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The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in U.S. history. [3] On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h), ran aground at Honda Point (also known as Point Pedernales; the cliffs just off-shore called Devil's Jaw), a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the Gaviota ...
Terry Castleman. August 7, 2024 at 4:00 AM. The Park fire, California's biggest and most destructive of 2024, continues to rage in Northern California, having already burned 414,000 acres across ...
The Lompoc Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the city. The city is also served by the Lompoc Fire Department (LFD), which responds to more than 3,800 emergency and non-emergency calls per year. [35] American Medical Response Santa Barbara County (AMR SBC) provides the primary emergency medical response and ambulance ...
July 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM. Wildfires break out across California: Latest fire and smoke maps. Wildfires are exploding across the West, especially in California, where the Park Fire has now grown to ...
Mission statement. The Lompoc Fire Department is dedicated to serving the community of Lompoc by providing the highest level of emergency/rescue services, hazard prevention, and safety education, ensuring the protection of life, property and environment. Above all else, we realize that we are here to meet the needs of the public.
Current fires in California have burned 687,191 acres so far, Cal Fire said. Nationwide 102 large active wildfires, the vast majority in the West , are blamed for charring more than 2 million ...
e. Vandenberg Space Force Base ( IATA: VBG, ICAO: KVBG, FAA LID: VBG ), previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing.
California’s Park Fire now among state’s top 13 largest ever as it consumes 239,000 acres. Hot and dry weather is fueling wildfire activity in the Western United States and Canada, with fires ...