Stop in for a cup of coffee

If I get to higher ground I can see the plume of smoke from that brush fire near Santa Barbara
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US 101 still closed south of here, traffic reports say I 5 over the Grapevine is bumper to bumper due to the closure.
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Firefighter is standing in the north bound lanes of US 101.
Wind has subsided to an acceptable level for the borate bombers to begin flying from their loading port at the local airfield.