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		<title>Gang Member Gets Eight Years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHERIFF&#8217;S DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
Officer preparing release: Sgt. Bill Schierman
Narrative: Ventura Avenue gang member Jimmy Villalpando was sentenced to eight years in state prison today for shooting a rival gang member in 2007.
 
On 2-23-2007, Ojai patrol deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim in the 300 block of N. Drown Avenue, Ojai.  When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Melville Named Grand Marshal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NDSDF founder selected to lead 2010 Independence Day parade
By Nancy Gross
The 10 members of the Independence Day Committee unanimously chose Wilma Melville, of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, to be this year’s grand marshal for Ojai’s Fourth of July parade. Melville and her organization are sources of hometown pride, and national and international heroism.
Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School Employees Brace For Pink Slips</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Layoff notices due March 2
By Linda Harmon
In another long but productive meeting the Ojai Unified School District board heard the last of their school site reports for the year, positive results from a new math textbook trial, preliminary approval of proposed rules for the city’s new Skate Park, and received the newest estimates of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Hike Outrage Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sondra Murphy
Last week’s presentation by a Golden State Water Company official to the Ojai City Council went over like a wet blanket. Ken Petersen, GSWC Coastal District regional manager, briefed the city on the 43 percent increase they are asking for from the California Public Utilities Commission. Petersen said a public meeting on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPC Benefits Emerging Playwrights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:44:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
By Nancy Gross
Saturday’s Ojai Playwrights Conference winter gala and benefit, “Hearts on Fire,” featured stars Sally Field, John Glover, Dana Delany, Sandra Oh, Steven Weber, Noah Wyle, Amanda McBroom and Jane Kaczmarek on the Matilija Auditorium stage, performing selections from a number of plays by Terrence McNally.
The winter gala is intended to raise funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shor Rejects Board&#8217;s Allegations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ojai-Ventura Film Festival president claims OVN report innacurate
By Linda Harmon
In response to a report in the Jan. 27 edition of the Ojai Valley News, David Shor, former director and chairman of the Ojai Film Festival, addressed the apparent confusion created by an e-mail sent earlier this month announcing the formation of the new Ojai-Ventura International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-car Crash Injures Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>City Moving Forward On Bowl Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction set to begin in June, but $600k still needed
By Sondra Murphy
The money is still being collected, but the Ojai City Council is working to follow the time line necessary for the rebuilding of Libbey Bowl. On Tuesday, council members approved two items associated with the project to renovate the deteriorating facility in the heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tibetan Immigrants Become Citizens</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2480</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
 


