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Free summer school and low-cost child care offered July 6-30; summer school jobs also available
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 19:38
Ojai Unified School District is offering free summer camps for elementary, middle and high school students July 6-30.
( El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Ojai ofrece campamentos de verano gratuitos para estudiantes de primaria, secundaria y preparatoria del 6 al 30 de julio. Además, OUSD ofrece cursos de arte, música y académicos para estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria.)
OUSD is also seeking community members to participate in its summer school program from July 6-30 as teachers, aides and support staff. Most classes will be held Monday through Thursday.
Those interested in helping with the program were asked to fill out an interest form by March 5 at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco3th5fJJDWvjZbTXfYIKVc5aYu8fXVPpwRx9Xi_OL11NpBg/viewform?gxids=7628
There will be in-person, hybrid and online options. Teachers will be paid $50 an hour; the amount support staff will be paid will depend on the position, according to a school district Facebook post.
Also, according to the Facebook post: “If you do not currently have a teaching credential, but would like to work with students, we can help with that as well.”
Recycling truck fire doused near Casitas Springs
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 11:44
Photo by VCFD
Ventura County firefighters extinguished a recycling truck fire near Foster Park on Thursday.
Parents rally for more class time
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:58
Ojai Valley News photo by Laura Rearwin Ward
People rally outside the Ojai Unified School District office March 16 in support of more in-person instruction for students.
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Ojai Unified School District parents, students and other community members rallied outside the Ojai Unified School District office on March 16 — many with signs — to show support for more in-person instruction for students.
Luck of the Irish
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:54
Photo by Rebecca Tickell
In anticipation of the St. Patrick's Day holiday, 6-year-old Athena Tickell and brother Jedi, 4, of Ojai found four-leaf clovers in their yard.
Judge calls city of Ventura water lawsuit 'a huge time suck'
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:52
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
The judge in the Santa Barbara Channelkeeper watershed adjudication lawsuit says the city of Ventura needs to do more clerical work before he can proceed with the case.
Read more: Judge calls city of Ventura water lawsuit 'a huge time suck'
Red tier means more openings
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:48
Screenshot from Ventura County press conference
Ventura County Executive Officer Michael Powers speaks about the red tier of reopening in downtown Ventura March 17.
Ventura County moved to the COVID-19 red tier of reopening March 17, meaning loosened restrictions on indoor dining, gyms, movie theaters and more.
Crime rate low, petty thefts up
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:44
Photo courtesy VCSO
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Led by a sharp uptick in thefts from unlocked vehicles, serious crime was up last year in the city of Ojai.
Sweet season for super sweet Pixies
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:42
Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
Lucio Vasquez picks Ojai Pixies March 16, while grower and packer Emily Ayala looks on.
Lucio Vasquez picks Ojai Pixies March 16, while grower and packer Emily Ayala looks on.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
This year's crop of Ojai Pixie tangerines is big on flavor and selling oh so sweetly, according to growers.
County COVID-19 hospitalizations drop below 50
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:38
As of March 18, there were 79,028 people who ever were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ventura County, and 439 active cases under quarantine.
Virtual wildfire-prevention speaker series starts in April
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:34
Ojai Valley News file photo by Perry Van Houten
A smoky sunrise over Ojai’s East End the morning of Dec. 6, 2017, during the Thomas Fire.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
A pair of local nonprofits is partnering in an educational campaign aimed at better preparing the community for wildfire.
Nordhoff Homecoming Week 'out of this world'
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:30
By Phoebe Dohrn, Special to the Ojai Valley News
Nordhoff High School’s leadership class has been busy planning safe and exciting Homecoming events that will be sure to invoke Ranger Pride during these more-than-unusual times.
Deadline to apply for Rotary grants extended
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:27
The Rotary Club of Ojai has extended to March 29 the deadline for local nonprofits to apply for Taste of Ojai profits.
Matilija Middle School cooks up new central kitchen
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:24
Ojai Valley News photo by Austin Widger
The new Matilija central kitchen and dining building.
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Construction was recently completed on the new Matilija Middle School central kitchen and dining area earlier this month.
No cars, housing for all in Ojai's crystal ball
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:20
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
No cars, tiny homes and housing for all were envisioned for Ojai's future by some councilmembers at a three-hour visioning and goal-setting workshop March 13 with facilitator Jim Selman of Ojai.
Ojai earns recognition as 2020 Tree City USA
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- Published: Friday, 19 March 2021 09:14
Image courtesy Ojai Valley Museum
A colorized postcard circa 1917 shows oaks growing in front of the newly constructed Arcade, just as Ojai benefactor Edward D. Libbey had wanted. The trees were removed in 1926 because they posed a traffic hazard.
For the first time since 2009, the city of Ojai has received recognition as a 2020 Tree City USA.