Ojai Unified To Discuss Possible Property Sale
By Misty Volaski
On Tuesday, the Ojai Unified School District board members will consider the possible lease and/or sale of its property located at 414 E. Ojai Ave., the current site of Chaparral High School, the school district offices, and the OUSD preschool. The OUSD has lost over $5 million in state and federal funding ...
Ojai Annual Heart & Sole Returning
By Tiobe Barron
This year the Ojai Valley will pay tribute to local Doralee Bailey at the 2012 Ojai Classic Heart & Sole Walk/Run, Ojai’s annual benefit for the American Heart Association “I feel very honored!” said Bailey, whose husband, the late Dr. Harold Bailey, helped organize...
End Of The Line For Ojai Quarry?
By Logan Hall
The Ojai Rock Quarry may be going out of business. After construction company Cushman Contracting Corporation recently canceled a purchase order of materials from the quarry, the mine is losing $390,000 in sales to Cushman, according to the quarry’s owner, Larry Mosler. The deal had Cushman buying 10,000 tons of a construction ...
CPUC Grants Ojai Public Water Hearing
By Logan Hall
After Ojai’s request for a hearing with California Public Utilities Commission was rejected last year, the city has been given notice that a public participation hearing will be held in Ojai regarding Golden State Water Company’s proposal to raise its water rates ...
Ojai City Council Gets Back To Business
By Tiobe Barron
The tone of Tuesday night’s Ojai City Council meeting seemed to be that of farewells. Mayor Betsy Clapp adjourned the meeting in honor of Gary Horgan, Councilmember Sue Horgan’s husband, who died Jan. 20. “Our thoughts are with Sue and her family,” said Mayor Clapp. The meeting also marked the end of ...
Casitas Pays Off Debt, Lowers Property Taxes
Citizens living in the Casitas Municipal Water District boundaries voted on Nov. 8, 1960 to approve a payment of $31.4 million to be paid over 50 years to the United State Bureau of Reclamation. The funds were allocated for building the Ventura River Project that included the Casitas Dam, Robles Canal, Robles ...
Ojai City Council Considers Plastic Bag Ban
By Tiobe Barron
Ojai, like cities across the nation, may soon become a plastic bag-free zone. The city is proposing a ban on what they call “single-use carry out plastic bags.” If passed, the ban would apply to all merchants, restaurants, grocery stores, and retail shops within Ojai city limits, except in cases where it ...
