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Carmen Ramirez was a mentor and role model to Vianey Lopez long before Lopez had any idea she would be suddenly and unexpectedly called to follow in the footsteps of the beloved Ventura County Supervisor.
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Jeff Gorell and Claudia Bill-de la Peña, candidates for Ventura County Supervisor in District 2, faced off in Thousand Oaks on Sept. 26 in a debate that took place at the Scherr Forum Theater at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center. The…
If we do not recycle food and yard clippings, what will we do with all the garbage? But if we do recycle, what will we do with all the compost? Two compost contests and one competitive grant opportunity might provide some answers.
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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 serv…
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.
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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.
