Regional Reporting
Reporting, research, and history — by Ray Ford, Publisher
Lead story · Wesite Kickoff
Site to be the first to provide as close to live coverage of wildfires in the Santa Barbara Country region as is possible — to keep the public aware of events as they occur, along with in depth fire history dating back to the 1950s — and the most current fire research available.
Open dashboards index →Dashboards
Newest
Live incident page for the Simi Valley area fire, placed first in the dashboard sequence.
Current
Coverage page for the Cuyama Valley fire, preserved as a working model for incident structure and updates.
Structure
A dedicated category keeps active incidents together and makes it easy to present the most recent event at the top.
Research
The site can use dashboards for immediate field reporting while longer research pieces and fire histories live elsewhere in the architecture. That keeps live coverage quick to scan without losing the deeper context that sets the project apart.
As more incidents are added, the dashboard index can stay current-first while the permanent archive grows behind it.
Archive
Build long-form case studies separately from the active dashboards.
Reports
Use current incident pages as fast-turn reporting surfaces, then convert key events into durable archive entries.
Expansion
Each additional fire can slot into the dashboards category and be reordered by recency as events change.