From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Evening Mental Health Break

by Tyler Suchman April 29, 2009

Flaming Lips and the band White Dwarfs and Stardeath cover Madonna’s Borderline. (hat tip C&L)

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Twitter Contest: win a free autographed book

by Tyler Suchman April 29, 2009

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“style, naturally” is written by eco-supermodel Summer Rayne Oakes, who presented last month at a gathering up at Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. It is hand-autographed, and a perfect gift for someone who is interested in fashion and eco-trends.

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Ojai Myths Series Installment No. 2: Joaquin Of The Grape

by SPK April 29, 2009

Joaquin Murrieta was an outlaw, California’s famous outlaw, a striking long haired Mexican vaquero with blazing eyes who was blamed for every crime that happened anywhere in California during those tumultuous years around 1853, when California had just newly been stolen from Mexico, and the Yankees were coming in droves looking for gold.

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Do Your Own Research: Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory Farms

by Suza Francina April 29, 2009

This “swine flu” article by F. William Engdahl is one of the most interesting ones I’ve found so far and if I make a fool of myself posting this, so be it. I’m most curious to find out what Ojai Post readers think. The original source with photographs can be…

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Stop The Trucks: CRITICAL MEETING TO BLOCK OZENA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6TH AT 6:00 PM AT CHAPARRAL

by Howard Smith April 28, 2009

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The Ventura County Planning Agency has issued a Notice of an Environmental Impact Scoping Meeting for the Ozena Valley Ranch Mine to be held in the Chaparral High School Auditorium at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 6th.
Scoping Meetings are an important forum to establish the breadth of a EIR. This…

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VCSD: Swine Flu Info

by Tyler Suchman April 28, 2009

From the Sheriff:
While there are currently no identified cases of swine flu in Ventura County, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department would like to inform the public that we are closely monitoring the situation locally and nationwide. The Ventura County Public Health Department (under the authority of the Ventura County Health…

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More on the Stabbing / Homicide

by Tyler Suchman April 28, 2009

from OVN. All this over colors? Disgusting on its face, but I’m sure its only part of the story…

Sheriff’s Capt. Chris Dunn, who serves as the Ojai police chief, said: “We believe it was gang related because the parties were gang associates, especially the suspect. I’m not sure the victim was…

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Ojai Education Foundation offers classroom grants

by Tyler Suchman April 28, 2009

from the OEF…
Ojai educators: Ojai Education Foundation — the nonprofit group that supports Ojai’s public schools — is once again accepting applications for its annual minigrants to help fund classroom projects.

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