When Vietnam War veteran Oscar Recio required medical treatment from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the past, he had to drive from his Fillmore home to a VA hospital in Los Angeles or a clinic in Oxnard providing only limited services. That’s part of the reason he was so excited …
A Facebook post by the Ventura County Environmental Health Division asking people to report food vendors operating without a health permit clearly touched a nerve for many people, because it quickly resulted in more than 500 comments expressi…
“How are we going to charge 35 million electric vehicles in California with an electric grid that can barely support air conditioning?” skeptics ask.
Yvon Chouinard and his family put Ventura on the global environmental movement map, growing Patagonia into a world-famous company known as much for its efforts to battle climate change as clothing that lasts decades instead of a fashion season.
This Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 a.m. until noon, Ventura County Coastal Cleanup Day will be part of the 38th annual International Coastal Cleanup Day.
Dani Anderson was able to walk while attending grade school in Thousand Oaks, but frequently fell down due to a disability her doctors didn’t fully understand at the time. By the time she was in sixth grade, Anderson was using a manual wheelc…
Court mask requirements lifted
Cyberterrorists have never launched a successful computer attack on shipping operations at the Port of Hueneme, but Operations Manager Mike Morrison, who serves as the facilities security officer, knows the threat is ever present. Giant corpo…
Downtown Ventura jewelry store owner Debbie Fox created quite a stir with a website she helped launch last month that raised questions about the General Plan update under development by Ventura city officials.
Managers of a Ventura classic car dealership did a great job assembling a huge showroom full of beautiful automobiles that collectors covet. But city officials said the used car dealers neglected to provide a safe building for customers to ma…
An Oxnard man has been convicted on international wildlife smuggling charges.
Classes resumed at Ventura County Christian School on Aug. 29, but the beginning of the school year was anything but routine.
The third Saturday in August was National Honey Bee Day, but if you missed it, you still have local opportunities to learn about a very useful insect. Even more important than the delicious honey provided by bees is their role as key pollinat…
Thanks to $34 million in state funding, progress should soon be made in the effort to provide safe places to live for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Ventura County.
Officials with the Ventura County Human Trafficking Task Force said they have dismantled a sex trafficking operation involving four massage parlors operated by members of an Oxnard family, and also found large amounts of narcotics and two gun…
PICTURED: Teachers Justin Dempsey (center, holding a drum) and Hannah Ribble (far right, seated) with students (l-r) Charlotte W., Nate G., Nieve O., Matix M., Vincent A., Andilyn Z., T.J. E., Summer J., Darwin R., Ben E. and Lucas W. Photo …
PICTURED: Jimmy Earl (left) and Mitch Forman at The Grape on Aug. 22, 2022. Photo by Seth Brandes by Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer The Grape 2733 E. Main St., Ventura 805-212-6130 thegrapeventura.com The life history of The Grape is a convoluted on…
PICTURED: David Rhodes took over ownership of The Garage Bar in 2021.Photo courtesy of David Rhodes by Mike Nelson The Garage Bar 1091 Scandia Ave., Ventura 805-666-5274 thegarage-bar.business.site The first rule for owning a bar, says The Ga…
PICTURED: Guitarist Jesse Siebenberg performing at the Deer Lodge. Photo by Sophia Miles by Alex Wilson awilson@timespublications.com Deer Lodge 2261 Maricopa Highway, Ojai 805-646-4256 www.deerlodgeojai.com Ojai’s rustic Deer Lodge restauran…
PICTURED: Thievery Corporation performing on March 24, 2022, at the freshly opened Ventura Music Hall. Photo by Keith Zacharski/In the Barrel Photo by Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer Ventura Music Hall 1888 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura 805-667-8802 ven…
PICTURED: A pipeline extending under the ocean will be buried beneath Marina Park as part of the VenturaWaterPure Project. Photo by CAPS Media by Alex Wilson awilson@timespublications.com People who enjoy visiting the playground at Ventura’s …
PICTURED: Twisted Gypsy plays at BL Dancehall and Saloon. Photo submitted by Alex Wilson awilson@timespublications.com BL Dancehall and Saloon 29020 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills 818-309-0336 www.blsaloon.com Brian Hynes was just 14 years old w…
PICTURED: Ventura’s Allen Bryant (right) worked with Paul Browne (left) and other local professional teacher-musicians through the Laby Harmony Project, a program of New West Symphony. The process helped Bryant earn a D’Addario Foundation Col…
PICTURED: Football lies just short of the goaline by Paul Moomjean paulmoomjean@yahoo.com It’s back to school season, and for me this is always a mixture of nostalgia and PTSD. From 1999 until 2017 I was a teacher and wrestling coach in Ven…
PICTURED: Catch Switchfoot at Ventura Music Hall on Aug. 28. Photo submitted by Summer Aguirre For the first time in a few years, Grammy Award-winning rock band Switchfoot is back to doing what they do best: rocking out on the road. With a su…
PICTURED: Electrophysiologist Dr. Ali Sovari (fifth from left) with the Cath Lab team at St. John’s Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) in Oxnard. Photo courtesy of Dignity Health St. John’s Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) in Oxnard recently made…
PICTURED: Area in the Santa Monica Mountains purchased by the National Park Service. Photo submitted Providers agree to pay $70M to resolve allegations of false Medi-Cal claims A Ventura County health care plan created by the board of super…
PICTURED: 2021 drag performers from left to right. Regina St. James, Cooper the Queen, Angel D’mon, Karma Limbs, Sheba. Photo by Johnny Ortez-Tibbels by Alex Wilson awilson@timespublications.com Pride events are extra special for Genevieve Fl…
PICTURED: The candlelight vigil for Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez included music, a Native American ceremony and heartfelt remembrances. Photo by Alex Wilson by Alex Wilson awilson@timespublications.com From the hundreds of peopl…
PICTURED: Lester “DJ 2-Tone Jones” Wallace (left) and Gerald Watson of Shaolin Jazz, coming to OPAC on Aug. 27. Photo by Andrew Williams by Marina Dunbar On Saturday, Aug. 27, prolific live film-scoring duo Shaolin Jazz will bring its “Can I …
PICTURED: Members of the JEST Improv acting troupe, from left: Rey Galindo, Hendrick McDonald, Alex Tron and Jonny Andrews. In front: Dawn Balk. Diversity Collective Ventura County, Aug. 10, 2022. Photo by Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer. by Nancy D…
PICTURED: Coast live oak by David Goldstein Come take a walk on the wild side if you are tired of paring back your home’s landscaping in response to watering restrictions and fire dangers, and you just want to plant big, beautiful expanses yo…
PICTURED: Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez. Photo submitted by the city of Oxnard by Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer Ventura County Supervisor Carmen Ramirez died after being struck by a pickup truck in Oxnard on Friday night. According to O…
