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217 fatal overdoses in county last year

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:38

Of the 2,045 deaths reported to the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s Office in 2020, 217 that the medical examiner investigated were due to medications, alcohol and/or illicit drugs, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office, which released the statistics in a special report on Feb. 24.

Residents reminded to lock doors and vehicles to reduce thefts

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:34

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An electronic message board on Highway 33 at Nye Road in Casitas Springs advises residents to lock up.

Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter

Ojai’s top cop is reminding residents to lock their cars and homes.

Ventura River flow recommendations to protect southern steelhead presented in webinar Feb. 26

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:31

Ojai Valley News file photo by Perry Van Houten

The Ventura River, looking south from the Baldwin Road bridge, flows after a storm in November of 2018.

Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter

A public meeting is set Feb. 26 from 1 to 2 p.m. on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s much-anticipated flow studies in the Ventura River watershed.

Sheriff seeks $6 million grant to help patrol hundreds of miles of off-road trails

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:27

Photo courtesy VCSO

The Lockwood Valley Sheriff’s station uses this Polaris RZR four-seat utility-task vehicle to rescue people stranded in the remote Ventura County backcountry.

Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter

The Lockwood Valley station of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has applied for an off-road vehicle grant to help patrol approximately 300 miles of recreational off-road trails in northern Ventura County.

Council hears progress on watershed projects

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:25

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Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter

At its Feb. 23 meeting, the Ojai City Council received a presentation from an Ojai-based consulting design-build collaborative, called Watershed Progressive, on the status of the Wildlife Conservation Board’s California Stream Flow Enhancement Program planning grant.

Women's clubs send care packages to deployed troops

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:22

web Patti Bagley Carina Solekci and Connie Biggers

Photo by Patti Bagley

On Feb. 11, members of the Ojai Valley Woman’s Club and GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) Oak View Women’s Club helped pack boxes for deployed veterans through the organization For the Troops in Simi Valley. Safely distanced, wearing masks and proud to support veterans are Carina Solecki (left) and Connie Biggers.

Community invited to Ojai General Plan workshop March 10

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:18

The city of Ojai is holding a Community Visioning Workshop for the city’s 2045 General Plan Update.

Ojai Trees gets busy planting Feb. 27, April 3

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:16

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Ojai Trees volunteers at a recent planting event.

Ojai Trees will hold the second of two spring community plantings on April 3.

County adjusts senior meal delivery program, now called Expanded Great Plates

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:14

Austin Widger, Ojai Valley News reporter

The Great Plates program that has offered a lifeline to vulnerable seniors and local restaurants alike since May has been extended into March.

Police blotter as of Feb. 24, 2021

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 09:13

City of Ojai

Crimes

• Burglary was reported in the 1300 block of Daly Road Feb. 9.

• Trespassing was reported in the 800 block of Del Oro Drive Feb. 11.

• Burglary was reported in the 100 block of North Signal Street Feb. 11.

Pregúntele al Dr. Halverson: Estudios Israelíes indican que la vacuna COVID-19 de Pfizer reduce los casos asintomáticos

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 08:51

By Dr. Jim Halverson

Otro beneficio significativo de la vacunación contra el virus del SARS-CoV-2, causante de la enfermedad COVID-19, fue demostrado la semana pasada por dos estudios israelíes.

Letter to the editor on OPINION page: OUSD has opportunity to manifest its values with Chaparral project

Details: Published: Friday, 26 February 2021 08:43

By Karen S. Wilson, Ph.D.

Re: Nicholas Oatway’s Feb. 19 Op-Ed, “Open hearts to make Chaparral property ‘alive’”:

I found Mr. Oatway's Op-Ed calling for "open hearts to make Chaparral property 'alive'" to be inspiring and visionary. The Ojai Unified School District trustees should give serious consideration to Mr. Oatway's proposal, as I stated in an email to Shelley Griffen, trustee of my district.

I encourage other residents interested in the redevelopment of the Chaparral property to make similar requests. Local architect Oatway's vision seems much more compatible with the “Ojai way” than the site plan proposed by an outside firm.

Church volunteer arrested for sexual assaults of 3 teens, including 1 in unincorporated area of Ojai

Details: Published: Thursday, 25 February 2021 00:26

Photo by Ventura County Sheriff's Office

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

Details: Published: Wednesday, 24 February 2021 16:08

2 22 21 SECTOR 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.

State provides maps showing to what degree schools are opening

Details: Published: Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:29

2 14 21 SAFE SCHOOLS

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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217 fatal overdoses in county last year

Residents reminded to lock doors and vehicles to reduce thefts

Ventura River flow recommendations to protect southern steelhead presented in webinar Feb. 26

Sheriff seeks $6 million grant to help patrol hundreds of miles of off-road trails

Council hears progress on watershed projects

Women's clubs send care packages to deployed troops

Community invited to Ojai General Plan workshop March 10

Ojai Trees gets busy planting Feb. 27, April 3

County adjusts senior meal delivery program, now called Expanded Great Plates

Police blotter as of Feb. 24, 2021

Pregúntele al Dr. Halverson: Estudios Israelíes indican que la vacuna COVID-19 de Pfizer reduce los casos asintomáticos

Letter to the editor on OPINION page: OUSD has opportunity to manifest its values with Chaparral project

Church volunteer arrested for sexual assaults of 3 teens, including 1 in unincorporated area of Ojai

Ojai Valley educators are getting COVID-19 vaccinations

State provides maps showing to what degree schools are opening

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217 fatal overdoses in county last year

Residents reminded to lock doors and vehicles to reduce thefts

Ventura River flow recommendations to protect southern steelhead presented in webinar Feb. 26

Sheriff seeks $6 million grant to help patrol hundreds of miles of off-road trails

Council hears progress on watershed projects

Women's clubs send care packages to deployed troops

Community invited to Ojai General Plan workshop March 10

Ojai Trees gets busy planting Feb. 27, April 3

County adjusts senior meal delivery program, now called Expanded Great Plates

Police blotter as of Feb. 24, 2021

Pregúntele al Dr. Halverson: Estudios Israelíes indican que la vacuna COVID-19 de Pfizer reduce los casos asintomáticos

Letter to the editor on OPINION page: OUSD has opportunity to manifest its values with Chaparral project

Church volunteer arrested for sexual assaults of 3 teens, including 1 in unincorporated area of Ojai

Ojai Valley educators are getting COVID-19 vaccinations

State provides maps showing to what degree schools are opening

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Radio Show KVTA 1590 with Perry 03-01-21 The house that love built

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