Highway 154 Has Reopened

••• “Sewage Spill Closes Montecito’s Fernald Point and Miramar Beaches […] Spill Involved Release of 5,760 Gallons of Untreated Sewage from Compromised Sewage Line to San Ysidro Creek on East Valley Lane.” The signage could sure be more prominent. —Independent

••• “Caltrans Reopens Highway 154 After Major Storm Clean-up Effort […] Roadway is fully reopened between Highway 192 in Santa Barbara and the Highway 246 roundabout near Santa Ynez.” —Noozhawk

••• “President Joe Biden added Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties to the list of three California counties for which he has issued a Major Disaster Declaration. This declaration […] is of critical help not just for local governments and tribal authorities in making their disaster reimbursement claims with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but for individual homeowners and business owners as well.” —Independent

••• “The Santa Barbara Yacht Club remains closed and the harbor entrance remains ‘non-navigable’ to most vessels [….] Dredging is set to begin next Tuesday and that the channel is anticipated to reopen by late Thursday, Jan. 26.” —Noozhawk

••• From a county press release on Edhat: “Santa Barbara County has closed public access to Goleta Beach Park at Sandspit Road due to emergency beach nourishment operations. Operations began on January 11 and will continue as needed until facilities have been cleared. Work will occur 24 hours a day, seven days a week for approximately the first ten days.”

••• “Several local radio stations went off the air when last week’s powerful storm knocked down power poles along Gibraltar Road near Santa Barbara. As of Monday, KCLU and some others are still silent because backup generators haven’t been working.” —Noozhawk

••• Route 150 between Ojai and Carpinteria “remains closed with no word on exactly when it will reopen.” —KCLU

••• “The heirs of a Jewish cabaret singer and art collector killed during World War II have sued the Santa Barbara Museum of Art over possession of a prized drawing [by Egon Schiele] they say was robbed from their late relative by Hitler’s Third Reich.” —Independent

••• “Arts & Crafts Fair on Santa Barbara’s Waterfront Ready for Redesign […] The biggest change would be that paintings and pictures will blend with jewelry and crafts along Cabrillo Boulevard.” —Noozhawk

••• “The oil sheen seen off the shore of Summerland Beach is likely natural seepage, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response confirmed last week.” —Coastal View News (photo by Harry Rabin©2023-Heal the Ocean)

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