Oxnard-- What a fun week this past week was. Like always, I was in the community reporting on all the great things that happened in Oxnard and Port Hueneme, starting with the Insect Festival. I was excited to attend this event and impressed by the huge turnout. The J-Train bugged me all week about coming with me to enjoy the fun. To me, the highlight of the day was learning about the role i...
Chris Frost · Jun 9, 2023
Oxnard-- It was 24 years ago this week that the J-Train and I got married, and over the past nearly quarter century, it’s been quite a ride full of highs and lows. IT all started in 1997 when I was a fast-food manager, and she was a medical assistant. We spent our first day together talking over coffee, and shortly after that, we moved in together and became a blended family full of children...
Chris Frost · Jun 2, 2023
Oxnard-- Sometimes there just isn’t enough of me to go around. My average week is nonstop, seven days a week. A TYPICAL week for me involves covering City and community events, writing those stories, delivering the paper, doing the banking, payroll, legal postings, financial budgets, being the billing manager, responding to questions that come in, and following up with all my employees and m...
Chris Frost · May 26, 2023
Oxnard-- Sometimes, I bypass the dishwasher, make a sink full of water, wash the dishes and think about things I see, do, and observe in life. THIS started on Saturday afternoon while I was at the store. I saw the J-Train’s favorite cookies while wandering by, so I got her favorites, along with a pint of ice cream. I had them waiting for her with the television remote when she got home from...
Chris Frost · May 19, 2023
Oxnard-- Mother’s Day evokes both happy and sad memories from me since my Mother, Dolores Frost, died on February 12, 2004. remember the week she died and the phone call I got from my sister when I was in New Jersey, and she told me my Mother wouldn’t be alive much longer. The J-Train and I split our duties; I tackled my boss at work and told him I was going to my Mother. The J-Train coordin...
Chris Frost · May 12, 2023
Oxnard--The text finally arrived at long last, and my youngest son, Sergeant Colin R. Frost, is finally home from deployment in the Middle East. IT’S hard to describe the feelings of pride and relief I feel after sitting idly by and watching my son be deployed to an undisclosed location that is less than safe. I know Colin encountered some challenges, but he is part of a great team and came...
Chris Frost · May 5, 2023
Oxnard-- I was rolling along last Friday, having a typical day, and noticed my face and back were wet. I thought I might have been sick, but then I realized I was hot and sweaty. THE first thing I did was something that’s been coming for a long time; I took my Hoodie off, part of my wardrobe for months. There are some things I had to manage to accommodate the weather change, starting with m...
Chris Frost · Apr 28, 2023
Oxnard--Some weeks roll along smoothly, while others, well, let’s say they present challenges. IT’S never going to be a smooth week when I have to spend a ton of time buried in accounting software doing my least favorite thing; Accounting, what I call a necessary evil. But you power through the tasks and get them done as we approach tax time. Then I had to stop my week because my Doctor wan...
Chris Frost · Apr 21, 2023
Oxnard--The City Council ended its Stage Two Water Shortage emergency during its April 18 meeting and replaced it with a Stage One Shortage. THE action also included new Mandatory Water Conservation Measures pursuant to the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Assistant Public Works Director Joseph Marcinko noted that on March 18, 2022; the State Water Project Allocations were reduced fr...
Chris Frost · Apr 21, 2023
Oxnard--I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and enjoyed a lot of Easter candy and Easter Eggs. I loved Easter as a child because we had Easter eggs for breakfast, and after mass, my brother, sister, and I tore into a boatload of chocolate before the family came to the house. It was pure chocolate heaven. FAST forward to 2023, and my diet and geographic proximity to The Sarge and the...
Chris Frost · Apr 14, 2023
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