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The Day Hell Hit Santa Barbara; Third Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded on Earth
“. . .and there lies Santa Barbara on its plain, with its amphitheatre of high hills and distant mountains. There is the old white Mission with its belfries, and there the town, with its one-story adobe houses, with here and … Continue reading →
