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The $300 Circus
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 11:00
By Laura Rearwin Ward, Ojai Valley News Publisher
Apparently, for $300, you can buy your own circus at Ojai City Council. If you missed the show May 10, I highly recommend you take the time to watch the city’s YouTube channel to see what happens when more than 40 of Ojai’s most engaged citizens push themselves away from their dinner tables to defend beleaguered Hotel El Roblar project applicants caught in the drama of a political stunt in the center ring: https://bit.ly/3yyya5T
Kingsnake has ‘rattlesnack’
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 09:46
Photo by Erin Miller
Kingsnakes are strong constrictors capable of consuming venomous rattlesnakes, as witnessed by a Meiners Oaks woman last week.
By Perry Van Houten Ojai Valley News senior reporter
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Meiners Oaks resident Erin Miller had just stopped at her mailbox the afternoon of May 4 when she saw it.
“I saw a weird clump of something in the driveway, moving,” she said.
Ventura County Fair to return Aug. 3-14
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 09:33
The Ventura County Fair rides again after a two-year hiatus Aug. 3 to 14.
Nordhoff dancers to get ‘Into the Headspace’ at dance concert May 20 and 21
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 09:26
Photos by Dean Zatkowsky
Nordhoff students Caitlin Roddick and Hannah Oswald explore movement and weight-sharing as they practice a routine for “Into the Headspace.”
Explore what’s up and on the minds of teenagers as the Nordhoff Choreography Honors students invite you “Into the Headspace” of teens today. Experience this unique dance concert at the Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo Road, on Friday, May 20, at 7 p.m and Saturday, May 21, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. For tickets go to: www.NHSdance.com.
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May 13-15 last chance to catch ‘All in the Timing’ one-acts at Ojai Art Center Theater
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 09:16
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Mail ‘Mail Art’ to ARTLIFE May 15
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 09:06
The ARTLIFE Foundation is encouraging artists to send in “mail art” on 6-by-9-inch canvases no later than May 15. Artists should mail to: ARTLIFE Foundation P.O. Box 23020 Ventura, CA 93002.
Ojai Independence Day Parade applications due June 9
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 08:53
Ojai Valley News photo by Laura Rearwin Ward
Sign up for the Ojai Independence Day Parade to be held this year on Monday, Jul 4. The application deadline is June 9 at 4 p.m. To download the application visit: https://bit.ly/3ssrHWg. The website with more information on the Ojai Independence Day activities may be found at: http://www.4thofjulyinojai.com. Ally Mills is the grand marshal.
‘Pant Hoot’ doc screens in Oak View May 21
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 08:40
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Chimpanzee activist Stany Nyandwi
“Pant Hoot,” an award-winning documentary, will be screened on Saturday, May 21, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Forest Home Amphitheater in Oak View, 655 Burnham Road.
Restaurant review: Hidden in the moonlight: Izakaya Full Moon
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 08:11
Izakaya Full Moon, 928 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai, 805-633-9109, www.fullmoonojai.com
In this digital age, where hardly anything remains unseen, it’s not often that there is a place with a sense of obscurity. But Izakaya Full Moon is just that. Entering this easy-to-miss little spot on Ojai Avenue gives rise to a rather thrilling sense of mystery; I can’t help but feel as though I’m being let in on a great secret.
7th-grader records ‘Bella Ciao’ to honor great-grandparents
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 07:53
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Photo above: Isabella Han-Bolelli’s great-grandmother, Liliana Germani (“Lalla”) fought as an Italian partisan in the Second World War.
Phot below: In the recording studio, 12-year-old Isabella Han-Bolelli sings "Bella Ciao" in homage to her great-grandparents.
By Perry Van Houten, Senior reporter
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A seventh-grader at Oak Grove School is honoring her great-grandparents with a song that became an anthem for the Italian resistance during World War II.
(To view the video of Isabella Han-Bolelli singing “Bella Ciao,” see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MISZDPuTp8Y.
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New mobile incident command ready to roll to next emergency
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 07:36
Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
Everything in the Ventura County Sheriff Office’snew mobile incident command post will continue to work regardless of where the vehicle is actually set up, according to Patrick Maynard, director of the Office of Emergency Services.
By Perry Van Houten, Senior reporter
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The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office welcomed the arrival of a new mobile incident command post on May 11.
Eye on the Environment: Pledge to bike instead of drive, win $250
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 07:28
Amid encouraging signs that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, more businesses are re-opening and workers are returning to the office.
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Warm weekend forecast in Ojai Valley
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- Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 07:19
Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
With the Thacher Observatory in the distance, purple sage blooms during a cool spring walk on the Horn Canyon Trail.
By Perry Van Houten, Senior Ojai Valley News reporter
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The cool spring weather the Ojai Valley has enjoyed the last several days will make way for a warming trend lasting into the weekend, forecasters said.
TODAY: May 12: Downtown Historic District proposal on HPC agenda
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- Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 10:19
This is a draft of a proposed Ojai Downtown Historic District, to be discussed at the Thursday, May 12, meeting.
A proposed Local Downtown Historic District is on the city of Ojai’s Historic Preservation Commission agenda for its meeting on Thursday, May 12, at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom and in person.
This is a preliminary discussion on the matter and no decision will be made at this meeting. The agenda for the meeting can be found at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S9hZyNTy9F82yPS4g6TlPG1eVngCJqFu/view
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OUSD board to choose location, size and cost of new Nordhoff High pool at May 11 meeting
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- Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 17:21
When the Ojai Unified school board meets on Wednesday, May 11, it will consider the location, size and cost of a new Nordhoff High School swimming pool.
The options can be viewed on the agenda at:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PesHniPUrrhJfAoitLn4HH0BbWHRCwSl/view
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