Tourists in the know use the channel to place orders for fresh bread from baker Vivian Rolle or to make dinner reservations at the Yacht Club, the only restaurant that's consistently open.

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Evacuation orders were in effect in several areas on Friday, but officials lifted orders for the campus of California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo and for the Dos Vientos community in Newbury Park, authorities said.

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Evacuations orders were in effect in several areas on Friday, but officials lifted such orders for the campus of California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo and for the Dos Vientos community in Newbury Park, authorities said.

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