By Nancy Gross
Immigrants from Tibet, Dorjee Tsewang and his wife, Dolkar Tso, said they wake up in their Taormina home every day happy to live in such a lovely place, with good friends close by, and a view of mountains and meadows from their back yard.
They miss Tibet, another place of great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nolan Named Planning Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ojai businesswoman, activist selected as Adams’ replacement
By Sondra Murphy
The Ojai City Council appointed Kathleen Nolan to the Planning Commission on Tuesday less than a month after Tucker Adams retired from the position. After 10 years on the Ojai Planning Commission, Adams announced in December that she would be stepping down as of January.
Mayor Steve Olsen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai City Watch 1/28/10</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2472</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Afternoon Watchers
In our last CityWatch Alert, I passed on how helpful it was for us to record at least the make, model and serial number of our expensive ranch equipment.  Let&#8217;s expand that thought to all property that a crook might want to take off your hands and add these two steps:
Operation I.D.
1.  Mark your valuables with your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planners Approve Sound Arch</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2466</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trimpin’s proposed music machine awaits final city OK
By Sondra Murphy
With public art being a priority in Ojai and Libbey Bowl being a centerpiece of the city, the art chosen for the bowl’s make-over will be a crucial feature.
The Ojai Planning Commission gave the go-ahead last week for the Art Commission’s recommendation for that art selection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Festival Rights Disputed</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2463</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former president forming Ojai Ventura International Festival
By Linda Harmon
The Ojai Film Festival is a local tradition and its organizers take issue with the actions taken by David Shor, actions they say are capitalizing on their name and hard-won reputation.
“We are going to have to get a lawyer,” said Steve Grumette, the Ojai Film Festival’s vice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai City Watch 1/23/10</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2458</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department
Happy New Year Watchers!
Our local crime activity was relatively slow during the holiday season, which is always a good thing.  As we leave the holidays behind us, things are still slow.  However, a developing trend might put some Ojai Valley ranchers and rural property owners at risk for theft of their high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden State Water Wants Another Increase</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typical user facing 43 percent hike, or $26 over next two years
By Daryl Kelley
The monthly water bill of the typical Ojai residential customer would be hiked 43 percent during  2011 and 2012, on top of a 30 percent increase two years ago, if the Golden State Water Company has its way.
That equates to a monthly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rain Rain, Gone Away?</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2450</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
By Daryl Kelley
For the latest storm totals, visit the OVN Weather Page 
The strongest series of storms since 2005 rolled through the Ojai Valley this week, and as a final downpour hit Thursday afternoon, farmers and local officials said the results had been surprisingly benign — with little damage, flooding or mud slides.
The Ojai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becker Named New Planning Chair</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update of zoning laws top discussion
By Sondra Murphy
Troy Becker was elected by his peers to chair the Ojai Planning Commission at Wednesday’s meeting, with Steven Foster assuming vice chair duties. Former Chair Susan Weaver stepped down as she passed the gavel to Becker for the remainder of the meeting and the light agenda facilitated much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Action Prompts Council Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[County adopts
procedural change in block grant funding application process
County adopts procedural change in block grant funding application process
By Sondra Murphy
Changes in Ventura County procedures for applying for new Community Development Block Grant funds prompted the Ojai City Council to vote last week to serve as an evaluation committee to make recommendations to the county pertaining to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seabees Volunteer At Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trenches dug just in time to protect horses from flooded corral
By Nancy Gross
Friday was a pleasant day to be outdoors, and Navy volunteers from the Port Hueneme Naval Base visited Ojai to do a service project. 
The Navy volunteers dug an extensive trench to get rid of standing water so that the health and comfort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foothill Road Home Historic Landmark</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preservation Commission grants status, owners may
get tax reduction to help with restoration, renovation
By Sondra Murphy
Ojai has a new historic landmark. Last week, the Ojai City Council unanimously approved the status for property owned by Robert and Tiese Quinn, located at the northwest corner or El Toro and Foothill roads. It is now Historic Landmark No. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLK Day To Remember</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rain moves annual event
from Libbey Park to Chaparral
By Sondra Murphy
Where can one find herself shaking hands with Julie Tumamait and Julie Christensen? At an Ojai event that celebrates cultural diversity in all its forms.
The dramatic weather did little to daunt the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In fact, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hikers Rescued Near Ojai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a press release from the
Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department:
Nature of Incident: Stranded Hikers
 
Location: Potrero John Trail, Los Padres National Forest, Ventura County 
 
Date &#38; Time: 1-18-10 / 2:00 p.m.
 
Unit Responsible:  Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department / Aviation-SAR Unit 
 
