Ventura County Sun

04/11/2025

OXNARD | Oil company suit against county dismissed; state to use taxpayer funds to plug wells in Oxnard Plain. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

VENTURA COUNTY | Commercial farmers and livestock owner training for pass to access land in emergencies. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

WHEELER GORGE | 36 volunteers honored for 5,238 hours at Los Padres National Forest. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

NEW PROGRAM | V.C. Fire Dept. leads state in providing emergency blood transfusions. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

VENTURA COUNTY | Ventura County Behavioral Health will receive $11.2 million to help with its pre-trial felony mental-health-diversion program, designed to help those with mental disorders charged with crimes receive treatment instead of facing criminal penalties. The grant comes from the California Department of State Hospitals, and was approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 8. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

PORT HUENEME | Port Hueneme’s 21-acre Bubbling Springs Park, 850 Bard Road, will be bubbling with activity at its grand opening on Saturday, April 12, at 5:30 p.m.
The opening ceremony will include city staff and the Port Hueneme Little League celebrating the new baseball field and snack bar reopening. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

FILM SCREENING

THIS SATURDAY - April 12 | Visionary filmmaker and best-selling author Craig Campobasso will present his highly anticipated new documentary, “The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac,” at the Ojai Playhouse, 145 E. Ojai Ave., on Saturday, April 12, at 4 p.m. The screening will follow a 1 p.m. showing of Steven Spielberg’s iconic 1977 movie, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/11/2025

NEXT WEEKEND IN OJAI |

NATIVE GARDEN TOUR | A native garden tour focused on climate-resilient landscapes is set for Saturday, April 26. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ojai Valley Land Conservancy will host the second annual Rewild Ojai Native Garden Tour. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/10/2025

In a letter dated April 10 to officials of the University of California and California State University systems, 23 state lawmakers, including Assemblymember Steve Bennett, urge the universities to “take urgent and all necessary steps to protect students, faculty and staff from being targeted by the federal government for free speech activities.” FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/09/2025

OJAI

PUBLIC EVENT on APRIL 26 | Three local law enforcement departments are hosting what's being called a first-of-its-kind event in Ojai focusing on missing persons cases throughout the county. "Missing in the Ojai Valley" will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, April 26 in the Nordhoff Junior High and High School parking lot located at 1401 Maricopa Highway. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/09/2025

VENTURA - PUBLIC MEETING on APRIL 15 | California Public Utilities Commission is holding an in person and virtual meeting on Tuesday, April 15 to receive public input on the scope of the Environmental Impact Report mandated for a Southern California Gas Company project seeking to expand a natural gas compression facility in West Ventura. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/08/2025

LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST | Over 112M acres of National Forest subject to Emergency Situation Determination
43 million acres of those are “suitable for timber production." FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/08/2025

CAMARILLO | No Limits, a nationwide nonprofit organization, hosts its ninth annual Golf Classic on Monday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Spanish Hills Club, 999 Crestview Ave. in Camarillo. Golf Classic proceeds will benefit hundreds of underserved deaf children and their families in Ventura County. FULL STORY in COMMENTS.

04/08/2025

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04/08/2025

OXNARD | Soccer coach charged with murder after body of missing 13-year-old discovered in Oxnard. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/07/2025

VENTURA CITY COUNCIL MEETING, APRIL 8 | Tenant protections on the agenda. FULL STORY in COMMENTS.

04/07/2025

Tennis pro Lester Cook will give a free junior clinic at The Ojai Tennis Tournament this year.

FREE JUNIOR TENNIS CLINIC | Lester Cook, former professional tennis player and Ojai champion, will be on court hosting a free junior tennis clinic during this year’s 123rd Ojai Tennis Tournament. The clinic will take place on the Upper Libbey Park tennis courts on Saturday, April 26 from 8:30 to 10 a.m. FULL STORY IN COMMENTS.

04/07/2025

90 DEGREE TEMPS IN FORECAST | Full story in COMMENTS.