OjaiNews.com http://www.ojainews.com/ en Copyright 2009 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:19:41 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Ojai City Council Meeting Agenda for March 10, 2009 http://www.ojainews.com/2009/03/ojai_cc_agenda_031009.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2009/03/ojai_cc_agenda_031009.shtml Ojai City Council Agendas 2009 agenda city council code enforcement leafblowers March ojai pesticides phone system Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:19:41 -0800 Ojai City Council Special Meeting Agenda - August 19, 2008 http://www.ojainews.com/2008/08/cc_special_agenda_081908.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/08/cc_special_agenda_081908.shtml Ojai City Council Agendas Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:31:45 -0800 Click Your News Scroll down for recently posted news and happenings throughout the Ojai Valley and surrounding areas! http://www.ojainews.com/2008/07/click_your_news.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/07/click_your_news.shtml Editor's Journal Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:44:31 -0800 Fire in Ventura BRUSH FIRE at Barnett and Cameron in the City of Ventura is receiving a full brushfire response including bulldozers and air support, and that units from the City and County of Ventura are responding. No units from Ojai have been called into service yet. ]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/06/fire_in_ventura.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/06/fire_in_ventura.shtml Editor's Journal Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:41:23 -0800 Ojai Wine Festival 2008 Rotary Club of Ojai West, empowering them to donate over $20,000 annually to our community and charities around our nation and world, the Ojai Wine Festival is quite an event. This year was the Festival's 21st year, featuring at least 38 wineries...ALL from California and MANY very local (there are microbreweries too!) My wife and i first attended in 2005, to celebrate our near-to-the-date first wedding anniversary. We brought friends, cheese, and crackers...and made a tradition. This year was our first with our daughter, who will turn one in August. There weren't any 2007 wines out yet for us to buy and put away for her, but when they're ready the Wine Festival is where and when we'll select one. In the four years that i've attended, the weather has been gorgeous (i know, it's Ojai in June next to the lake, but still...), the event has been affordable and superbly staffed, the crowd has been huge and very alive, the vendors have been plentiful and varied, the pourers have been generous and delightfully friendly, and the live music has been grand. My only gripe this year is that rather than having Tom Thumb and the Hitchikers play the entire event, a new act was added that left me less than thrilled: Sgt. Pepper, a four piece tribute band that does mostly Beatles tunes...and only sort-of well, in my opinion. Now, i know it takes a lot to perform musically, and certainly there were plenty of folks willing to let the wine lead them writhing to the dance floor, but i thought the vocal harmonies and the overall playing could have been a little tighter...i've seen live bands communicate nonverbally and just "click" much better. But hey...for great wine, a free trolley ride to and from, a free boat ride, Los Caporales, and Sea Fresh, i'm not gonna let a band with rough edges get me down. And now, exclusive video of our FAVORITE Wine Fest dancer (in the red shirt and black pants) setting the dance floor ablaze to the tunes of Sgt. Pepper: ]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/06/ojai_wine_festival_2008.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/06/ojai_wine_festival_2008.shtml Editor's Journal Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:20:13 -0800 Memorial Day Photos
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]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/05/memorial_day_photos.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/05/memorial_day_photos.shtml Editor's Journal Thu, 29 May 2008 10:05:32 -0800 Memorial Day 2008 PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM American Legion Post #686, 475 Old Ventura Ave in Oak View • OAK VIEW PARADE: 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM The 2008 parade theme: “We Never Forget” • MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE/PROGRAM: 12 NOON - 2:30 PM Ojai Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #11464, Libbey Bowl/Park The United State Air Force Band from Vandenberg Air Force Base will be performing. There will also be Army memorabilia and vehicles, Wall of Remembrance, Patriotic Singers: Richard Lyons & Ellen Johnson, and Veteran Speakers. It is being sponsored by Rabobank, The Ojai Lions Club, Ojai American Legion, The United States Army, Rotary Club of Ojai-West, and the Ojai American Legion Women's Auxiliary. *** Memorial Day Prayer by Reverend Barbara Pescan Spirit of Life whom we have called by many names in thanksgiving and in anguish— Bless the poets and those who mourn Send peace for the soldiers who did not make the wars but whose lives were consumed by them Let strong trees grow above graves far from home Breathe through the arms of their branches The earth will swallow your tears while the dead sing “No more, never again, remember me.” For the wounded ones, and those who received them back, let there be someone ready when the memories come when the scars pull and the buried metal moves and forgiveness for those of us who were not there for our ignorance. And in us, veterans in a forest of a thousand fallen promises, let new leaves of protest grow on our stumps. Give us courage to answer the cry of humanity’s pain And with our bare hands, out of full hearts, with all our intelligence let us create the peace. ]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/05/memorial_day_2008.