(V)ictim City of Residence Age
John Beckett, 60, Ojai
Dylan Beckett, 17, Ventura
Jonathan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NDSDF Teams Make More Rescues</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Building in Haiti where three girls were rescued by SDF Search Teams.
We received this update today from our Search Teams in Haiti via cell phone:
Sunday was a very successful search day for Los Angeles County Task Force (CA-TF2), with a total of five rescues.
On Sunday the BLUE TEAM (Bill Monahan &#38; Hunter, Jasmine Segura &#38; Cadillac [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Storms Expected To Pound Ojai</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
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A series of significant big-time winter storms could leave as much as 8 inches of rain on the valley&#8217;s floor, and up to 20 inches of rain in some local mountain areas between tonight at Friday, according to a National Weather Service forecast issued Sunday morning.
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		<title>NDSDF Rescues Three Trapped Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Ojai-based National Disaster Search Dog Foundation rescue teams are on scene in earthquake-ravaged Haiti
MONDAY UPDATE: Search Team Makes More Rescues
At 1:15pm local time, an SDF Search Team in Port-au-Prince located three girls, trapped alive since Tuesday in the rubble of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.
Bill Monahan and his Border Collie, Hunter, were searching a neighborhood near the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai Valley News Reports</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ojai Valley News welcomes your thoughts on news and feature stories. Please use these links to access current and archived articles and comments.
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		<title>Budget Cuts Again Top OUSD Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governing body forced to close infant center
By Linda Harmon
Cuts to education were again the elephant in the room at Tuesday night’s Ojai Unified School District’s board meeting. Even though the budget was barely discussed its effect was felt as the board voted to close the district-run A Place to Grow Infant Center, effective June 30.
“At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sources Confirm Dohrn&#8217;s Remains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lenny Roberts
 yes its our dad! he apparently found a beautiful tree and sat under it and passed away&#8230;.. thank you to all our friends and family for love and concerns and support!!!!!! love jenny
In a short posting on the original news report, Jenny Newell, daughter of Walt and Bonnie Lu Dohrn, confirmed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Flips On Appointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many applicants, so little time
By Sondra Murphy
Tuesday&#8217;s meeting of the Ojai City Council was a bit anti-climactic. After voting 3-2 last month to appoint a replacement for the exiting Joe DeVito, the council reversed its decision Tuesday night and voted 3-1 in favor of holding a special election.
Finding a council member replacement has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corvette Destroyed In Fiery Crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Scott Wintermute
At around 12:30 Friday afternoon a late model Chevrolet Corvette Z06 was destroyed in a dramatic crash and ensuing fire near Mile Marker 30 on Maricopa Highway. Despite the presence of a rescue helicopter the driver of the $70,000 sports car was transported by ambulance to Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura as a precautionary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medina Found Competent To Stand Trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense attorneys want second opinion
By Daryl Kelley
A psychologist has found a 15-year-old murder suspect from Mira Monte competent to stand trial, but defense attorneys are now seeking a trial to determine if Alex Medina is mentally capable of assisting in his own defense.
Medina has pleaded  not guilty to charges of  killing 16-year-old Seth Scarminach, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus Driver Sentenced For DUI</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fullenwider sentenced for DUI, child endangerment
By Daryl Kelley
An Ojai woman pleaded guilty Friday to driving a school bus filled with students while intoxicated, and was sentenced to a month in jail and four years of probation.
Kim Fullenwider, 53, was also ordered to pay $3,326 in fines and restitution after admitting that she endangered 21 children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council May Appoint Candidate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Ojai City Council members will be deliberating on applicants for the vacancy created by the resignation of Joe DeVito last month.
As of press time, five men had applied for the position, four of whom have previously been featured individually in the OVN: Paul Blatz, Demitri Corbin, Leonard Klaif and Mike Lenehan. Ojai Planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Community Remembers Fins</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Longtime Ojai Studio Artists member known as experimental expressionist
By Nancy Gross
Abstract expressionist Alberta Fins did not want services held for her after she passed away from stomach cancer on Dec. 17. But friends and admirers cannot stifle the desire to honor her for her work and her wonderful personality.
“She was such a natural artist. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mirk Enters Council Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Planner joins four others seeking city appointment

