SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The wine industry in California is coming to Santa Barbara to showcase the latest production from multiple regions in a two-day event. A Friday night rare and reserve gathering, and a larger wine festival on Saturday.

"We're at the beach, it is a great vibe, there's music, there's wine, there's also a handful of local breweries that are here," said California Wine Festival CEO, Emily Kaufmann. There are four festival sites in the state throughout the year.

The California Wine Festival will be not just entertaining for those attending, but also educational for those who are following the latest trends, regions, varietals and where the industry may be pivoting due to consumer demands.

Kaufmann said, "each winery will be pouring around 3-4 different wines and there will be something for everyone. There will be a really good mix of whites and reds, sparking wines,  pinot noir, cabernet, you name it, you would be hard pressed to not find a wine that you you want to put on your list."

It gives the public a chance to ask questions, talk to wine makers and do comparisons.

One change this summer is the early harvest that's already been reported in several areas, especially for those making sparkling wines.

And the consumer can also hear about the range of price points.

"Whether it is uh a what I like ot call it an every day wine.... and then a special occasion wine kind of find all that here and I think wineries are trying to make sure their wines are approachable... a great value also bringing in their rare and reserve items," said Kaufmann.

In addition to the tasting of the wide variety of wines, those attending will be the judge of the best tri tip  in the 805 featuring caterers and chefs and restaurants.

"It's a friendly competition but a really good way to taste some local favorites," said Kaufmann.

The Costa Kitchen and Bar made an appearance on the News Channel morning show recently talking about its entry, which will be a candied tri tip.

Chef Sean Conway said they have won in the past and are ready to go against the six others in this  sampling competition.

"The year that we won it we put it on the menu for a year and it was our top seller so we are going to change it up a little bit this time," said Conway.

The location is at the beach on the ocean side of Chase Palm Park across a wide area of the lawn.

There is a reduced price for anyone who is not drinking alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages will be served.

Organizers say they are glad the high heat early this week is gone.

Kaufmann said, "we've added lots of shade this year in between the large pavilion tents. It is going to be a nice 78 degrees with a nice ocean breeze."

For more information go to the California Wine Festival.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Temperatures will hold steady this weekend with most of the region in the mid and upper 70s.

Tropical clouds will move in by Sunday with a 10 percent chance of rain, especially for Ventura County.

A tropical cyclone will slide west of the Central Coast by Monday.

Another warmup is expected for the middle of next week with some brief offshore winds.

Temperatures will rise into the 80s and 90s as high pressure moves back west toward California.

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El humo de los incendios forestales en Canadá se ha extendido hacia Estados Unidos, provocando que la calidad del aire se desplome y cubriendo los paisajes con una densa bruma marrón.

La mala calidad del aire ha sido un problema en Nueva York desde el miércoles, cuando la nube de humo descendió cerca del suelo.

Washington ha evitado en gran medida el aire peligroso, hasta el viernes, cuando una densa bruma se asentó sobre la capital del país.

Chicago experimentó el jueves una de las peores calidades de aire del país y todavía sigue envuelta en una nube de humo.

El humo de los incendios forestales ha alterado los cielos sobre el centro de Pensilvania desde el martes.

Y el miércoles se tragó por completo el horizonte de Minneapolis.

El azul se volvió marrón anaranjado en los cielos sobre Grand Rapids, Michigan, esta semana.

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(CNN) — Wildfires are expected to bring unhealthy air to more than 120 million people this weekend, but the smoke and its toxic particles may not always be clearly visible. Some skylines are shrouded in obvious abnormal orange tinges with faint burnt odors. Other horizons may carry no visible indication that something is afoul in the atmosphere — but that doesn’t necessarily mean the air is safe.

“Just because it does look a little bit less brown and orange today doesn’t necessarily mean that the smoke’s not there,” said Dan Westervelt, an atmospheric scientist at Columbia University.

The visibility of smoke can be affected by several factors including the chemicals and particles it carries, how long the plume has been in the air, the weather and angle of the sun.

While the human eye can’t always perceive the danger, air quality monitors can accurately track the number of pollutants in our atmosphere. That’s why it’s important to follow local safety guidance — staying indoors, running air filters and wearing an N95 mask — even if everything looks clear.

There’s more to wildfire smoke than meets the eye, scientists say, and what you can’t see can hurt you.

What makes the skies hazy during a wildfire?

When a tree burns, the heat breaks down plant material and releases flammable gases. Some of those gases react with oxygen and become carbon dioxide and water vapor in the air. But if the fire doesn’t have enough oxygen to fully burn the gases, it can produce more thick smoke filled with countless tiny particles and chemicals.

The signature yellow, orange and brown-ish color of wildfire smoke comes from a group of pollutants aptly called “brown carbon,” an umbrella term that covers thousands of compounds, said Westervelt. These pollutants tint the sky because they absorb sunlight at shorter wavelengths — responsible for blues and ultraviolet — and allow the longer wavelengths behind reds, yellows and oranges to pass through the atmosphere and reach our eyes.

Brown carbon falls under a class of pollutants known as particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5), named because they span about 2.5 micrometers in diameter — about 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair. These fine particles can evade our body’s natural defenses and travel deep inside our lungs, causing breathing or heart issues.

PM 2.5 particles are one of the most serious threats to people, prompting all the safety warnings you see to stay indoors with good air filters. They can travel hundreds of miles and remain in the air for days to weeks.

Wildfires also emit hydrocarbon gases like benzene, toluene, xylenes and ethylbenzene, which are “hazardous air pollutants themselves,” Westervelt said. But he said they can undergo additional chemical processing in the atmosphere and become brown carbon and PM 2.5 particles.

The smoke also contains a larger class of pollutants known as particulate matter 10 (PM 10), about seven times smaller than the width of a human hair. Still microscopic, these particles also pass through our nose and throat to cause breathing and heart issues, but they can fall out of the air faster thanks to gravity or rain. They remain airborne for hours to days — concentrating and obscuring skies closer to the source of the fire.

What are the invisible pollutants in a wildfire?

Not all wildfire pollutants announce themselves with color. As smoke travels, it can lose its hue without losing its chemistry. Sometimes it even becomes more toxic over time.

Take brown carbon, for example. Photons of sunlight can break up the chemical bonds in the particles and transform its chemical identity, a process known as oxidation, Westervelt