Results tagged “ventura county”
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West Is Eden:
How often do we step ahead when standing still is what matters?
A number of wildfires in Southern California have air quality officials putting out warnings to the public this week.
Openings & Closings:
A wildfire that has quickly spread within the western Santa Monica Mountains forced the closure of trails and park areas today.
Welcome to wildfire season, California. Today, six wildfires are burning throughout state, two which are here in Southern California. And they are, to say the least, more intense than usual for this time of year.
West Is Eden:
Starving sea lion pups are washing up on Southern California beaches in record numbers -- at a rate five times the norm. It has gotten so bad the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared an "unusual mortality event."
West Is Eden:
What happened to us? When did we become so elevator-silent, so dour, so proper, so scrunch-faced, so mature?
West Is Eden:
The words just kind of snuck up on him. Words can do that. Depressing, inspiring, uplifting, unsettling, erotic. Life-changing.
West Is Eden:
In these graduating times, cause for celebration and remembering: smeary handprints won't forever stay messy or small.
West Is Eden:
We are a strange and sometimes beautiful species.
West Is Eden:
We all know what happened to New England cod and, before that, the great whales. The oceans are not what they used to be.
West Is Eden:
On March 5th I will raise my glass to Channel Islands National Park and my friend James, who have both reminded me of a simple but infinitely valuable lesson.
West Is Eden:
I looked down at my son and I lied. "Sometimes things are meant to die and there's nothing you can do."
West Is Eden:
Mist blew in. I tasted salt on both our lips.
West Is Eden:
There's a new Walmart in Simi Valley. It's the second Walmart there -- on the same street, miles away. What do all these big boxes in Ventura County mean?
Ventura:
Tracy Hudak analyzes reports from the Ventura County Community Foundation and the "Local Arts Index" by national organization, Americans for the Arts. The research offers data measuring the health and vitality of the arts in Ventura County.
West Is Eden:
It's the people you never hear of who really make a difference. And the boys from New Jersey and the California surfboard shaper fit that bill.
West Is Eden:
I do worry about the children. How do they see a bulletproof backpack? What do they think about a playground fenced off on the weekend? What does this look like to someone who still believes in Santa Claus?
Ventura:
We selected the best articles of 2012 from Ventura County.
West Is Eden:
Did it or didn't it? The end of the world, or a new beginning?
Another Pacific cold front will glide into the California coast today and generate high winds and light precipitation in the Southland on Tuesday, forecasters said.
