Oxnard—In his Tuesday, June 3, report to the City Council, City Manager Alex Nguyen said the Fifth Annual Insect Festival is from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Plaza Park. “This is a free family event from our fabulous Recreation and Community Services Department,” he said. “This year, the special guests, in addition to the insects, the special guests are the crustaceans, more go...
Chris Frost · Jun 6, 2025
Ventura—The City Council took a moment to discuss its rental registry during its meeting on Monday, May 27, as the registry item was continued and not approved. The Staff was directed to return with information for HRC Legal Services and expansion as a priority, followed by anti-harassment, displacement, and evictions, which are not top priorities, and property-owner resources. The debate w...
Chris Frost · Jun 6, 2025
Channel Islands—The May Channel Islands Farmers’ Market was full of food, music, fun, and enthusiastic Shoppers, picking up great treats and handmade delights while enjoying some light music. JOY Campomar from La Montagne Des Saveurs, the “Finest French cheese, from our mountains to you.” Joy started the company; she is French and brought some of her favorite cheeses. “I’m a salesman at he...
Chris Frost · May 30, 2025
The U.S. Senate voted last week to block California’s landmark mandate phasing out gas-powered cars, dealing a substantial blow to the state’s aggressive transition to electric vehicles. The decision to revoke three waivers that the Biden administration granted to California could upend the state’s decades-long efforts and authority to clean up its air pollution — the worst in the nation — a...
ALEJANDRO LAZO and ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE · May 30, 2025
The results of San Bernardino County’s 2025 Point-in-Time Count (PITC) shows a 14.2 percent decrease in unsheltered homelessness, which reflects a shift from previous years. Data from the 2025 PITC identified a total of 2,620 unsheltered homeless individuals countywide. This figure reflects a decrease of 435 individuals, or 14.2 percent, compared to last year. There were 1,201 sheltered home...
May 30, 2025
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. Debris from the devastating January wildfires in Los Angeles County is continuing to arrive at the Simi Valley Landfill, but federal officials said the cleanup operation is on track to be largely completed by mid-summer. COL. ERIC SWENSON of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the Simi Valley City Council on May 19 that debris removal efforts are progressing swiftly, wi...
May 23, 2025
A California Supreme Court decision three years ago was supposed to be the final word on former Gov. Jerry Brown’s marquee pension limit law, but judges are still sorting it out — and making decisions that could mean thousands of dollars a year to government retirees. Last week a state appeals court affirmed a Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association’s decision undoing a perk that ha...
ADAM ASHTON · May 23, 2025
VENTURA, Calif. Cheers and laughter echoed across Elmhurst Elementary School as students, staff and community members gathered for the ribbon-cutting of three new playgrounds — the first of 16 planned across Ventura Unified School District under the voter approved Measure E bond initiative. The playgrounds, designed using an evidence-based, inclusive approach, aim to support the development of...
Staff Reports · May 23, 2025
Oxnard —Officers and the Community paid tribute to the Boys in Blue during National Police week. IN 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that designated May 15, Tuesday, as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Decades later, the event became known as National Police Week. This year, National Police Week is from Sunday, May 11, 20...
May 16, 2025
Oxnard —I haven’t written a Frosted across both papers for quite a while, but people expressed concerns to the J-Train when I disappeared. Things were going well. My colonoscopy went off without a hitch, the final stage to getting a kidney from Travis, my hero. When I went home, I rested. I got sick that night, but that’s pretty typical for me. Then Sunday happened. I had a hard time walkin...
Chris Frost · May 16, 2025
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