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Community helps injured American Hay employee
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 10:06
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Damian Nolasco at work, atop the hay bales at American Hay & Mercantile.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
If you own livestock in the Ojai Valley, you probably know Damian Nolasco at American Hay & Mercantile in Oak View.
Police Blotter as of Sept. 8
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 10:03
City of Ojai
Crimes
• Theft by false pretenses was reported in the 500 block of North Montgomery Street Aug. 31.
• Trespassing was reported in the 900 block of Country Club Drive Sept. 3.
• Burglary was reported in the 1211 Maricopa Highway Sept. 7.
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 10
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:59
Credibility left behind
CURT CRUTHIRDS — Ojai
Sept. 11 is remembered by most Americans as the day that thousands of innocent lives were lost and the day that the world changed forever.
Hope for 9/11
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:50
Blue skies turn black
A way of life under attack
Peace and Safety seem far away
Lives forever changed that fateful day
Op–Ed by Ojai Councilman William Weirick: CMWD should obtain water experts for water suit
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:44
This is a statement read into the record at the Casitas Municipal Water District meeting Sept. 8 on the subject of agenda item 11(a), addressed by the CMWD Board members in closed session.
By William Weirick
As every member of this Casitas Municipal Water District Board knows, Sept. 24 is the deadline for various key parties, including CMWD, to disclose any experts retained and related expert opinions/reports regarding the core issue of relevant connectivity between groundwater and surface waters in four separate groundwater basins.
Read more: Op–Ed by Ojai Councilman William Weirick: CMWD should obtain water experts for water suit
Op–Ed by Jack Adam Weber: Climate denial is suicidal
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:39
Re: Alan Greenberg’s Aug. 27 Op-Ed, “Green New Deal will spell the end of the United States as a world power”:
Millions of new jobs (https://bit.ly/3yCt0lU) and a boost to the economy will result from implementing renewable energy at scale via a Green New Deal. (Read “The Green New Deal could create lots of great jobs — so why all the hate?” published by the Climate Reality Project (https://bit.ly/3t65lZT).
Read more: Op–Ed by Jack Adam Weber: Climate denial is suicidal
It’s Art Theft time again!
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:31
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Artwork for the Great Art Theft include, left upper, Lucinda Yates; left middle, sculpture by Drew Lurie; necklace by Yvette Franklin; left bottom is by Shelby Harbison; right upper by Ralph Hasenbaum; and right lower by Mark Tovar.
By Adanna Moriarty, Special to the Ojai Valley News
Ever wish you could be involved in an art heist? In three weeks, you can feel like you have by joining the Great Art Theft 2021 at the Ojai Art Center. For the price of a ticket, you can feel the rush as you and the other bandits sip cocktails and picnic on the patio while you await the chance to pluck a beautiful piece of fine art off the gallery wall or sculpture from its pedestal.
Get ready for Ojai Music Festival reunion
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:10
By Christopher Hailey, Special to the Ojai Valley News
It is more than a festival. It is a homecoming, the recognition of a bond. On rough wooden benches — back in the day — or stretched out on the lawn, settled on a blanket, families in tow, this is a kindred fellowship, both alert and at ease. Performers get it right away because it only takes rehearsal or two to realize that here it’s different.
Poppies Book Club meets Sept. 28
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- Published: Friday, 10 September 2021 09:04
Book Club participants are reading this book
The Poppies Book Club will meet Sept. 28 at 6 p.m. at Poppies Art and Gifts, 323 E. Matilija St., Ojai. The group discussion is open to interested adults and will be held on the back patio. The event is free. Read the book in advance.
Creek Road closed at Country Club Drive and S. Ventura Street
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- Published: Thursday, 09 September 2021 12:26
Due to a low-hanging communication line, S. Ventura Street and S. Montgomery Street are closed at their intersection. Creek Road is also closed at Country Club Drive.
Read more: Creek Road closed at Country Club Drive and S. Ventura Street
Public comments for Wednesday, Sept. 8, Ojai Unified School District board meeting
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 September 2021 22:11
Public comment from Becky Beckett, retired OUSD employee, for Sept. 8 Ojai Unified School District meeting, agenda item 5.3.3 on increasing health benefits and stipend for school board members:
I am concerned about the concentration of resources at the district level, at a time of both declining enrollment and uncertain finances. I started working for OUSD in 2001.
At that time, the district had two Assistant Superintendents, but no Director of Fiscal Services. Matilija had Principal, AP, and two full-time counselors. Nordhoff had Principal and 2 APs. Even though the district has substantially lower enrollment of than in 2001, OUSD again has 2 Assistant Superintendents, but ALSO has the position of Director of Fiscal Services. The school sites have substantially reduced administration.
The Board is considering reinstating full health benefits in addition to a stipend, at a time when the district has many part time employees who do not have that same access. In a time of financial uncertainty, I think it is appropriate to reevaluate priorities.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Read more: Public comments for Wednesday, Sept. 8, Ojai Unified School District board meeting
Oak tree branch blocked El Roblar Drive at Arnaz Street
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 September 2021 17:42
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A large oak tree branch broke off and fell on El Roblar Drive at Arnaz Street on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at about 3 p.m., closing the road for a time while the branch was cleared from the road.
County Public Health reports 463 new COVID-19 cases countywide, 1 death since Sept. 3
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 September 2021 16:55
Since Friday, Sept. 3, there are 463 new COVID-19 cases reported by Ventura County Public Health on Sept. 7.
A total of 15,042 new tests were performed. There are 130 people hospitalized, 36 in intensive care units. An 83-year-old woman was reported to have died with COVID-19.
Read more: County Public Health reports 463 new COVID-19 cases countywide, 1 death since Sept. 3
Planning Commission Special Meeting set for Wednesday, Sept. 8
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 September 2021 10:58
Ojai’s Planning Commission will host a special meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 6 p.m.
The meeting will be a continuation from the Aug. 18 meeting that was interrupted by technical difficulties and cut short prior to any official decisions.
City of Ojai redistricting to be discussed Sept. 14
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 September 2021 10:36
Ojai City Council will hold its first public hearing about the city redistricting process on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m.
The meeting will focus on the rebalancing of the city’s four districts based on a 10-year update from the U.S. Census.