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Mesa prepares for gala and concert fundraiser in Libbey Park (opens the original)
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Few examples illustrate Ojaiâs community-minded approach more clearly than the young people who have entered Mesa experiencing homelessness and left with renewed hope, creativity and a sense of belonging. Sustaining and expanding a life-changing operation such as Mesa requires many moving parts, from partnerships and funding to community support. Thatâs why Party in the Park, taking place Saturday, Oct. 24, at Libbey Park, is more than just a philanthropic fundraiser â itâs an opportunit
The great pies and cakes of Bake Ojai’s Fran Gealer (opens the original)
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Fran Gealerâs baked goods are every bit as artistic as the work sheâs done as a photographer and collage artist. You can see it in the decoration of her cakes, where frosting and fruit are placed with deliberate precision, and in the golden crusts of her pies, filled with fresh fruit and aromatic spices. âI use the cakes as an outlet for art. Each individual one is a little sculpture. Even if itâs a normal chocolate cake, itâs special if itâs going to make someone happy and affect th
Seaside Oddities Expo shocks and awes Ventura Fairgrounds (opens the original)
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At the Seaside Oddities Expo, fans of alternative subcultures, underground counterculture movements and strange art, music and literature had a chance to gather and find camaraderie. The fifth annual event, held Sept. 26-27 at the Ventura County Fairgrounds, was a celebration of all things bizarre and macabre. Vendors sold their esoteric wares while performers took the stage at the center of it all. Goth, punk, industrial and metal music provided the soundtrack as goth kids, goth parents and got
Port of Hueneme’s Banana Festival boosts public potassium (opens the original)
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In Ventura County, different fruits have become synonymous with different communities. In Ojai, the annual Pixie festival reigns supreme, offering families bursts of fresh citrus in the form of sweet, juicy Pixie tangerines. In Ventura, strawberries take center stage thanks to the Strawberry Festival in Oxnard, where faces are painted with jammy red splashes and little white seeds. In Port Hueneme, though, bananas are the be-all and end-all. Fruit festivals might seem arbitrary to cynics. For so
Ventura awarded $2M by state to make Main Street and California Street more pedestrian-friendly (opens the original)
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Ventura has secured $2 million in state funding to support downtown Ventura. State Assemblymember Steve Bennett presented a ceremonial check to Councilmember Liz Campos on behalf of District 1 and the city on Sept. 22. According to a release, the funds will be used to enhance the safety and pedestrian-friendly aspects of the car-free sections of Main and California streets downtown. Speakers at the event included Bennett, Ventura Mayor Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios, Robert Wong of Caltrans Distric
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