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'We're bleeding': Area residents worry about embattled Santa Paula Hospital
The future of financially troubled Santa Paula Hospital should be based on more than numbers, community leaders and residents told Ventura County health care leaders Thursday. They gathered in a meeting triggered by the county Health Care Agency’s budget proposal to close the small hospital’s birthing unit and its intensive care ward. They listened to county leaders explain that only 10 babies a month are being delivered at the hospital. They learned the entire hospital averages about...
Santa Paula says goodbye to old fire station, prepares for next generation site
Two generations of firefighters helped send off Ventura County Fire Station No. 29 in downtown Santa Paula Tuesday. Ventura County Fire Department Battalion Chief Dustin Lazenby and his father, Steve Lazenby, formerly a fire captain at the station at 114 S. 10th Street, took part in a flag-lowering ceremony with other city and county officials.
Future uncertain for longtime Oxnard beach caretaker Walter Fuller
Kayla Bouwens was excited to talk to Walter Fuller just before she and husband Kevin Bouwens left Ormond Beach at the end of a recent weekday. “There’s a lot of baby bunnies running around,” she told Fuller, who has volunteered for almost 30 years at the 2-mile beach in Oxnard that stretches between Port Hueneme and Naval Air Station Point Mugu. ...
State representatives and Bureau of Reclamation announce $159 million for Southern California Water Resilience
Several state representatives announced a new investment of $159 million for Southern California's water recycling projects, including Ventura. The post State representatives and Bureau of Reclamation announce $159 million for Southern California Water Resilience appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
Ivy Lawn Memorial Park flying flags of military men and women in honor of Memorial Day
VENTUEA, Calif.-Flags are waving along the Avenue of Flags. It is a Memorial Day tradition at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura. They are flags donated by the families of military men and women. Many families spent Memorial Day Weekend tending to the graves of their loved ones. There is a Veterans Circle at the The post Ivy Lawn Memorial Park flying flags of military men and women in honor of Memorial Day appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
5 affordable tiny homes get preliminary OK in Ojai
The Ojai City Council has given initial approval for development of five affordable tiny homes on city-owned property. Council members voted 5-0 on May 14 to approve a memorandum of understanding allowing Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County to develop and manage the homes at 408-410 N. Montgomery St. The preliminary agreement with the nonprofit shows plans for a pair of duplexes plus a single-family home with one or two bedrooms.
Framework To Build “Power Plant” Stage For Solomun Show In LA
Solomun is set to deliver another scintillating marathon performance in Los Angeles this weekend. Produced by leading West Coast dance promoter Framework, the event originally destined for the Mandalay Generating Station—an abandoned power plant in Oxnard, California—will now take place at Downtown LA’s Exposition Park this Saturday, June 1, 2024.
3 SoCal water resiliency projects get $159M from feds
Federal officials Tuesday announced $159 million in funding for a trio of Southern California water-resiliency projects, including nearly $100 million for an under-development water-recycling facility in Carson.
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