From the monthly archives:

January 2008

The Presidential Primaries

by Kenley Neufeld January 31, 2008

The California primaries are less than a week away and the ensuing discussion and rhetoric are increasing. We have been having a great discussion over on the South Carolina Primary thread (about to break 100 comments), but since that thread has now dropped off the home page, it seemed prudent to…

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Highway 33 still closed – update

by Tyler Suchman January 31, 2008

From the Forest Service…
Cal Trans informed the Forest Service yesterday that Highway 33 will stay closed just past Wheeler Gorge and will probably not reopen until Monday, 2/4/08. They had other priorities and just received emergency funding to work on the road. They now have 2 bulldozers and 6 dump…

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The Dog, the Cat and the Rat visit Santa Barbara

by Suza Francina January 31, 2008

Thanks to Peggy LaCerra for sending me this!
“The Best Peace Sign!!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D85yrIgA4Nk

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Jhana DreamTime Walkers

by Millennium Twain January 30, 2008

nine minutes from our first (ninety minute) performance …

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A Season for Nonviolence, 2008

by evan austin January 30, 2008

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Today is January 30th, 2008. It was on this day in 1948 that Mohandas K. Gandhi was shot and killed in Delhi, and it is on this date that we begin the Season for Nonviolence. This 64-day period between the memorial dates of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. (April…

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Poetry At The Village Jester

by Robert Peake January 29, 2008

Poetry Matters! Starting this coming Monday, Tree Bernstein will host a regular poetry reading series at The Village Jester Restaurant & Pub on the first Monday of each month. The evening will start with an open mic at 8PM and a featured poet at 8:30. This coming Monday, February 4th, the series…

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Homeless Art

by Lisa Snider January 29, 2008

homeless art.jpgBob Ballard is doing great things for the homeless. He is bringing them an opportunity to create. And he is doing great things for art lovers. He is bringing them art from an unlikely place: homeless shelters. He is doing all of this because he wants to shift perceptions.
The story…

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Soldiers Are Made To Die

by evan austin January 28, 2008

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Hollywood and fans the world over were shocked last week when Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger, gaining fame for challenging roles in films such as Monster’s Ball, Brokeback Mountain, and this coming summer’s The Dark Knight, was found dead in his apartment with sleeping pills nearby, at the age of 28.
Lauded personally…

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Chamber Breakfast: Tiny Mussel – Huge Problem

by Tyler Suchman January 28, 2008

A note of community interest from Scott Eicher, Ojai Chamber CEO…
quagga musselAs reported in the Ojai Valley News, Lake Casitas is threatened with Quagga Mussel infestation. If the Quagga enters the lake’s ecosystem, it will be virtually impossible to remove. Closing the lake could keep it out, but at what cost?…

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Morning Joe

by Tyler Suchman January 27, 2008

For those not familiar with him, Joe Scarborough is a right-wing pundit on MSNBC and former GOP congressman. It’s really quite stunning to see how Obama is starting to single-handedly craft a new tone in America after 15 years of bitter partisanship.

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