The hillsides that define Ventura’s geography also pose an ever-present danger — the risk that a fire could sweep down those very hillsides to the sea. And that is precisely what happened on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5 when the Thomas fire burned through overgrown brush between Santa Paula and Ojai and created an inferno…
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