By Sondra Murphy
The city of Ojai has received a fifth application for the open council seat. Ojai Planning Commissioner John Mirk submitted his application Wednesday. His name joins those of Paul Blatz, Demitri Corbin, Leonard Klaif and Mike Lenehan.
Mirk is an IT support technician at Patagonia and has lived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City May Dip Into Reserves</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kersnar hopes to protect $3M in surplus cash
By Daryl Kelley
For Ojai, the new year is sure to herald an era of strict limits on municipal government, as revenues continue to fall and city services are likely to be cut.
A sharp decline in hotel and sales taxes has eliminated a once-robust budget surplus and the city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Access Saga Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[City, school board to resume talks for Channel 10 control
By Sondra Murphy
sidelined further progress.
“I received a request from the School District to sit back down at the table with them,” said city Public Works director Mike Culver. “It kind of got put on hold with the new superintendent coming in, but now they’re ready to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefit Car Wash Saturday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends unite to stop home foreclosure
By Nancy Gross
On Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m., the parking lot of the New Wine Fellowship on Church Road will again be sudsy with love and service. A fund-raising car wash, like the one held last spring for the grieving Scarminach family, is being staged to help Frances Fraser hang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playwrights Gearing Up For 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sally Field joins Ojai’s Ted Danson and
Mary Steenburgen for this year’s event
By Sondra Murphy
Continuing a tradition of star-studded performances, the 13th annual Ojai Playwrights Conference winter benefit is set for this month at Matilija Auditor-ium.
The original evening of theater will be created and directed by Michael Morris and OPC artistic director and producer Robert Egan.
Demonstrating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai&#8217;s Year In Review II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We take a quick look back at the stories that
made news during the last half of 2009
We take a quick look back at the stories that made news in 2009. The first six months of the year appeared in Wednesday’s edition.
July
• K’Lynn Jackson, 17, an Ojai native, just won the title of Miss California High [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai&#8217;s Year In Review I</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We take a quick look back at the stories that
made news during the first six months of 2009
• K’Lynn Jackson, 17, an Ojai native, just won the title of Miss California High School Rodeo Queen 2009-2010.
• A design permit review for an interior remodel of Vons, exterior upgrade of the entire center and parking lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defranchising Trend?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three businesses drop affiliations with national chains
By Nancy Gross
As many in Ojai try to promote shopping local, three businesses have made it easier to keep the cash flowing in town, rather than through corporate pockets. Without any coercion Radio Shack has become Ojai Electronics and Hobby, Union 76 has become Ojai Gas, and Best Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenehan Throws Hat In Ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Former candidate joins Klaif, Blatz
and Corbin for appointment consideration
By Sondra Murphy
The City of Ojai has received another application for the open council seat. Parks &#38; Recreation Commissioner Mike Lenehan submitted his application last week, the fourth application submitted to the city. Paul Blatz, Demitri Corbin and Leonard Klaif have also applied since Dec. 8, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Arrested For Ojai Burglaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press release from Sgt. Bill Schierman
VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S DEPARTMENT
Narrative: Detectives from the Ojai sub-station and the Sheriff’s Gang Unit concluded a two-month investigation into a vehicle burglary ring with the arrest of five suspects.  Investigators believe the group is responsible for at least 30 vehicle burglaries stretching from West Ventura to the City of Ojai.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corbin Enters Council Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Arts commissioner latest to apply for vacated position
By Sondra Murphy
Actor and Ojai Arts Commissioner Demitri Corbin has thrown his hat into the ring for a City Council opening. Corbin joins attorneys Paul Blatz and Leonard Klaif on the list of official applicants.
Finding a council member replacement has been a focus of the city since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City To Replace Invasive Trees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Project funded by $30K grant
By Linda Harmon
Starting in January non-native trees that have invaded the Libbey Park creek ecosystem and riparian corridor will be removed and replaced with clusters of new native trees. The tree plans are part of a Community Wetland Restoration Project funded by a $30,000 grant written by local biologist Brian Holly. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valley Remembers Oak View Matriarch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Lanie Jo Springer succumbs to cancer
By Sondra Murphy
If there is a name that exemplifies the spirit of the Ojai Valley, it is Lanie Springer. A longtime champion of philanthropy and community service, Springer died on Saturday of pancreatic cancer.
She was a proactive member of the community with a welcoming smile and seemed tireless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Wants Share Of Federal Cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Council eyes $43K for energy-saving projects
By Sondra Murphy
Taking advantage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the Ojai City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the County of Ventura to submit a joint application that includes Ojai for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant.
The city’s Public Works director, Mike Culver, presented the report to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vandals Target Spray Paint At Ojai Creates!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Window breakage at East Ojai Avenue store leads to theft
By Linda Harmon
The Grinch was busy at Ojai Creates on East Ojai Avenue before Iris Williams and Kirk Lowry were awakened by a call from Senior Deputy Jim Popp shortly before 7 a.m. Saturday.
“They broke the glass in the front door,” said Williams, co-owner of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blatz Seeks Growth Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Twenty-six-year resident wants City Council job
By Sondra Murphy
Ojai currently has two applicants for consideration for the Ojai City Council opening. Both are attorneys who have been involved in the local community for many years.
On Tuesday afternoon, Paul Blatz submitted his application for consideration for the open council seat. He joins Leonard Klaif, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Funds Chamber Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
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By Sondra Murphy

