From the monthly archives:

May 2010

A New Look at the Top Ten Reasons for Making Ojai a Bicycle-and-Pedestrian Friendly Community

by Suza Francina May 15, 2010

Celebrate Bike-to-Work Week, May 17– 21, 2010
May is National Bike Month, and the League of American Bicyclists is partnering with hundreds of cities across the country to promote Bike-to-Work Week from May 17-21 and Bike to-Work Day on Friday, May 21.
If you grew up in Ojai fifty years ago,…

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Construction of Ojai Skate Park Has Been Approved!

by Mike Didj May 14, 2010

After a great deal of back and forth debating, Ojai will finally have its in ground skateboard park. I was beginning to wonder if this project was ever going to get off the design table. I am delighted to report that I just received the amazing news via Ojai Valley…

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John Zeretzke Given City of Ojai’s Lifetime Achievement Award

by Tyler Suchman May 12, 2010

story from Linda Harmon…congrats to a worthy recipient.
I first met Zeretzke on the back patio of Local Hero (now Feast Bistro), on a beautiful Ojai summer night. He and tenor Mark Llewellyn were performing lilting ballads that floated on the evening air. The audience knew they were in the presence…

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The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol

by Tyler Suchman May 12, 2010

PR on Ojai local and NY Village Voice co-founder John Wilcock‘s new edition of his 1971 book, The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol. Also click through to see more on his new autobiography, Manhattan Memories.
Village Voice and Interview co-founder John Wilcock was first drawn into the milieu of…

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OVGC: Thinking Like a Watershed

by Tyler Suchman May 12, 2010

from the fine folk at the Ojai Valley Green Coalition…
Thinking like a watershed is what Brock Dolman of the WATER Institute would like all of us to start doing. On May 26 he’ll be in Ojai to comment on a 20-minute documentary produced by the Surfrider Foundation called Cycle of…

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Dismantling of the Casitas Warning System

by Tyler Suchman May 12, 2010

from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services (followup from the first post on February 8th)…
The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services has ceased operation and testing of the Casitas Warning System, and released the system for disposal.