Oxnard--People looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day Gift got their wish and benefitted the Oxnard Band Boosters Sunday, February 5. THE Valentine Vendor Market and Resource Event in the Oxnard High School Parking lots was loaded with treasures and keepsakes to make anyone happy. The event featured food, Face Painting, live music performances, resources, and much more. Event Organizer Lu...
Chris Frost · Feb 10, 2023
The City of Camarillo’s largest capital improvement project, the North Pleasant Valley Groundwater Desalter, received a permit to operate from the State Division of Drinking Water and is now delivering high-quality water to City water customers. "THE commitment and persistence of so many individuals and agencies has taken this remarkable project from a conceptual idea to the reality that it...
Staff Reports · Feb 7, 2023
City Manager Brian Gabler today announced the appointment of Steve Shorts as the new Police Chief of the Simi Valley Police Department. Shorts, who has 33 years of law enforcement experience, has been serving as the Interim Chief since the retirement of former Chief David Livingstone on December 16, 2022. MAYOR Fred Thomas praised the appointment. “The Simi Valley Police Department is a well...
Staff Reports · Feb 7, 2023
After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought, part of a ceiling collapsed on a nurse, the air conditioning conked out regularly, and a toilet once burst on Sample while she was helping a resident in the bathroom, she recalled in a court deposition. “It’s a disgusting place,” Sample, a nurse aide, testified in 2021. The decrepit conditions Sample described weren’t due to a lac...
Jordan Rau · Feb 7, 2023
It never found enough of an audience to warrant a review from me, but I really liked “Searching” back in 2018. I would have given it a grade of B, maybe an A- if I was willing to look past some outstanding questions. The taut mystery-thriller followed a father’s search for his missing daughter, with footage consisting entirely of whatever was showing on the father’s computer screen - everythi...
Bob Garver · Feb 7, 2023
Oxnard--The future direction of the proposed Sports Park continues with public comments from Greg Runyon, who said the City would end up in a quagmire if they start doing this or that. THE City Council accepted the Staff’s recommendation of a Baseball and Softball Complex as the future uses of a proposed Sports Park during its Tuesday, January 17 meeting, along with a Soccer Complex addressi...
Chris Frost · Jan 27, 2023
Oxnard-- The Dr. Martin Luther King Junior celebration, remembrance, and walk continues with State Assemblyman Steve Bennett from the 38th District offering his favorite King quote. "ONE of his famous lines was we need an opportunity for everyone to grow up in the Sunshine of Opportunity,” Bennett said. “I think about when he made those comments back in the 1960s and where are we today?” He...
Chris Frost · Jan 27, 2023
Oxnard--The Public Works and Transportation Committee reviewed its water policy on Tuesday, January 24, and received a related litigation update. DEPUTY City Manager Shiri Klima said the committee requested reports about water, recycled water, and wastewater. Committee members wanted a Water Division tour as well as an update about the City water resources and a drought update. “They wanted...
Chris Frost · Jan 27, 2023
Oxnard-- The City Council approved revisions to the conceptual design of the proposed South Oxnard Aquatic Center Tuesday, January 17, along with an amendment to the agreement with Design Architecture and Urban Design. CHANGES to the design include the goals for the Aquatic Center, the cost for the Alternate B Concept Plan selected by the Council on September 6, 2022, and information related...
Chris Frost · Jan 20, 2023
Oxnard--In his report to the Council Tuesday, January 17, City Manager Alex Nguyen said the next community meeting about the water cost related to the drought in Oxnard is from 6-8 p.m. Monday, January 23, at the River Ridge Golf Course Club Room. THE course address is 2401 West Vineyard Avenue. Councilman Bert Perello asked if there was anything to report about the area’s recent rain storm...
Chris Frost · Jan 20, 2023
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