  
The spirit of good will and hope for the future was overflowing in the City Council chambers this week as Councilman Steve Olsen replaced the retiring Joe DeVito as mayor. In addition to expressions of gratitude abounding for Mayor Joe DeVito’s retirement from politics on Tuesday, the Ojai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Attorneys File For Council Seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Members hoping to appoint replacement by Jan. 12
By Sondra Murphy
It’s hard to know which occupational skills could best serve a government agency: those of a massage therapist-criminal defense attorney, or one who is simply a full-time lawyer.
Yesterday, Ojai resident  Paul Blatz and previous City Council candidate Leonard Klaif submitted applicationz to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witnesses Recall Air Crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instructor, student killed on impact in Piper Tomahawk
By Nancy Gross
The victims of the plane crash Thursday afternoon outside 24 Krotona Road have been identified as student pilot Amit Ahire, 19, and flight instructor Richard Anthony Prado, 51.
James Popp, a senior deputy with the Ventura County Sherrif’s Department, said that both were pronounced dead at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUSD To Dip Into Reserves</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Board closes day-care center
By Linda Harmon
It may be time to deck the halls but the Ojai Unified School District’s board meeting last week was about clearing the decks and balancing the books. The four-hour meeting saw the election of board officers and set the course for two major decisions. The most far-reaching decision was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Horgan To Run For County Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lenny Roberts
Ojai City Councilwoman and former mayor Sue Horgan announced Tuesday that she has entered the race for Ventura County Treasurer and Tax Collector. The position, currently held by Lawrence L. Matheney, will become available in November 2010.
&#8220;My real love is finance, Horgan said Tuesday.&#8221; This job is a perfect blend between my private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renaming Libbey Bowl Off Table</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ojai Valley Service Foundation reverses fund-raising lure
By Sondra Murphy

“We understand the importance of maintaining Ojai’s history and legacy,” said Bill Burr Jr., Ojai Valley Service Foundation vice president. “After much thought, we have decided to take the opportunity to rename the bowl with a $1 million gift off the table out of respect to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Exit Film Fest Board</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citing ‘different agendas,’ president  says expansion’s a must for survival
By Nancy Gross
If the Ojai Film Festival were a house, there would be concern that the roof might fall now that several of the pillars have left the building. 
Chairman and President David Shor announced his departure, and that of six other board members on Monday. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Dead In Krotona Air Crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
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By Nancy Gross
Two men died Thursday when their single-engine Piper Tomahawk crashed at 24 Krotona Road Thursday afternoon. The Fire Department got the call at about 2:30 p.m.
Several people called 911 to report the incident, but no witnesses to the crash were on the scene when authorities arrived. One Krotona resident who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council To Appoint Mayor&#8217;s Replacement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Special election could cost more than $30,000
By Sondra Murphy
Now is the time for Ojai residents with opinions on local government to make their voices heard.
Now is the time for Ojai residents with opinions on local government to make their voices heard.
On Tuesday, the Ojai City Council voted 3-2 in favor of appointing a replacement for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gang Member Gets 27 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sheriff&#8217;s Department Press Release
Sgt. Bill Schierman
Sergio Ramos was sentenced this morning to 27 years in state prison for a shooting he committed in Oak View in 2008.  Ramos, an Ojai gang member, has been in custody since his arrest in June of 2008.
On 5-18-08, at about 0800 hours, deputies and investigators from the Sheriff’s Gang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vandals Trash Santa&#8217;s House</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Downards retain Christmas spirit despite cowardly act
By Sondra Murphy
A sure way to get on Santa Claus’ naughty list is to trash a neighbor’s Christmas decorations. That is what one Ojai Valley family woke up to Monday morning.
To make matters worse for the vandals, the house on Willey Street, home to Rick and Judy Downard, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai City Watch 12/4/09</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings City Watchers
I would liked to extend a special thanks to Joe Evans for all that he has brought to City Watch.  Joe, along with all of your help, has nurtured the City Watch program from it&#8217;s humble beginning of a handful of concerned friends to the thousands it now reaches throughout the Ojai Valley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Rain On The Way?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM ACCUWEATHER:
Two Storms to Descend on California
Landslides and Mudflow could be Disastrous in Burn Areas
Latest Forecast From National Weather Service
State College, Pa. &#8211; 4 December 2009 &#8211; AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Ken Clark reported in his blog that a stormy pattern is descending on California, bringing two storms, one of Sunday through Monday, the other on Wednesday and Thursday.


