From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Oui Wii

by Todd Miller December 12, 2009

I am a latecomer to the world of Wii, my appetite for video games dying with Atari’s passing many years ago. For some reason, if the game’s champions and villains aren’t primitive low-res insects, monsters, or spaceships, they have no appeal to me.

So I was more than a little surprised…

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Go Green Ojai Reception Tomorrow

by Tyler Suchman December 12, 2009

I’ll be in DC, where I’ll be lucky if it hits the low ’40s. Hope y’all in Ojai come out to support this fun reception… the museum exhibit is quite stunning and a testament to the hundreds of man-hours and woman-hours that have been put in.

Go Green Ojai Reception –…

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Who Put the ‘O’ in O’jai?

by Millennium Twain December 12, 2009

Sung the ‘Ma’ in Matili’ha,
Placed the Top on SiTopTopa …
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Served the Wot in Siwot, were
Birthed and Blessed by (Mount) Santa Paula?

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Ojai Noble Peace Prize Recipients Back from Africa — Will Present Progam on Ending World Hunger

by Suza Francina December 12, 2009

Sunday, December 13, 5:00 pm, at Meditation Mount
Lyn Hebenstreit and Tara Blasco, directors of the Ojai based non-profit Global Resource Alliance (GRA) and recipients of Ojai’s 2008 Noble Peace Prize, are back from their tenth field trip to Africa. They will present an inspiring two-hour program entitled, “Ending World Hunger,”…

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Krotona Plane Crash Kills 2

by Tyler Suchman December 10, 2009

from a laundry list of agencies: Ojai Police Department, Patrol / Investigations; National Transportation Safety Board; Federal Aviation Administration
Sheriff’s Deputies from the Ojai Police station were dispatched to investigate multiple reports of a small plane crash in the Ojai Valley. The callers gave various locations for deputies to check before…

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Coming to Ojai: A Joyous Holiday Concert with Tingstad and Rumbel at Meditation Mount

by Suza Francina December 10, 2009

Debut Performance in Ventura County
Saturday, December 12th at 7:30 pm
A holiday concert, Comfort and Joy, with Grammy Award-winning musicians, Tingstad and Rumbel, will take place at Meditation Mount on Saturday, December 12th at 7:30 pm.
Tickets are available online at www.meditation.com; $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Meditation Mount…

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Coffee Klatch

by Todd Miller December 9, 2009

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Drive the length and breadth of Silicon Valley, and you’ll see lots of office buildings, homes to the biggest names in technology. Some are fantastic campuses, like the Googleplex. Some are garden variety leased office space. So what do they actually manufacture in these hi-tech HQs?

Coffee.

Bold, medium roast, espresso, latte,…

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A lively Ojai City Council Meeting last night…

by Suza Francina December 9, 2009

Ojai council votes for appointment, not election, to fill seat of retiring mayor
By Kevin Clerici
Posted December 9, 2009 at 6:53 a.m.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/dec/09/ojai-council-votes-for-appointment-not-election/

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Ojai gang member sentenced to 27 years

by Tyler Suchman December 8, 2009

From the VCSD Gang Unit…
Sergio Ramos was sentenced this morning to 27 years in state prison for a shooting he committed in Oak View in 2008. Ramos, an Ojai gang member, has been in custody since his arrest in June of 2008.

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Ojai Snow Day

by Tyler Suchman December 8, 2009

Here yesterday, gone tomorrow. Couple photos below – first from my iPhone, second from reader Randy Graham.
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