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Seven additional counties declared a state of emergency: Orange County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, San Diego County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County. [10] [11] The rain was expected to last for days, with some parts of California expected to receive record amounts of rain. [12] Various news outlets ...
Santa Barbara (Spanish: Santa Bárbara, meaning ' Saint Barbara ') is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States excepting Alaska, the city lies between the steeply rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
These mountain ranges run from Santa Barbara County into San Bernardino County. They derive the name Transverse Ranges due to their east-west orientation, making them transverse to the general north-south orientation of most of California's coastal mountain ranges. [17]
On Thursday, rain poured across the northern edge of the state, slowly moving south. Santa Rosa Airport saw 4.93 inches of rain, shattering its previous daily record of 0.93 inches in 2001.
More big waves coming to SLO County. Meanwhile, the Weather Service issued a high surf warning for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties through 10 p.m. Saturday.
The Santa Barbara County area, including the Northern Channel Islands, was first settled by Native Americans at least 13,000 years ago.Evidence for a Paleoindian presence has been found in the form of a fluted Clovis-like point found in the 1980s along the western Santa Barbara Coast, as well as the remains of Arlington Springs Man found on Santa Rosa Island in the 1960s.
Santa Barbara County areas have received several inches of rain in the 24-hour period ending at 6 a.m. ... Up to 10 inches of rain. Areas of Santa Barbara County could receive 4 to 8 inches within ...
Summer in the Santa Maria Valley is goose-bump season, with an average summer temperature of only 75 °F (24 °C). [9] This is a growing environment that is a Region I on the Winkler Scale. As with most of Santa Barbara County, annual rainfall is very low in the Santa Maria Valley. The AVA averages less than 14 inches (360 mm) in non-drought years.