From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Open Music Thread

by Tyler Suchman April 12, 2010

Metallica’s maturing smooth jazz-metal fusion. Still rocks! What are you listening to?

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our Sirius Songline, the Harmonies, returned …

by Millennium Twain April 12, 2010

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of Sol’s orbit about Sirius …
and for the local news …

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Letter to the City from John van Houten, M.D., “It is time for Ojai to take a new look at the existing Bike Plan”

by Suza Francina April 11, 2010

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan will be on the Ojai City Council Agenda, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (See article below or click here) http://www.ojaipost.com/2010/04/bicyclepedestrian_master_plan.shtml
John van Houten, M.D., sent the following cover Letter concerning the City’s Bike/Ped Plan to Ojai City staff and Council in September, 2009.
To the Ojai City…

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Matilija Middle Fork Access

by Tyler Suchman April 11, 2010

I received the following note of interest. h/t: Joel Robinson.

For many years, recreation users have enjoyed hiking in the Matilija drainage including trails the North Fork, Middle Fork and Murietta Canyon. Buzz Bonsall owns property in the Middle Fork. He has informed the Forest Service that he is denying public…

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Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan on Ojai City Council Agenda

by Suza Francina April 11, 2010

Alternative Transportation is on the Ojai City Council Agenda, Tuesday April 13, 2010. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm. It’s hard to predict when the council will discuss the items below, as it depends in part on how many people speak at the beginning of the meeting on “Unscheduled Items.”…

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Save Libbey Bowl…why?

by Fred Rothenberg April 10, 2010

The first year that Sweetie and I moved to Ojai we attended the Music Festival. We had no idea what to expect, including the Libbey Bowl wooden benches imported from Spain after Torquemada had finished with them.
We sat close to the front, not wanting to miss a dulcet tone, a…

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Theater 150: Bankrupt Nations: Is the U.S. Next?

by Tyler Suchman April 10, 2010

[PR] In the next of her “Behind the Headlines” series at Ojai’s Theater 150, journalist Nomi Morris will discuss “BANKRUPT NATIONS: ICELAND, GREECE – IS THE UNITED STATES NEXT?” Monday, April 12th at 7 pm
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Poland’s Top Leaders, President Killed in Plane Crash

by Tyler Suchman April 10, 2010

Devastating plane crash claims 96 among Poland’s leadership, including the President, the heads of Poland’s military branches and dozens of members of Parliament.

A plane carrying the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and dozens of the country’s top political and military leaders crashed in a heavy fog in western Russia on Saturday morning,…

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Larry Hagman’s Ojai Estate on Christie’s

by Tyler Suchman April 9, 2010

Really great video Christie’s put together as a selling tool for the Hagman estate in Upper Ojai. Gives a rarely seen flavor of the entire estate, which is quite spectacular. I’ll invite you all up when I close escrow.

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The Equine Sanctuary in Ojai faces crisis and rescued horses might have to be put down

by DK Crawford April 9, 2010

The rescued horses at The Equine Sanctuary have 5 days of hay left and perhaps enough pelleted grain to get through Friday. If they don’t get the resources they need, the founder/director of the nonprofit sanctuary Alexis Ells will be faced with putting these rescued horses down. For a sanctuary…

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