Oxnard’s historic Japanese Cemetery, established in 1908, was designated Ventura County Landmark No. 18 in 1971 by the ...

The summer season has officially begun. I beg of you three things: Don’t forget the sunscreen, take the long way home from ...

A new circus is coming to town this weekend! But the faces stepping into the spotlight are familiar to anyone who loves the ...

Last week was Public Works Week, and the American Public Works Association’s 2025 theme was “People, Purpose, Presence.” ...

People who run households have a lot of unseen responsibilities. One of the many things moms don’t get enough credit for is how often they put the needs of the people they are caring for before their ...

Since 2006 I’ve been involved in the entertainment industry as a writer, director, actor and comedian. Twenty years ago, people wanted to write novels and create art. Today, young people don’t really ...

Griffin Barkley got a close-up look at the agricultural industry growing up in Oxnard where his dad started an insurance brokerage during 1996 focused on produce growers, packers, shippers and workers ...

Driving down Cañada Larga Road in the hills north of Ventura feels like traveling back in time. Windmills spin and cows graze amidst rugged terrain home to wildlife including bobcats, deer and ...

New camping opportunities are available or will be soon in the Ojai, Rincon and Lake Casitas areas. A tent-camping area at county-owned Camp Comfort near Ojai quietly reopened last month following its ...

Backpacking from Mexico to Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1985, we passed through fields of flowers. Splashes of cactus blossoms and walls of blue ceanothus, acres of lavender iris, meadows of ...