The summer season has officially begun. I beg of you three things: Don’t forget the sunscreen, take the long way home from ...

A new circus is coming to town this weekend! But the faces stepping into the spotlight are familiar to anyone who loves the ...

Last week was Public Works Week, and the American Public Works Association’s 2025 theme was “People, Purpose, Presence.” ...

Within two minutes of police officers arriving at the scene at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2020, in Camarillo, Austin Manzano, 24, had been shot. As he told the 911 operator, that is exactly what he ...

PICTURED: Explore Wines’ Lisa Stoll (left) and Gretel Compton of Clos des Amis at South Mountain Winery. Photo by Gwendolyn Alley After plentiful December rains, followed by unusually dry weather ...

Graham Farrar can barely contain his excitement as he provides a tour of his 5.5 million square-foot greenhouse south of Camarillo. The operation is expected to become the world’s largest for growing ...

Jess Vela is a 20-year-old Oxnard College student who moved to Ventura County with her family about three years ago. Vela loves fashion and taking care of her beautiful, flowing dark hair. She’s ...

Sulphur Mountain sits 3,000 feet above Ventura County, looming directly above the Ojai Valley Inn. Not quite as tall as the Topa Topas to the north, where exposed shale glows white during the day and ...

Ojai-based Sespe Creek Collective has always been a trailblazer. The first licensed cannabis dispensary and delivery service in Ventura County, it has sailed the often stormy seas of marijuana ...

Alex Montoya is very into the Casa Pacifica Angels Wine, Food and Brew Festival’s Yummie Culinary Competition. He won first place in the “savory” category this year as chef for Water’s Edge Restaurant ...

Famous musicians who call Ojai home sang the praises of Libbey Bowl at the Oct. 22 Ojai City Council meeting. Their voices preceded a unanimous vote to engage new management for commercial programming ...

When two untagged, wild-born bald eagles coupled and built their nest near Lake Casitas in 2009-10, they became the first nesting pair in the Ojai Valley in 100 years. It took the couple until 2013 to ...