Sierra van der Brug covers crime and public safety for the Southern California News Group. She is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in communication with minors in professional writing for journalism and English. She previously interned at the Santa Barbara Independent, where she reported on Central Coast news.
"We are not there yet," Interim OCA fire chief TJ McGovern told the public. "Please help us. Stay out of the evacuation zone. Let us run our operation."
The “highly toxic substance” that can “impact the respiratory system, cause skin irritation and eye irritation” is an industrial chemical used in plastics and manufacturing. It triggered broad evacuations on...