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VC Office of Education tells Ojai Unified: 'The District may not meet its financial obligations for the current and two subsequent fiscal years'
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- Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 15:02
Photo of first page of three-page letter to Ojai Unified School District trustees, copied in its entirety below, with the school board members' addresses whited out.
When Ojai Unified School District Board of Trustees meets Wednesday, May 11, it will discuss an April 21 letter from the Ventura County Office of Education, explaining that its analysis of the school district's second interim report, "indicates the District may not meet its financial obligations for the current and two subsequent fiscal years."
Ojai Unified trustees to meet May 11 to discuss finances, pool, tennis courts, district office future, parcel tax, college preparedness and more
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- Published: Monday, 09 May 2022 13:04
The Ventura County Office of Education has issued a “qualified certification” for the Ojai Unified School District finances and OUSD is required to submit a third interim financial report for operations ending April 30. That report is due June 1.
Tennis court color and krypton on agenda for Historic Preservation Commission - May 12
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- Published: Monday, 09 May 2022 10:25
by Kimberly Rivers Ojai Valley News reporter
In a virtual and in person meeting on May 12 the City of Ojai Historic Preservation Commission will give a final review of the Ojai Playhouse kryton lit letters plan and will review a proposal to change the colors of the Civic Center tennis courts permanently to blue.
Ethel Percy Andrus — Enriching generations of Americans
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 10:49
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Ethel Percy Andrus
By Craig Walker
Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus was 72 years old when she moved to Ojai in 1954. She didn’t come here to retire, however; she came to create an innovative new retirement home. Along the way, she also built an organization that would revolutionize aging and retirement in America.
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Laura Denne — Conducting a beautiful life
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 10:41
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Laura Denne
By Perry Van Houten
Ojai Valley News senior reporter
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Since moving to Ojai more than 30 years ago, many of Laura Denne’s contributions to the valley have been centered around her love of music.
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René Nakao-Mauch — Adding up a career of teaching, coaching, inspiring
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 10:34
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René Nakao-Mauch
By Marianne Ratcliff Ojai Valley News editor
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If you want a workout, just try to catch René Nakao-Mauch — Nordhoff High School athletic director, head girls’ volleyball coach, head swim coach, math teacher, CrossFit aficionado, and hiker.
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Mariana Peirano — Connecting people to the planet through art
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 10:27
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By Pamela Zero
Special to the Ojai Valley News
Mariana Peirano is an expert at building pathways, creating connections and helping people find common ground. She did so for more than 30 years as an elementary school teacher, using art to bridge the gap between immigrant children and the school system. “One of the first things they do away with in public education is the arts. The children crave it, and in elementary school they need it. For a lot of them it’s their only outlet.”
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Stephanie James — Sharing unfiltered truths on 'Topa Talk'
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 10:20
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By Grant Phillips
Stephanie James and Cody Creighton’s goal for their podcast “Topa Talk” is “to have fun, meet amazing people, and inspire our listeners.”
“We kind of talk about nothing and everything at the same time,” James explains in the podcast’s one-minute trailer.
Their funny, irreverent banter, with a liberal sprinkling of swear words, has attracted a diverse following.
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Blair Braney — Getting schooled in how to make a difference in her hometown
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 10:12
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Blair Braney
By Kimberly Rivers Ojai Valley News reporter
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“School district seats have the most immediate and direct impact on the lives of families in any community,” said Blair Braney of Meiners Oaks. She has lived in the Ojai Valley for 32 of her 37 years, leaving only for college. “I was born and raised in Ojai…. As my oldest son entered kindergarten in Ojai Unified — the same school district both my parents and I attended — I got much more interested in the school district and its workings.”
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Bonnie Patton — Celebrating Independence Day and helping others
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 09:53
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Bonnie Patton
By Mimi Walker
Special to the Ojai Valley News
Bonnie Patton grew up both in Ojai and with Ojai. Her parents, Chuck Bushman and Patricia Bushman-Nelles, were key figures in the founding of the Ojai Independence Day Committee. Her father was chairman up until the last year of his life in 1979.
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River Sauvageau — Dreaming of mandalas going global
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- Published: Sunday, 08 May 2022 09:44
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By Mimi Walker
Special to the Ojai Valley News
When River Sauvageau arrived in Ojai in April 1978, she knew she had found a place of true vocational awakening. “What has been really helpful for me, and what attracted me here in the first place, was community,” she said. “There’s an openness here that I wasn’t finding in other places. There’s a strong spirit of cooperation and mutuality and reciprocation,” she said.
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Spending on Measures A & B on old oil permits breaks county record
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- Published: Saturday, 07 May 2022 09:32
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By Kit Stolz Special to the Ojai Valley News
Ventura County voters on June 7 will decide what appears to be the costliest local ballot measure battle in its electoral history, more than doubling the previous record. Already the county’s biggest oil producer, Aera Energy has, over the last two years, donated $6.5 million to a “Stop Measures A and B” coalition.
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New Fire Station 20 dedicated
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- Published: Friday, 06 May 2022 13:35
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Seconds after he cut the ribbon on new Fire Station 20 in Upper Ojai, 5-year-old Malakai Morris gets a high five from Andy VanSciver, public information
officer with the Ventura County Fire Department. The new fire station replaces the original station built in 1959. Looking on are, from left, VCFD Deputy Chief Chad Cook, CHP Capt. Jarod Primicerio, county CEO Sevet Johnson, Santa Paula Councilman Rick Araiza, Supervisor Kelly Long, Fire Chief Dustin Gardner, Supervisor Matt LaVere, Ojai Mayor Betsy Stix, Santa Paula Mayor Jenny Crosswhite, Santa Paula Councilman Carlos Juarez and Renee Jack with the U.S. Forest Service.
By Perry Van Houten Ojai Valley News senior reporter
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Ventura County Fire Department and local officials dedicated a new fire station in Upper Ojai with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 29.
Ojai Valley birders tie record on Big Day of Birding
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- Published: Friday, 06 May 2022 13:24
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From left, Rick Ridgeway, Sangeet Khalsa and Peter Larramendy look for birds at Lake Casitas.
By Perry Van Houten Ojai Valley News senior reporter
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A bird count in the Ojai Valley last week tied a record and even added a new bird to the list.
Hotel El Roblar appeal hearing set for May 10
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- Published: Friday, 06 May 2022 11:37
Renderings from project plans submitted to the city of Ojai
Design options 1 (top) and 2 of the south facade of Hotel El Roblar.
By Kimberly Rivers Ojai Valley News reporter
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Due to an appeal to the Ojai City Council, filed by a member of the public with an organization called Simply Ojai, the four property owners applying to open Hotel El Roblar at 122 E. Ojai Ave. will present their proposal to the council on May 10 for a final thumbs up or down.