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Three in custody after shots fired in Meiners Oaks
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- Published: Thursday, 04 March 2021 10:09
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Sheriff's deputies outside a residence in the Ojai Valley Estates, at 1975 Maricopa Highway, in Meiners Oaks at about 11:45 p.m. March 3.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Authorities say three suspects are in custody after shots were fired in Meiners Oaks the evening of March 3.
Outpouring of love counters sign of hate on Ojai peace sign
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- Published: Thursday, 04 March 2021 02:37
Photo by Fern Barishman
A ubiquitous pink peace sign in Ojai, created by Fern Barishman's neighbor Lou Mora, was given to her by friend Brian Berman. It replaces the peace sign in front of Barishman's home on Ojai's Ventura Street that was defaced with a spraypainted backward swastika, obscenity and racial epithet sometime overnight between Feb. 19 and Feb. 20.
By Marianne Ratcliff, Ojai Valley News editor
Who ever spraypainted a backward swastika, racial epithet and obscenity on a pink peace sign on Ojai’s Ventura Street during the night from Feb. 19 to the morning of Feb. 20 probably had no idea that act of hate would prompt such an outpouring of love.
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Man arrested for assault after Ojai fight
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- Published: Wednesday, 03 March 2021 15:41
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Ojai Police arrested an Oak View man on assault with a deadly weapon charges March 3 after a fight with another man in downtown Ojai.
VC reports 8 new COVID-19 deaths since Friday; 338 new cases
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- Published: Monday, 01 March 2021 15:29
Ventura County Public Health reported the following COVID-19 numbers for Ventura County on Monday:
-338 new cases since Friday
-77,594 total cases
-75,872 recovered cases
-870 active cases
-1,124,715 tests performed
-94 hospitalizations
-31 in the ICU
-852 deaths (+8 since Friday)
-25.8% ICU availability countywide
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More COVID-19 vaccine appointments available today, March 1, including at Nordhoff
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- Published: Monday, 01 March 2021 08:51
More COVID-19 Vaccine appointments are open now, Monday March 1. As of 8:45 a.m. March 1, the Nordhoff High School vaccine site still had limited appointments available this Friday March 5 and Saturday March 6.
The online appointment portal is available at the following link: www.venturacountyrecovers.org/vaccine-information/portal/.
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VC reports 10 new COVID-19 deaths since yesterday; 240 new cases
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 15:49
Ventura County Public Health reported the following COVID-19 numbers for Ventura County on Friday:
-240 new cases since yesterday
-77,256 total cases
-75,454 recovered cases
-844 active cases
-1,118,714 tests performed
-131 hospitalizations
-31 in the ICU
-844 deaths (+10 since yesterday)
-25.4% ICU availability countywide
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Vaccine site in Ojai
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 10:07
Ojai Valley News photo by Austin Widger
Ojai Valley Community Hospital staff, as well as volunteers from local physician offices, HELP of Ojai and the Gables, train on how to administer the COVID-19 vaccine at Nordhoff High School on Feb. 19.
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Headed into its third day of operation on Friday, Feb. 26, the Ojai COVID-19 vaccine site at Nordhoff High School is running smoothly, getting shots in arms of residents.
Educators, food workers, first responders eligible for shots
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 10:04
Ojai Valley News photos by Austin Widger
The Nordhoff High School COVID-19 vaccination site ran like a well-oiled machine, with no line outside on Feb. 24.
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
Some Ojai educators received their first COVID-19 vaccine doses on Feb. 24, the same day the Ventura County officials stated that county school employees are now eligible to be vaccinated.
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Second-unit compliance deal extended to boost affordable housing stock
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:54
Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter
The Ojai City Council, at its meeting Tuesday, unanimously approved a two-year extension of the Accessory Dwelling Unit/Second Unit Compliance Program until March 8, 2023.
OVSD in hot water over fees
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:51
Ojai Valley News file photo by Perry Van Houten
OVSD’s Ojai Valley Treatment Plant along the Ventura River collects and treats wastewater from approximately 20,000 residents of the city of Ojai, the unincorporated Ojai Valley and the north Ventura Avenue area.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
The state of California claims that Ojai Valley Sanitary District is out of compliance with state law on accessory dwelling units and is impeding housing during a housing crisis.
Assemblyman proposes law to allow public court access
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:48
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Assemblyman Steve Bennett of Ventura is sworn into office at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Dec. 7, 2020.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Newly elected state Assemblyman and former Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett has introduced legislation to require courts to provide remote access to open court proceedings for the public and media.
Stewart Canyon restoration underway Saturday morning
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:46
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Launa Taylor, left, and Hannah Wilson from The C.R.E.W. weeding in Middle Stewart Canyon Creek Feb. 13.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Volunteers are needed this Saturday morning to help pull invasive grasses and plant native plants in a waterway near Ojai City Hall.
Active COVID-19 cases in county drop below 1,000
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:41
As of Feb. 18, there were 77,016 people who ever were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Ventura County, and 961 active cases under quarantine.
217 fatal overdoses in county last year
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:38
Of the 2,045 deaths reported to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office in 2020, 217 that the medical examiner investigated were due to medications, alcohol and/or illicit drugs, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office, which released the statistics in a special report on Feb. 24.
Residents reminded to lock doors and vehicles to reduce thefts
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:34
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An electronic message board on Highway 33 at Nye Road in Casitas Springs advises residents to lock up.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
Ojai’s top cop is reminding residents to lock their cars and homes.