Serkaddis Alemu (center) runs Petit Valentien with her husband, Robert Dixon, while raising their two daughters, Nib Alemu-Dixon and Desta Alemu-Dixon. On weekends, they serve Ethiopian food in La Arcada Court.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
An MD-87 firefighting jet roars up out of a fold in the hills outside Buellton, which are holding the last of Sunday's Drum Fire.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
Hand crews are essential to putting out individual spots of fire.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
A Santa Barbara County fire truck sits atop a charred area from the Drum Fire, just west of Buellton Sunday afternoon.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
A full complement of firefighters and aircraft attacked the Drum Fire.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
Charles Myles, owner of Mylestone BBQ grills tri-tip at Draughtmen Aleworks in Goleta.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
Jesse Thomas and Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
Ashe Brown, owner of Pura Luna Women's Apothecary.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
Hilda Maldonado, the new Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent.
Photo: Daniel Dreifuss
Artist Chadillac Green fixes the mural of George Floyd and “Please, I can’t breathe” on the side of Eos Lounge after it was defaced Wednesday night.