Ojai News

Progress on a new Ojai skate park again has hit the skids. Whatever joy supporters felt last week when the city's Planning Commission unanimously approved the park's layout dissipated when the Ojai Unified School District, which owns the site, appealed the decision.

Located conveniently in a beautiful 36 acre setting in the Ventura/Ojai area, summer adventure at Camp Arnaz is available to Girl Scouts, non-Girl Scouts, and families.

So if you had been sneaking around the streets of Ventura on a recent Sunday night, you might have seen a tableau definitely open to misinterpretation.

The "Pastie Lady" is back in Ojai and looking for some followers. Gennifer Moss, 34, who calls herself "Earth Friend Gen," triggered community strife and gained local celebrity, including the nickname "Pastie Lady," for her frequent jaunts and bike rides through downtown Ojai wearing nothing but handmade flower pasties and a hemp G-string. Her ...

A group of scholarship recipients A few YLS Board Members with Event Coordinator Michael Williams The United Way's Young Leaders Society held a scholarship reception for the group's second annual Youth Empowerment Summit held on Thursday, June 18 at Ventura College.

The new musical Fun Home - penned by Tony nominees Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori - will be part of the 12th annual Ojai Playwrights Conference in August.

THE OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE is thrilled to announce its 2009 Season - 12th Annual program of playwrights, readings and symposiums.

Ojai Valley Inn & Spa has the secret formula for the Perfect Summer Teen Vacation: 1) Give kids their own room and 2) Keep 'em busy with an incredible range of activities.

Two teenagers contacted Ventura police around 1:30 a.m. Monday to report that they had been robbed and their car stolen at the Motel 6 at 2145 Harbor Blvd.

Love Heals' Adriana Goddard now sells her luxe boho jewellery with help of son Gunnar and daughter Elisa - and the company plants 10 trees for every piece that's sold.

I recently took my sis for a week in Santa Barbara for a big birthday getaway The grand finale was a few nights stay at the renown Ojai Valley Inn and Spa.

Meegan Huff has been named executive director of the Ojai-Ventura International Film Festival, which runs from Nov.

A creative community with an inn in its thoughts June 25, 2009 It's Friday night in Ojai, Calif., and in the Khilat HaAloneem Synagogue, just 90 minutes from the bustle of Los Angeles, the Jewish community of the Oaks is preparing for its weekly Shabbat service.

The Ojai City Council on Tuesday passed a $7.7 million spending plan for the coming fiscal year that essentially keeps current services and employee levels intact, but puts less toward its reserves than desired.

I must agree with the old fogeys that tweeting during performances is completely unacceptable.

Rose Valley Campground in Los Padres National Forest, seven miles northeast of Ojai, will close at 9 a.m. Saturday and reopen the following day at noon so a project at the campground can be completed.

By Chris Stolz Originally published 02:53 p.m., June 19, 2009 Updated 02:53 p.m., June 19, 2009 Ojai-Bridget Campbell, of Ojai, speaks passionately as she addresses the police and experts at the town hall community meeting in Ojai Thursday night.

In response to the increasing possibility of wildland fire, Los Padres National Forest officials announced Wednesday that they will be imposing fire restrictions throughout the forest, beginning Friday.

By From staff reports Originally published 12:01 a.m., June 18, 2009 Updated 02:55 p.m., June 18, 2009 The Humane Society of Ventura County has named a new executive director.

SURPRISE, SURPRISE: Contemporary music abhors a vacuum, or a lack of surprise elements.