How to resolve AdBlock issue? Hemp cultivation a way for ag to survive in Ojai Valley
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- Published: Friday, 06 September 2019 09:43
By SIMONE AND JACK PATTERSON
On 8/27 the Ojai City Council considered issues around hemp cultivation. We were proud of our council members and were particularly pleased with the comments made by Councilman Ryan Blatz and Councilwoman Suza Francina. Hemp is a new crop to our community and the council endorsed support for the Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner, Ed Williams, and his working group to develop sensible regulation regarding its cultivation in Ventura County. We hope any regulations will not be overly restrictive and that the issues not be excessively politicized.
Let's do right by hemp, which can help heal the planet
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- Published: Friday, 30 August 2019 11:12
By Suza Francina
One of the most interesting moments during the Aug. 27 City Council meeting was the public testimony on regulating industrial hemp growing. One speaker mentioned the use of hemp to clean the soil after the Chernobyl disaster, considered the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Crashes on Creek Road are expensive; fixes aren't: Let traffic consultants gather their own data
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- Published: Friday, 23 August 2019 10:19
By Teena Broumand
I am sorry to share with you yet more accidents on Creek Road on Aug. 22 and Aug. 9. In the Aug. 9 crash, the driver did not make the sharp curve headed toward Ojai. Injuries seem to have occurred and her car is most certainly totaled.
Great teaching integrates learning outside the box
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- Published: Friday, 16 August 2019 12:02
CHARLINE NORTON, Ojai
There is nothing more disappointing to a teacher, school, or district than facing the realization that state test scores fall below expectations.
What can you imagine for Ojai's public schools?
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- Published: Friday, 09 August 2019 10:02
What can you imagine for Ojai’s public schools?
Our community is beginning an exciting conversation about the potential of Summit Charter School opening in Upper Ojai in Fall 2020. We are the newly formed all-volunteer, nonprofit board of Summit Charter School and we feel it is important for the community to start this conversation with a common understanding of some key facts about charter schools.
Paleochannel mapping in Ojai Valley is worth the investment
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- Published: Friday, 09 August 2019 10:00
By Michelaina Johnson
Did you know that relict river channels buried below the Ojai Valley still carry water to the Pacific Ocean?
Those ancestral waterways — called paleochannels — may house a significant proportion of groundwater; however, they are at present missing from our groundwater equations.
Hemp: The Trojan horse that will destroy our valley from within
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- Published: Friday, 02 August 2019 11:31
By Patricia Hartmann
Hemp is likely to be the Trojan horse that will destroy our valley from within. In April, the growing of industrial hemp was legalized in California. Ventura County is issuing industrial hemp growing permits with no restrictions as to grows next to schools, parks or residential neighborhoods.
Ojai joins other cities in declaring a climate emergency
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- Published: Friday, 26 July 2019 12:10
Suza Francina, Ojai mayor pro tem
On Monday, July 22, at a special City Council meeting, Ojai joined more than 850 other jurisdictions worldwide that have declared a climate emergency.
I would like to thank the residents who came before the City Council and encouraged us to declare a climate emergency.
Ojai-Ventura Water Agency Partnership working to increase water supply
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- Published: Friday, 05 July 2019 19:26
By Assemblymember Monique Limón and Supervisor Steve Bennett
Nearly two years ago, the two of us, along with a group of local water agency and other government leaders, began meeting to facilitate a collaborative approach to addressing the seven-year drought. The group name is the Ojai-Ventura Water Agency Partnership. Our group’s goal is to improve the sustainability of the regional water supply in the Ventura River watershed that encompasses the Ojai Valley and the western half of the city of Ventura.
HELP of Ojai closes out financial books for fire relief with gratitude and pride
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- Published: Friday, 28 June 2019 10:31
By Terri Wolfe and Help of Ojai Board of Directors
In the middle of the night on Dec. 4, 2017, the Thomas Fire descended on all of us and didn’t let up for anyone in the valley for weeks (that seemed like months).
This month, Help of Ojai wrote the final checks to home-loss survivors as we closed this chapter (and financial books) on a disaster still being felt by scores of friends and neighbors.
County can convert fleet to electric to help in fight against climate change
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- Published: Friday, 31 May 2019 10:32
By Richard H. Baldwin and Phil White
There is a global climate-change crisis. No question. And Ventura County is near ground zero in that crisis.
Take a look. We’re experiencing the worst of drought, fires and water shortages. The projections of sea level rise that will impact our coastline are alarming. These local impacts have the fingerprints of climate change all over them. Additionally, the county suffers from unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution. Addressing these impacts makes reducing greenhouse gas emissions critical, and we believe that the county can and should do something to fight back.