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		<title>Einhart New OVN Publisher</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Veteran newsman brings small-town
experience to bi-weekly publication
By Sondra Murphy
Already home to many proactive citizens, the idyllic community of Ojai has attracted another.
Effective Dec. 1, Walter A. Einhart Jr. has been named editor and publisher of the Ojai Valley News. Einhart has taken the helm as publisher of the newspaper, Ojai Valley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney Seeks Mental Evaulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawyer questions Alex Medina’s ability to assist in his own defense
By Daryl Kelley
A Superior Court judge this week ordered the mental evaluation of Alex Medina after defense lawyers said they had doubts about the youth’s ability to assist in his own defense.
A competency hearing to discuss the evaluation was set for Jan. 8. If both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puppies Abandoned, Suspect Arrested</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department
press release from Deputy Ryan Clark
On 11/30/09, the Lockwood Valley Sheriff’s Sub-Station received a call from a local resident, who reported seeing a man in the process of abandoning approximately 12 puppies on the side of the road, in the area of Lockwood Valley Road, west of Mill Canyon. This location is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash Raised For Legal Defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ojai Valley Defense Fund well on its way to raising $1 million
By Linda Harmon
According to John Broesamle, the Ojai Valley Defense Fund has raised over a quarter of a million dollars in funds and pledges from donors, hoping they’ll never have to use it.
“The Ojai Valley is pretty well guaranteed to face major threats in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avary&#8217;s Work Furlough Suspended</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Screenwriter back in jail to serve one-year
term after alleged breaches in inmate security
By Daryl Kelley
The work-furlough assignment of Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary was suspended late Thanksgiving Day for alleged breaches in inmate security, and the Ojai Valley resident was returned to Ventura County Jail to serve a one-year sentence for felony vehicular manslaughter.
Avary, 44, who won an Academy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>M.O. Man Booked After Stabbing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Sheriff&#8217;s Department reports, 29-year-old Victor Sanchez is being held in the Ventura County Main Jail on suspicion of stabbing Ismael Montelongo, 39, of Mira Monte after the victim suffered a superficial shoulder wound at about 6 p.m. Friday. Sanchez was arrested at a residence in the 200 block of Lomita Avenue after he allegedly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds Agree To Steelhead Bailout</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After failing to allow rescue of 54 stranded fish, NMFS
working with Casitas, others to prevent further die-offs
By Daryl Kelley
Following a summer in which at least 54 steelhead trout died in dry pools in the upper Ventura River, federal officials who failed to launch a rescue effort are now devising a strategy that could save the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vehicle Burglaries On The Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM: Detective Mark Burgess
Ojai Police detectives are warning Ojai Valley residents of an increase in reported vehicle burglaries and thefts from vehicles.  Most of the crimes are occurring during nighttime hours.  The suspects are targeting unlocked vehicles and locked vehicles in which property is in plain view.  Access to locked vehicles is typically gained by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gang Member Pleads Guilty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED January 26, 2010:
Fidel Duran was sentenced to nine years in prison for reportedly admitting to the charge of attempted murder. On Jan. 25, 2010, Rutilio Huerta was sentenced to six months in county jail for battery and criminal street gang activity.


By Lenny Roberts
Almost 11 months after a near-fatal stabbing incident on Waite Street, one man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phonebook Bridges 55-year Gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Reprinted phone book puts nostalgia on speed dial
By Nancy Gross
Did someone say they were headed up Highway 399 to stop by the Deer Lodge for a drink, a game of shuffleboard and to pick up some ice and groceries? It is likely someone did, in 1954.
Darlene Mansfield, whose husband was “the whistling telephone man in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strauss Not Running For Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Congress is not healthy for children and other living things…or compassionate candidates.

