COVER STORY... KATY PERRY

Katy Perry on the cover of the August 2008 issue of Santa Barbara Magazine.

GAP FIRE...

by pierre baltadano

I'm in my home town of Santa Barbara for a bit and it's been a crazy homecoming.  Santa Barbara, along with other counties in California, is fighting a major fire that is only minimally contained, 5% last I checked. Wednesday and Thursday nights were met with power outages in the northern regions, while at least 1,000 evacuations have taken place.  I have had friends lose their homes in past fires and this one is just as unnerving.  The Governor has issued a State of Emergency and the Gap Fire has become the priority fire danger in the state.  Let's hope for the best resolution.

[KEYT] and [LA Times]