From the monthly archives:

July 2011

Second Request for Permit Review of New Lake Casitas Fence

by Suza Francina July 31, 2011

Guest editorial by Sholom Joshua, Suza Francina and Sue Williamson, Ojai Wildlife League

The Ojai Wildlife League has submitted a Second Request for a Permit Review to the Bureau of Reclamation, the agency responsible for approving the new chain-link fence along Santa Ana Road. This letter was sent via certified mail…

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Time for an Ojai Summer Juice Feast

by Suza Francina July 31, 2011

Updated Thursday, August 4, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Getting Ready For Day One of My August Juice Feast

Last night it hit me that it’s the end of July and August is around the corner. Suddenly it feels like time for another juice feast, which I have always intended to do after…

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CA-26: Consolidating Ventura

by Tyler Suchman July 30, 2011

I came across an article on the percolating battle between Lois Capps (D) and Abel Maldonado (R) for the newly drawn CA-24 congressional district.

That led me to the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, which has nearly final maps which will be voted on August 15th.

Ojai is slated to be part of CA-26,…

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More Bear – Reader Photo (Updated)

by Tyler Suchman July 30, 2011

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Thanks to reader Dick Albright, who sent in a photo and this note: “Not the same bear but I shot him (photo) before he had a chance to “scat”. He (she) had a couple of cubs the night (0100) before down Seymour Cyn. He was 20 feet away coming out…

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The Return of the Bear

by Tyler Suchman July 28, 2011

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Last week, Ali Sun and I saw large bear scat on Rugby Road, a path that separates Thacher Rd and Hendrickson Rd. We broke it open and it looked like a baked guacamole pie. I wish I had video of it – it was incredible! The next night we had…

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OFS Screens SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION

by ojaifilmsociety July 27, 2011

On Sunday, July 31 at 4:30 pm, the Ojai Film Society will screen Soundtrack for a Revolution. Oscar-winning documentarians Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman capture the essence of the Southern Freedom Movement through music, interviews, and archival footage of signal events from the 1950s and ‘60s. The resonant music—studio renditions…

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Aquarium: John Sidman paintings and works on paper

by linda Harmon July 26, 2011

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John Sidman’s current work features everything aquatic. His bright and graphic images capture the restless whimsical movement of life underwater. The artist is having his first one man show beginning August 7 and running until September 1 at the Ojai Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery in Ojai. The show promises…

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Japanese Guitarist Hopes for Positive Fall-out Sunday

by linda Harmon July 26, 2011

Goh Kurosawa combines traditional Japanes music with classical training and international flavors.

Goh Kurosawa combines traditional Japanese music with classical training and international flavors.

On March 11 Japanese guitarist Goh Kurosawa began to watch helplessly as first an earthquake, then a powerful tsunami, and finally radiation ravaged his homeland.

This Sunday afternoon in Ojai he hopes to see another kind of fall out, support…

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Amanda McBroom to appear in Fundraiser for the Arts

by linda Harmon July 25, 2011

Amanda McBroom will grace the Ojai Art Center Stage for the first time in a benefit prformance.

Amanda McBroom will grace the Ojai Art Center Stage for the first time in a benefit prformance.

Amanda McBroom will appear at the Ojai Art Center in an August 27 benefit concert because she believes in the arts’ ability to change lives. It changed hers.

McBroom, a stage phenomenon and revered singer…

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“Two Ojai Artists Want to go to Europe” Sale

by linda Harmon July 25, 2011

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Kirk Lowry's resing and acrylic "Mind Expansion"

Artist Summer Sale this Saturday, July 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Ojai Creates!, 606 E. Ojai Ave. The sale started as a way to get Caruk and Williams a trip to Paris and has grown from there as artists have joined…

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