Ojai News

A person has to be a bit of a risk taker, a lover of mostly modern and oft-times edgy classical music, willing to sit for hours in hard chairs or delight in the pleasures of a lawn yawn to appreciate the Ojai Music Festival .

Located just an hour and a half outside of Los Angeles is the lovely and picturesque town of Ojai, California .

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star The Ojai Valley Green Coalition invites the community to our 3rd annual Thunderbird Farm canning class on Saturday, June 29, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Cecil Baumgartner, who sells Thunderbird Farm produce at the Ojai Farmers ... (more)

Contributed photo Tiger is a 1-year-old neutered male boxer who has been waiting for a home since March.

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Camarillo this week on suspicion of selling cocaine and pharmaceutical drugs, officials said.

Steps from the Ojai Valley Trail, this hotel features a sauna and an outdoor pool.

The Channel Islands Chapter of the Embroiderers' Guild of America will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive.

Historically, drawing has been an integral part of an artist's process. Preparing compositions, architectural designs, executing studies of the figure, musculature, gesture, and stance - all of these were the domain of pencil and paper.

ROB VARELA/THE STAR Paige Chisholm tries on some special glasses as she waits with her fellow graduates in the gym at Nordhoff High School for commencement Thursday in Ojai.

Today's recipe comes from an American Plan Spa, The Oaks at Oaji . The Oaks provides a filling and tasty 1,000 calorie a day food plan that consists of three meals, snacks and beverages.

UpStart Bay Area, the S.F.-based nonprofit that supports up-and-coming Jewish social entrepreneurs, welcomed three new groups into its cohort this month, while transitioning five current UpStarter organizations to "alumni" status - meaning they've proven to be sustainable organizations on their own.

It's easy to take for granted what seems to be in unlimited supply. Americans are quite privileged with seemingly free-flowing water supplies.

Last summer, bucolic Ojai Valley became a canvas for a new form of artistic expression: yarn bombing.

J ohnny and Vivian Cash arriving home, where they lived in Casitas Springs between Ventura and Ojai from 1961 to 1975.

A Trooper pulled over a Chevy Impala driven by Russell Taylor of Ojai, California about three miles west of Geneseo.

"Music," the composer Lou Harrison was fond of saying, "is a song and a dance." Unfortunately, for much of the 20th century, contemporary classical music destroyed a good deal of its popular appeal by disdaining both.

NATURAL SELECTION: Outdoor music season continues this weekend with the KCBX Live Oak Music Festival, featuring headliner Robert Earl Keen.

Nestled under the Oaks on 2 acres, this elegant California Mediterranean residence provides sumptuous living in the prestigious gated community of Rancho Matilija.

California composer Lou Harrison, a little-known but beloved musician who combined Western and Eastern influences in his music, is a key part of the 2013 Ojai Music Festival.

One person was hospitalized after a single-family home caught fire around 4:20 a.m. in Ojai, according to Ventura County Fire Department officials.