Camarillo

[ kam-uh-ril-oh ]

noun

1. a city in SW California.

Example Sentences

OK, but a lot of fires over the years have veered away from homes in Somis, a rural community in Ventura County between Moorpark and Camarillo.

From Los Angeles Times

Even as hundreds of firefighters around the region immediately kicked into action, the wind-driven blaze grew in unpredictable and dangerous ways, razing down homes, tearing through orchards and threatening thousands living in and around Camarillo, Moorpark and Santa Paula.

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Then, hours later in the hills around Camarillo, Santa Barbara County Fire Capt. Hugh Montgomery — responding to Ventura County’s call for aid — said that that his engine had hit a roadblock after successfully salvaging about a dozen burning homes.

From Los Angeles Times

Specifics on the the extent of the issues weren’t immediately available, but two water pumps in the Camarillo foothills — the area hit hardest by fire losses — became inactive during the firefight, halting or slowing the process to refill hillside water tanks that fuel high-elevation fire hydrants, officials confirmed this week.

From Los Angeles Times

Crestview did not respond to questions for more details about the outage or its preparations, but according to its website, it operates three wells providing water to 625 customers in the Camarillo area.

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