Kimberly Rivers

Ventura County Office of Emergency Services issued a landslide alert on Dec. 23 for the La Conchita area along U.S. Route 101 in Northern Ventura County near the Santa Barbara County Line. The alert remains in effect on Dec. 30 as a new storm is forecast ... See more

Ojai resident and consulting arborist Jan Scow has been working with plants for 58 years and caring for the trees that live among people for more than 30 years, and sees a common branch connecting how people relate to trees in their care: the need for saf... See more

News briefs from the Dec. 15 Ojai Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting: Halverson named board president The Ojai Unified School District Board of Trustees elected Trustee Jim Halverson to the role of school board president. Trustee Blair Bran... See more

At least four agency investigations are underway after hundreds of gallons of oil spilled on Nov. 18 from a wash tank in the Upper Ojai Valley’s Ojai Oil Field, and ultimately into Sisar Creek. Nonetheless, Ventura County Resource Management Agency staff ... See more

On Dec. 6, a group of community leaders and supporters toured Ojai City Hall’s 8-acre campus, with an eye on the future of the historic woodland property. Ojai Valley Green Coalition Board President Kathy Nolan and Board Secretary Caryn Bosson led members... See more