By Peter Strauss
Unbeknownst to most people I recently made a decision not to run for Congress representing our 24th District. I was approached in June and met in Washington with Democratic Party officials and White House political directors. Apparently they saw me as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steelhead Plan Prompts Action</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Casitas wants impacts clarified by feds
By Daryl Kelley
The Casitas Municipal Water District has requested that a federal agency seeking to restore endangered southern steelhead trout in the Ventura River to sustainable levels provide more solid information and be more precise and realistic in its goals.
In a letter responding to an aggressive new steelhead recovery plan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Foundation Cuts Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bret Bradigan
Caught between a decline in grants and a desire to expand programs to local youth, the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation has restructured, eliminating three positions, including that of executive director Joanna Iwata, and bringing in board member Dan Burrell to oversee operations.
Also losing their jobs are business manager Marty Reid and program manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steenburgen Presents Film Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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By Nancy Gross
The Ojai Film Society honored its 2009 Steenburgen Film Studies Scholarship winner on Sunday, and honoree and Brooks Institute student Sean Broadbent’s short film “Une Vie Merveilleuse” screened. The filmmaker and film will also be showcased at the Film Society’s 20th anniversary party Saturday.
Mary Steenburgen presented the award to Broadbent. OFS President Ron [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revenues Drop, City Cuts Budget</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2114</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merchants seek help from city in promoting Ojai as tourism mecca
By Sondra Murphy
It is no secret the local economy is not immune to the national downturn, especially in Ojai’s core industry of tourism.
On Tuesday, city manager Jere Kersnar offered preliminary figures for the first quarterly budget review to the Ojai City Council.
The report began ominously, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detectives Arrest Burglary Suspect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OJAI POLICE DEPARTMENT
Press Release 
Nature of Incident: Residential Burglar arrested
Location: Ojai Valley
Dates: Between October 1, 2009 to November 10, 2009
Unit Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department and Ojai Substation
 
Narrative:
Suspect: Daniel Lee Allen, 22
The Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Department’s Ojai Detectives have been investigating several residential burglaries and grand thefts during the months of October and November in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Arrest Made In January Stabbing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VENTURA COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S DEPARTMENT MEDIA RELEASE
Nature of Incident: Arrest of Attempt Murder Suspect
Crime Location: 200 Block of Waite Street, Ojai
Arrest Date &#38; Time: 11-11-2009 @ 1700 Hours
Unit Responsible: Ventura County Sheriff’s Gang Unit
Suspect  Charge(s) City of Residence Age
Attempted Murder &#38; Street terrorism
Huerta, Rutilio, 20, Ojai
Narrative:
On Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Gang Unit arrested Rutilio Huerta for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bowl Naming Rights Discussed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposal to exchange naming rights for $1 million raises public concerns
By Sondra Murphy
Libbey or not Libbey? Could a Hagman, Paxton or Bruckheimer Bowl be in Ojai’s future? If fund raisers for the Libbey Bowl Reconstruction Project had their druthers, a hefty donation to the make-over could come with consideration to rename the venue.
In the ongoing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor Event Raises Money, Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Heal the Community organizes poker run, car show to bring in Segue speakers
By Sondra Murphy
Organizers of last weekend’s Mentor Madness Poker Run and Car and Motorcycle Show are happy that the event was a success. “Approximately $7,000 was raised and there were a little over 100 poker run participants,” said Heal the Community co-founder Dusty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help of Ojai Back On Track</title>
		<link>http://ovnblog.com/?p=2087</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bennett talks about Ojai’s high unemployment rate, growing need for services
By Nancy Gross
Help of Ojai’s 2009 annual meeting combined efficiency with a warm sense of community, which is what Help is known for. 
Dave Neville welcomed members and Jeff Holland, Ojai Presbyterian Church pastor, gave the invocation, offering thanks for “the privilege of serving our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Festival Crowd Enthusiastic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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By Nancy Gross
The Ojai-Ventura Film Festival is no copycat film festival. Many times throughout the weekend, participants expressed pleasure at being part of this singular festival’s 2009 event. 
At Saturday’s awards gala it was remarked that there really isn’t another film festival that kicks off with a golf tournament. Moreover, Mike Donohue conceived a clever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City, OUSD Discuss Skate Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[School board drops opposition
By Sondra Murphy
The next chapter in the Ojai Skate Park chronicles is complete. On Tuesday, the Ojai Unified School District board approved the city’s plans for downtown skate park construction, but not without some adjustments.
During his presentation, Ojai city manager Jere Kersnar asked the school board to approve plans and specifications for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends Endure Hunting Accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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By Nancy Gross
Two close friends who have known each other since kindergarten, have fished together and hunted together from their youth, are now together toughing out the tragedy that came when they had a day where nothing was quite as usual, and nothing went just right. 
Erik Mason, 29, and Bryan Haley, 30, are accustomed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Delivers Mail Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debate focuses on expediency versus privacy
as talk of vote to change law discussed
By Sondra Murphy
Rights to privacy vs. public record were discussed at great length Tuesday during the Ojai City Council meeting. The instigating item concerned the city practice of opening council members’ mail.
The issue was brought to the council in September, when public speakers requested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teens Talk To Packed House</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears, hopes of 300 local youth explored on stage
By Linda Harmon
After hundreds of Ojai teenagers volunteered their innermost thoughts, a talented troupe of students and the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation brought those feelings to the stage. “Teens Talk … Will You Listen?” was performed last Thursday evening at Matilija High School Auditorium to a packed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maricopa Highway Stabbing Reported</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Swine Flu Hits Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vaccines arrive, but so does steady increase in flu cases
By Daryl Kelley
As Ventura County officials continue a special swine flu vaccination program today, Ojai public school officials say they have not seen a spike in student absentees, a telltale marker that the virus is spreading rapidly.
However, at the Ojai Valley Community Hospital, visits by swine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacant Seat Spurs Council Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audience backs election over appointment to replace DeVito
By Sondra Murphy
The question of how to fill the council seat to be vacated by Mayor Joe DeVito, effective Dec. 31, consumed much discussion during Tuesday’s meeting of the Ojai City Council. DeVito, who has served on the council for 23 years, announced his resignation Oct. 12 with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warden Clarifies DFG Position</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Man at center of bear storm eager to explain policy
VIDEO: OVN interviews bear
activist Mary Ann O&#8217;Connor 
By Nancy Gross
California Department of Fish and Game’s Roland Takayama may be infamous to some Ojai residents, who see him as the person who is responsible for the death of the Aliso Street bear on Oct. 10. 
He was directly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avary Given Work Furlough</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Screenwriter begins serving one-year sentence with work release
By Daryl Kelley
Oscar-winning screenwriter and Ojai Valley resident Roger Avary was booked into Ventura County Jail on Monday to begin serving a one-year sentence for felony manslaughter, and was immediately placed in a work-furlough program.
The work-furlough program allows low-risk inmates to go to their jobs and return to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Burns Historic Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Theodore Woolsey House damaged, cause unknown
Photos and report by Scott Wintermute
A dramatic fire broke out Monday afternoon at one of Ojai&#8217;s historic landmarks, the Theodore Woolsey House on East Ojai Avenue, injuring one Ventura County firefighter and prompting two alarms and the response of 10 engines, along with two support companies.
The call came in at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai City Watch 10/25/09</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM: Sgt. Joe Evans



