Oxnard--Let me start by mentioning a couple of things I missed last week when I was talking about things that annoy me, starting with my disdain for some social media practices that cost me a ton of time fixing my news feed. TO explain, when I have time to surf social media, I’m starting to run into a bunch of things from random places that were suggested to me by some random person somewher...
Chris Frost · Mar 1, 2024
Oxnard-- I roll through my typical week, you know, a working Joe who writes and reports on news affecting residents. But along the way, little things pop up that irritate me to no end. SOME things are not so epic, for example, stopping at the hot bin when grocery shopping to grab a hot snack, only to end up eating a cold, greasy piece of protein. You know, when I was a kid, I worked at a fas...
Chris Frost · Feb 23, 2024
Oxnard--So, it’s another typical Sunday in front of my laptop, the dogs are sitting at my feet, the J-Train is making a mess in the kitchen, well, to be fair, she’s making herself breakfast, and I’m getting ready to surmise my week, which has been challenging. I was writing on Tuesday, and my neighbor decided that was a great day to deal with the giant sinkhole in his backyard. In came a com...
Chris Frost · Feb 16, 2024
Dear Editor: WHEN is transparency actually opaque? Quick answer – when you are Oxnard City Hall. Yes, Oxnard City staff like to speak and cite the word ‘transparent’; however, when push comes to shove, their actions say otherwise. When an Oxnard taxpayer submits a written request to meet with Oxnard’s Chief Finance Officer and the Assistant City Treasurer to discuss and clarify how interest is...
Feb 16, 2024
Oxnard--Sometimes, I have to reflect on what drives me. Most people who know me perceive me as kind of offbeat and goofy, which never bothers me. I am offbeat and goofy. WHAT bothers me is when I get criticized for being honest and telling people what really happens in their government and community. I did a story about a local school board member recently, not in Oxnard, but in my project...
Chris Frost · Feb 9, 2024
Oxnard--In life, sometimes things go wrong, which shakes the existence of all things in the Frost household. IT was a typical Friday morning, and like usual, my excessive workload required an early start. My routine starts normal; I get up at 4:30 a.m., brush my teeth, floss, use the blue mouthwash, grab my blood-pressure medication, go into the kitchen, and take my meds to get that task out...
Chris Frost · Feb 2, 2024
Oxnard--Sunday afternoons and evenings are kind of a quiet and peaceful time at my house; generally, I write news articles, get the Sentry budget organized for the next edition, and if there’s time, I’ll watch a movie or two. ON this particular Sunday, I had two fans, Daisy and Buddy, sitting at my feet, eyeballing me intently. As I completed the articles, I read them to the dogs, and they s...
Chris Frost · Jan 26, 2024
Oxnard--My current adventure has been an odyssey, to say the least, that has an underlying tone that simply says I’m slightly off-center from most of the universe. SO let me explain. There’s an article nobody wanted to write because it is full of detail and highly contentious. It meant a ton of digging and snooping and taking a lot of time to write. The competition made it worse because the...
Chris Frost · Jan 19, 2024
Oxnard-- I know it takes a whole lot of people to make up the world we live in, but sometimes I have to encounter the worst of the worst, which is maddening. TO explain, it’s Sunday evening, and I’m at home writing like usual, trying to stuff two weeks of news into a weekend. Then there is a knock at the door, and it’s one of my neighbors yelling at me because the landlord wants to do some p...
Chris Frost · Jan 12, 2024
Oxnard--I’ve seen the damage caused by the recent surf activity in Channel Islands and Port Hueneme and can’t help but worry about residents and the challenges they face and hope they’ll get through the damage. SO, to exercise the demons of 2023, let’s clean out my attic and eliminate those bad images that made this year less than successful. Challenge one: paying for my 2022 medical challe...
Chris Frost · Jan 5, 2024
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