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/05/memorial_day_2008.shtml Editor's Journal Mon, 26 May 2008 07:10:13 -0800 Life After Taxes is life after taxes (even though said taxes are funding the estimated $3 trillion war bill and and annual $54 billion in nuclear weapons, which are all about Death), and in the Valley of Plenty, there's lots of living to be done: Tomorrow (Friday April 18th, 2008) sees parents socializing about their joys and challenges and Besant Hill School students performing Broadway's 27th longest running musical. The long-fenced Wetlands Project between Nordhoff High and Meiners Oaks is newly restored and open once again to the public, and a rally and fundraising kickoff to Save Ojai Schools (from State budget cuts) will be held on Sunday April 20th at OUSD Headquarters. An ongoing art exhibit titled "A Sense of Place" will feature the paintings of local artist Tegan Hope at Busy Babes hair salon until May 31st, and the Ojai City Council will meet on Tuesday the 22nd at 7:30pm. That same evening, co-founder of afterdowningstreet.org, David Swanson, will be speaking at the Ojai Retreat on strategies for saving our Constitution, Economy and Environment. Just around the corner, the Ojai Storytelling Festival will open May 1st in Libbey Bowl, and an organizational meeting for Ojai's new locavore group is slated for May 10th (sign up here). Click on over to the Ojai Post for current discussions of global warming, downed power lines, ending the war, illegal immigration, 9/11, childbirth, and more! Something to say? The Editor's Journal is cross-posted at the Ojai Post, where you can make comments and generate dialogue!]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/04/life_after_taxes.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/04/life_after_taxes.shtml Editor's Journal Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:10:46 -0800 Ojai City Council Meeting Agenda for April 22, 2008 http://www.ojainews.com/2008/04/cc_agenda_042208.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/04/cc_agenda_042208.shtml Ojai City Council Agendas Agenda April City Council Ojai Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:47:44 -0800 City Council Meeting Cancellation the regularly scheduled Ojai City Council meeting of Tuesday April 8th has been cancelled. The next council meeting will be on Tuesday April 22nd at 7:30pm at City Hall. ]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/04/city_council_meeting_cancellation.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/04/city_council_meeting_cancellation.shtml Editor's Journal Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:22:39 -0800 VC Board of Supervisors Meeting Summary for February 12, 2008 http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/bos_summary_021208.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/bos_summary_021208.shtml Ventura County Board of Supervisor Minutes Board of Supervisors February minutes summary Ventura County Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:52:06 -0800 Slow Down, and Stop Stealing the Birds City of Ojai's website: Vehicle and pedestrian-vehicle accidents have captured local news as Ojai counted its fifth since New Year’s Eve on Wednesday evening. Many accidents involve a single second of inattention or distraction, a moment when one takes for granted, “There is nothing coming.” We aren’t really looking to see what we might. We are trying to verify what we already know: the coast is clear. The Ojai Police wants to remind everyone who drives to be careful, give your full attention to the job, and expect the unexpected. The safest driver is one who gives a little more room, slows down a bit, and looks both directions—really looks. Please drive attentively and give yourself plenty of time for your travels. To cross the street use crosswalks or intersections. Be alert. Be alive tomorrow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The popular sculpture Early Bird Shopper (appears just above this message in the City's website banner, top right corner) was stolen from its perch in the Arcade Plaza. If you have any knowledge about the disappearance of this lovely piece by Sylvia Raz, please contact the Ojai Police at 646-1414. Something to say? The Editor's Journal is cross-posted at the Ojai Post, where you can make comments and generate dialogue!]]> http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/slow_down_and_stop_stealing_the_birds.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/slow_down_and_stop_stealing_the_birds.shtml Editor's Journal accidents Arcade City of Ojai driving Ojai Police pedestrian safety sculpture stolen vehicle Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:52:06 -0800 Ojai Planning Commission Agenda for February 06, 2008 http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/pc_agenda_020608.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/pc_agenda_020608.shtml Ojai Planning Commission Agendas Agenda February Ojai Planning Commission Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:31:10 -0800 Ojai City Council Meeting Agenda for February 12, 2008 http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/cc_agenda_021208.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/02/cc_agenda_021208.shtml Ojai City Council Agendas agenda city council february ojai Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:08:01 -0800 Ojai City Coucil Meeting Minutes of January 22, 2008 http://www.ojainews.com/2008/01/cc_minutes_012208.shtml http://www.ojainews.com/2008/01/cc_minutes_012208.shtml Ojai City Council Minutes building standards City Council commission appointments January minutes Ojai Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:22:26 -0800