas Fire Ventura County residents recall how the largest fire in state history, at the time, ignited and threatened to engulf the city of Ojai.
One Year Later: City of Ventura Faced the Thomas Fire When the Thomas Fire hit the city limits, residents fled for their lives. They recall midnight evacuations and near misses.
Opening arguments begin in Santa Barbara oil spill trial Opening arguments began today at the Santa Barbara Courthouse, in a criminal trial against a Texas-based oil pipeline company. Plains All American Pipeline is charged with 15 criminal counts for its role in the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill.
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