From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Good News for Los Padres!

by Leigh Melander August 13, 2009

You may remember that in 2005 the Bush administration decided to open up national forests to building more roads so commercial interests could log and mine more effectively. 58 million acres in US states and Puerto Rico were to be opened, including 465,000 acres in Los Padres alone. There have been…

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Smoke in the West, Fire on the Horizon …

by Millennium Twain August 13, 2009

looking towards the West, last half hour, brownish clouds moving in, Sun turning to bronze …
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will do a search under Fire Santa Barbara 13 August …

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Overnight Thread: Bear Edition

by Tyler Suchman August 13, 2009

1:15am: On our way home from seeing The Jane Doe’s at Movino, we were driving up our street on the east end, and 50 feet in front of us a BEAR crossed the road. A big one. Holy crap! ‘nite, Ojai.

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Ojai Economic Forum – SAVE THE DATE!

by Howard Smith August 12, 2009

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FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: www.ojaieconomy.com/2009-ojai-forum/

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Jane Doe’s tonight at Movino

by Tyler Suchman August 12, 2009

hot show, see you there – Brad Buley at 9, Jane Doe’s at 10. Following is lonelygirl15 of YouTube fame featuring The Jane Doe’s “Junkie”.

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Ojai Playwrights Conference Aug. 11-16

by Demitri Corbin August 12, 2009

One of the reasons why I volunteer for the playwright’s conference every year is that I get a chance to connect with old friends and colleagues and get reacquainted with a process I know all too well – the play workshop. It is a process that maybe only interesting to…

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4-H Kids and Their Animals: the Ultimate Betrayal at the Fair

by Suza Francina August 11, 2009

Guest Editorial by Marty Fast, a former 4-H leader who lives in Ojai
Once again this year, the 4-H animals are on display at the Ventura County Fair. Many of these animals return home once the fair is over, but what happens to the pigs and other market animals? Market pigs…

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MAC Notes

by Tyler Suchman August 11, 2009

From Steve Offerman in Supervisor Steve Bennett’s office… documents are the two most recent on the Ojai Post MAC Archive page.
Greetings-
The agenda for the August 17th MAC meeting and the staff report from the Planning Division on the Scenic Resource Protection issue are attached.
This is intended to be the final…

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Guest Editorial: Smitty West on Bees

by Tyler Suchman August 11, 2009

observations from M.O. resident, native plant grower, exemplary musician and all-around good guy Smitty West…
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Last week, I saw a contractor measuring and marking along the right-of-way in front of Euterpe Farms, and I stopped and chatted with the guy to see what was up.
He was working for the utility company…

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Jane Doe’s at Movino Wed. Night

by Tyler Suchman August 11, 2009

Free Future Wednesday tomorrow night at Movino Wine Bar – 9pm, Brad Buley followed by The Jane Doe’s in a special acoustic “red-eyed soul” performance. Andy and Brad are good friends of mine, but I’m not blowing smoke when I tell you Andy is hands-down one of the best vocalists and…

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