Greeting Watchers.
This week we have an increase in auto burglaries and thefts from vehicles in the Fulton Street area of the city of Ojai. There are a number of burglaries and thefts that have occurred in a very small area of the city. Detectives have arrested a local gang member in one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Discusses Bear Concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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By Nancy Gross
Less than two weeks after a treed bear was tranquilized and euthanized on Aliso Street, Ojai residents and an unexpected guest from Mammoth Lakes brought passion and knowledge to Thursday night’s meeting at Matilija Junior High School.

Chris Nottoli, Sue Williamson, Tom Farmer and others who hope to prevent the deaths of more wild [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tinseltown Icon Ojai Bound</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Graves among luminaries to be honored at Nov. 5-8 Film Festival
By Linda Harmon
Peter Graves, the silver-haired 6-foot-2 pilot from the classic comedy, “Airplane,” will be among the luminaries the Ojai-Ventura Film Festival will bring to town the first week of November. Celebrities and film lovers flock to Ojai for the 10-year-old festival which this year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DFG Issues Bear Kill Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report details incident with Aliso Street bear from start to tragic finish
By Nancy Gross
The official Wildlife Incident Report from the California Department of Fish and Game, dated Oct. 10, 2009, documents the occurrences that led up to the shot heard around the county and beyond, still resounding 13 days later. 
The report narrative begins, “On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ellsberg Bringing Message To Ojai</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Ojai-Ventura Film Festival hosts dual screenings of ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’
By Linda Harmon
Daniel Ellsberg, the subject of the film, “The Most Dangerous Man in America,” is coming to the Ojai-Ventura Film Festival to make a point; someone needs to step forward and take a stand for governmental transparency on the war in Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ojai&#8217;s Water Supply Up For Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State grants $219,000 to measure groundwater basin, effects of wells
By Daryl Kelley
In a move that should make the Ojai Valley better able to survive a drought, the state has awarded $219,000 for a definitive study of how the Ojai groundwater basin works.
The grant from the state Department of Water Resources will pay for a study [...]]]></description>
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