Ojai News

A drum circle is planned for 1:30 p.m., followed at 2 p.m. by a gourd hat parade.

Johnny Rivers released a greatest hits collection on his own Soul City label several months ago and still plays occasional fair, festival and casino gigs.

Johnny Rivers' career has been nothing short of amazing. Though best known for "Secret Agent Man," a song so ubiquitous that it's become his nickname, Rivers' other accomplishments are often overlooked.

I am writing to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to maintain the California Caregiver Resource Centers.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Ojai, CA: Spend a magical summer evening with "Rey Fresco and the Ojai Youth Symphony" Saturday, August 18, 2012, 5:30-9:30PM at Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Street, Ojai, CA.

The 66th annual Ojai Music Festival just keeps growing. This year's festival - nestled in the idyllic Ojai Valley some 90 miles north of Los Angeles - will feature no fewer than 10 concerts over four days.

"Neo-Magical Realism: The Divinity of Beauty," with paintings and sculptures from three area artists, will run from Friday through June 30 at the Studio Channel Islands Art Center Gallery.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star The Ojai Photography Club welcomes Lou Cunningham to its June 19 meeting at 7:00 PM, in Help of Ojai's Kent Hall, 111 Santa Ana Street, Ojai, CA.

When the hot Ojai sun beat down on the audience at the new Libbey Bowl, it could become so uncomfortable that people abandoned their seats, scrambling for slices of shade.

In this latest episode of RideApart, Jamie, Grant and I head up 33 north of Ojai, California.

Christel Rogero walks through her Ojai garden with one of her chickens. She has organized a group that plans to provide self-guided farm tours on which people can learn farming techniques.

Army veteran Dave Pressey speaks Saturday at the Ojai library as part of the Veterans History Project.

Federal land managers have rejected an application by a Colorado company to use bacteria to produce methane from northeast Wyoming coal beds.

Starting at 6 p.m. Friday, the California Highway Patrol will fan out across county roads and highways as part of its annual Memorial Day weekend maximum-enforcementA operation.

As he tries to take stock of his life, writer Eric Weiss is thrown for a loop when he meets a feckless young college student in "Brooklyn Boy." Donald Margulies' play will continue through June 17 at the Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai.

Steve Bennett has been an excellent Supervisor for Ventura County. He is attentive to the needs of the people of this county.

Hundreds of books will be available for 50 cents to $2 at the Memorial Day Book Sale fundraiser to benefit three libraries in Ojai.

The Ojai City Council is considering joining with other California cities to sue the state Department of Finance over directives that could put city tax revenues at risk.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Buddy Wilds and John Madeiros rehearse May 16 for the Ojai ACT's production of "Brooklyn Boy"now playing at the Ojai Art Center Theater.

The Santa Paula residents decided in 1961 with generous community donations, to fund and build Santa Paula Hospital .