Investigators are hoping they’ll get a tip in the case of P-15, found dead in the western Santa Monica Mountains in September. Source of this Article: The Los Angeles Times, October 5, 2011 By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times A mountain lion found dead in the western Santa Monica Mountains Read more…
An anonymous band of artists paints a huge pair of scissors and a long dotted line on obsolete Matilija Dam near Ojai. The message? Tear the thing down already. Source of this article: The Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2011 By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times If life imitated art, Read more…
A brief history of the incorporation of cities in the Conejo Valley Source of this article – Thousand Oaks Acorn, September 8, 2011 By Jonathan Kuperberg Scott Wolfe admitted it’s confusing. The planning director for Westlake Village—the city in Los Angeles County, not the Thousand Oaks community in Ventura County—said Read more…
What follows is the contents of an email we received from the National Park Service: Summary of Public Scoping Comments Newsletter Available for Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study Thank you for taking time to send us scoping comments to help guide the Rim of the Valley Corridor Read more…
The United States is sitting on vast locked up pools of oil and natural gas that are off limits because of environmental issues and other considerations, senior federal lands officials said Wednesday. Source of this article – Ventura County Star, May 22, 2008 In releasing what they described as the Read more…
After 2 months, officials declare it contained. The second-largest fire in state history has burned 375 square miles and injured 44 firefighters. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2007 Firefighters finally declared victory over the Zaca fire Sunday. The blaze was declared fully contained at 6 Read more…
The 200-pound animal was subdued with tranquilizers and released in Los Padres National Forest. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 30, 2007 A 200-pound black bear that wandered into a neighborhood near downtown Ventura this week was safely subdued and returned to the Los Padres National Forest, Read more…
Oil Company Dumps More Than 2,100 Gallons of Industrial Wastewater and 200 Gallons of Crude Oil into Tar Creek, Upstream of Sespe Wild & Scenic River Source of this article – Los Padres Forest Watch, February 1, 2007. Ventura County, Calif. — Earlier this week, ForestWatch received several reports of Read more…
Cyclists are heading out after sunset for reasons both practical (schedules) and personal (sensory rush). Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2006. By Bill Becher. Special to The Times THE darkening sky glows red as a long line of lights bobs along the dirt road. Riders Read more…
Debate over a transportation blueprint for Ventura County erupted into hostility Friday, with one transit official ridiculing proposed goals that emphasize mass transit as the simplistic work of “snake oil salesmen.” Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 4, 2006 By By Catherine Saillant, Times Staff Writer Ventura Read more…