From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Baby Preacher

by Mike Didj April 24, 2009

What’s your first reaction to this?

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Attasalina and the Seraphim Rising

by Demitri Corbin April 24, 2009

Attasalina and the Seraphim Rising are launching their first tour; Wrestling with the Angels at Theater 150. Tickets for Friday, April 24th are $15 and can be purchased at www.theater150.org or in Ojai at Coffee Connection, Cardinali Bros. Music and Studio Sauvageau. Doors open at 8, Show begins at 9pm.…

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STOP THE TRUCKS: Maricopa Highway: Road Low on Traffic but High on Tales of Death, Mystery

by Howard Smith April 23, 2009

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REMEMBERING ROUTE 33 THE WAY IT WAS WAY BACK IN 2001 BEFORE THE OZENA MINE BEGAN OPERATING
As we approach the May 6th EIR Scoping meeting at 6:00 pm at Chaparral, we thought it useful to reprint this article purchased some time ago from the LA Times that describes Route 33,…

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May 19 Special Election Thread

by Tyler Suchman April 23, 2009

There’s a statewide special election coming up on May 19, covering Proposition 1A through 1F.
What’s important, how are you voting?

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Moms Come First – Three Steps to Enlightened Parenting What is Love in Parenting?

by Dvorah April 23, 2009

Everyone is talking about love and how to show it, get it, keep it, display it or sell it. The world is obsessed with this “thing” called love, as poets romanticize it, scientists study it, saints extol it, and parents try to live by it. What is this mystery called…

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UCSB’S “Floatopia” Bad For Community And Planet

by evan austin April 23, 2009

April 22, 2009
Dear UCSB Students:
I have been Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UCSB for almost twenty years, and during that time I have found countless reasons to be proud of UCSB students. I have watched as students championed issues of social justice—militating for the rights of gays/lesbians/bi-sexual/transgender citizens, fighting…

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PET PSYCHIC INTERVIEW: GEORGIA NEEDS A HOME

by Laura Stinchfield April 23, 2009

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Georgia is a 2 yr. old spayed female blond Shepherd mix, 59 lbs. She is great with dogs and very shy with people. Her first owner was a dog hoarder. There were over a hundred dogs at her home. Georgia is now awaiting a person and home at DAWG in…

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Ojai Valley City Watch Report April 21

by Leigh Melander April 22, 2009

Hi everyone:
Well, this time it’s only taken me 24 hours to pass along the news from Joe Evans…here ’tis:

Monte Via Thefts
Well our friends and neighbors in the Monte Via tract are at it again. This past weekend a crook decided to go into this neighborhood and look for victims. Well…

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Narcotics Arrest

by Tyler Suchman April 22, 2009

From the Ventura County Sheriff…
Location: Ojai
Date: April 17, 2009
Suspect: Jerry Montanez, Ojai, 56
Sheriff’s narcotics investigators received information that Jerry Montanez, a 56-year-old resident of the Ojai area, was possibly involved in cocaine sales. On April 17, detectives contacted Montanez and found him to be under the influence of a controlled…

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News From The Music Festival

by Tyler Suchman April 22, 2009

First, this:

Steve Reich, the 2008 featured composer at the Ojai Music Festival described by New Yorker magazine as “the most original musical thinker of our time,” has won a Pulitzer Prize for Double Sextet, which was commissioned and premiered in 2007 by eighth blackbird, the music director of the 2009 Ojai…

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