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Ojai Trees gets busy planting Feb. 27, April 3
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:16

County adjusts senior meal delivery program, now called Expanded Great Plates
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:14
Police blotter as of Feb. 24, 2021
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:13

Ask Dr. Halverson: Israeli studies indicate that Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reduces asymptomatic cases
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 08:59

Pregúntele al Dr. Halverson: Estudios Israelíes indican que la vacuna COVID-19 de Pfizer reduce los casos asintomáticos
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 08:51

Letter to the editor on OPINION page: OUSD has opportunity to manifest its values with Chaparral project
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- Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 08:43

Re: Nicholas Oatway’s Feb. 19 Op-Ed, “Open hearts to make Chaparral property ‘alive’”:
Church volunteer arrested for sexual assaults of 3 teens, including 1 in unincorporated area of Ojai
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- Published: Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:26

Isaias "Carlos" Vasquez
A church volunteer from Oxnard was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting one teen in an unincorporated area of Ojai and two in Oxnard.
Ojai Valley educators are getting COVID-19 vaccinations
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- Published: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:08
Some Ojai Valley educators received their first COVID-19 vaccine doses on Feb. 24, the same day the Ventura County Office of Education issued a press release that Ventura County school employees are now eligible to be vaccinated.
Educators are among the people in the new sectors now eligible for vaccines, as supplies allow. The others are child care providers, emergency workers, and food and agricultural workers, who fall under the county's Phase 1B tier of vaccine eligibility.
Effective immediately, educators and others in the Phase 1B tier are eligible to make vaccination appointments on the county's website at www.venturacountyrecovers.org/vaccine-information.
Ojai Unified School District also has a private registration link for educators to make appointments to be vaccinated.
Read more: Ojai Valley educators are getting COVID-19 vaccinations
State provides maps showing to what degree schools are opening
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- Published: Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:29
This map (https://maps.schools.covid19.ca.gov/public.html ) is provided in a state government-created "one-stop-shop" website to show the degree to which all California school districts are open. Links to maps for private and charter schools are listed below. The maps do not function well with a Safari web browser, so try another if the maps do not open.
School districts' reopening map can be viewed at:
https://maps.schools.covid19.ca.gov/public.html
Private schools' reopening map can be viewed at:
https://maps.schools.covid19.ca.gov/private.html
Charter schools' reopening map can be viewed at:
https://maps.schools.covid19.ca.gov/charter.html
Ojai Unified School District started in-person instruction at Matilija Middle School and Nordhoff High School in cohorts of 14 or fewer students per cohort on Feb. 22.
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Teacher and ag workers' vaccines, sports openings, and more on county COVID-19 update
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- Published: Tuesday, 23 February 2021 09:28
The Ventura County Board of Supervisors got an update on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, schools reopening, business assistance programs and more at its Feb. .23 meeting.
To view the recorded meeting, at which the COVID-19 discussion is one of the first items on the agenda, visit:
https://ventura.granicus.com/player/clip/5518?view_id=100&redirect=true
Read more: Teacher and ag workers' vaccines, sports openings, and more on county COVID-19 update
Water and murals on tonight's council agenda
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- Published: Tuesday, 23 February 2021 09:11
Next up for COVID-19 vaccines: Teachers, child care providers, food and ag workers, first responders,
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- Published: Monday, 22 February 2021 23:42

VC reports 12 new COVID-19 deaths since Friday; 344 new cases
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- Published: Monday, 22 February 2021 15:09

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Swastika and racial epithet spraypainted on pink peace sign on Ojai’s Ventura Street
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- Published: Monday, 22 February 2021 12:27
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A swastika was spraypainted backward on a pink Ojai peace sign in front of a house on North Ventura Street in Ojai sometime in the night between Friday, Feb. 19, and the morning of Saturday, Feb. 20. An obscenity and racial epithet were spraypainted on the opposite side of the sign.
A backward swastika was spraypainted in blue on a pink peace sign at the front of an Ojai residence on North Ventura Street sometime during the night between Friday, Feb. 19, and the morning of Saturday, Feb. 20.
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Nordhoff High vaccination site has openings for Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
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- Published: Monday, 22 February 2021 09:28
If you are 65 and older or a healthcare worker, you can sign up for a COVID-19 vaccination. Several vaccine appointments were opened this week for Nordhoff High School — 1401 Maricopa Highway, Ojai — and other Ventura County sites.
Vaccines are being given at Nordhoff High School on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays for at least the next six weeks.
To register, log on to:
https://www.venturacountyrecovers.org/vaccine-information/portal/registration/?elig=p1
Vaccine appointments with the county can also be made for those needing assistance by calling the vaccine registration phone number at 805-477-7161.
Read more: Nordhoff High vaccination site has openings for Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays