Monday, July 16, 2007

The Zaca Fire, burning in the mountains north of Santa Barbara, Calif. since the Fourth of July, took a wind-driven turn to the south toward a large cluster of ranch homes in rural Santa Ynez Valley, prompting evacuations. In the nearby town of Santa Ynez, a Red Cross evacuation center was set up at the local high school, where I captured workers setting up the shelter while evacuees signed in at the receiving desk.