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Public comments due Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m., on plan to reopen Santa Clara Waste Water that exploded in 2014
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- Published: Sunday, 28 November 2021 11:41
Submitted photo Santa Clara Waste Water exploded along Highway 126, just west of Santa Paula, creating a 3-mile-long toxic cloud on Nov. 18, 2014.
The Ventura County Planning Division is processing an application to reopen the Santa Clara Waste Water facility that exploded in 2014, injuring scores of people, disabling some permanently, leading to a state of emergency being declared in Ventura County, and resulting in the yearslong criminal prosecution of nine company employees.
UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old Ventura girl now safe at home
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 22:19
Ventura police have located the missing 13-year-old girl who went missing on Friday, Nov. 26.
Read more: UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old Ventura girl now safe at home
Water suit judge grants extra time for expert reports
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:30
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Casitas Municipal Water District can retain the same water expert hired by the city of Ojai in the Ventura River Watershed Adjudication case, a judge has ruled.
Students explore world of possibilities: Ojai Youth Foundation unites middle-schoolers with local businesses
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:27
Ojai Valley News photos by Grant Phillips
Employees from Ojai Valley Imports show Matilija Middle School students under the hood of a vehicle during their workshop.
Grant Phillips, Ojai Valley News reporter
A bomb-squad robot, SWAT team vehicles and horses from the mounted patrol wowed Matilija Middle School students, who participated in more than 20 workshops at an event organized by the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation on Nov. 19.
Mystery is solved: 82 trees at Soule Park died of thirst
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:19
Grant Phillips, Ojai Valley News reporter
The mystery of why 82 ash, sycamore and maple trees at Soule Park have died has been solved.
Wolf’s epic journey has very sad ending
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:17
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
A gray wolf that had traveled from Oregon to the backcountry of Ventura County has been found dead in Kern County, wildlife officials said Nov. 24.
OUSD board hikes salaries, discusses test scores
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:13
Grant Phillips, Ojai Valley News reporter
Ojai Unified School District’s school board members voted unanimously at their Nov. 17 meeting to increase salary for staff and teachers retroactively at 2.31% for 2020 through 2021, according to the meeting agenda year.
Motorcyclist collides with car on Hwy. 33
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:12
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
A motorcycle rider was hurt Nov. 19 when he collided with a car on Highway 33, north of Ojai.
Police Blotter as of Wednesday, Nov 24
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:09
Editor’s note: this week’s Police Blotter includes crime and arrest reports posted by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 18, 19 and 23. Reports for Nov. 20, 21 and 22 were unavailable as of presstime.
City of Ojai
Crimes
• Vandalism was reported in the 1400 block of Maricopa Highway Nov. 15.
Gingerbread house event set for Ben Franklin in Ojai
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:07
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A sample of the tiny gingerbread homes and ice-cream-cone forests that participants in the event will be able to create.
Grant Phillips, Ojai Valley News reporter
Ojai’s happy place — Ben Franklin Ojai Craft Store — is hosting a Gingerbread Event and Class on Sunday, Dec. 5, from noon to 4 p.m.
Ojai winter shelter to open Dec. 1
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 11:03
Ojai Valley News photos by Ally Mills
The outside of the Ojai Valley Family Shelter.
The Ojai Valley Family Shelter returns to the Ojai Valley Grange for the winter season beginning Dec. 1.
Condor Trail work gets huge lift from ‘Giving Tuesday’ donations
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 10:59
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A Condor Trail thru-hiker had to cut a “goat path” across the slide with a hand trowel before he and his partner could safely cross.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
A 400-mile trail that runs from Lake Piru through the Ojai backcountry to Monterey County will receive much-needed work funded by “Giving Tuesday” donations.
Opinion: Water in Ojai: same debates, same answers
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 10:53
By Stephanie Pincetl
With another dry year behind us, and most likely ahead of us, the debates about whether to pay for a pipe to (indirectly) link Casitas Municipal Water District to the State Water Project are back.
Opinion: One morning, everything changed
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 10:50
By Leah Kirk
One Thursday morning, I was on yard duty. My friend and coworker arrived with his lunchbox and a thermos.
Loyal, genuine, caring — Randy Davis lived right
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- Published: Friday, 26 November 2021 10:45
Ojai Valley News photos by Ally Mills
A bulldozer owned by Randy Davis and photos from his life, on display at a memorial service Nov. 20.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
“I’ll tell you about Randy Davis,” said Mel Krogh of Ojai. “He was one-of-a-kind.”