VC Star April 12, 2025 By David Goldstein The original Earth Day celebration, on April 22, 1970, was organized in response to a disaster off our coast. In 1969, an oil platform’s spill in the Santa Barbara Channel created an 800 square mile slick, from Santa Barbara to Ventura County, and the resulting environmental destruction…
VC Star September 15th, 2024 David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star When Coastal Cleanup Day volunteers mass along beaches from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 21, they could find less litter than they did in the previous 39 years of the event. Mechanical devices treating captured water prevent trash from washing down storm…
May 26, 2023 Patch Moorpark On Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023, The Ventura County Board of Supervisors graduated from Ventura County Public Works University On Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023, The Ventura County Board of Supervisors graduated from Ventura County Public Works (VCPWA) University. The university was set up to provide detailed information to the Supervisors of…
May 17, 2023 Amigos 805 VENTURA COUNTY — For this year’s National Public Works Day on May 23rd, more than 1,200 students in Ventura County will visit the Ventura County Public Works Agency! National Public Works Day is an opportunity for kindergarten through high school students to learn about the world of public works. PWA…
May 11, 2023 Amigos 805 VENTURA COUNTY — For this year’s National Public Works Day on May 23rd, more than 1,200 students in Ventura County will visit the Ventura County Public Works Agency! National Public Works Day is an opportunity for kindergarten through high school students to learn about the world of public works. PWA…
Here is some information on the California Triathlon occurring in our area. Click here to find out more information about possible road closures or other things about this event. More information can be found at this link: https://ventura.californiatriathlon.org/Race/2022CalTriVentura/Page/course
April 1, 2023 VC Star Since this year’s Earth Day, on April 22, falls on a Saturday, most events will be held on the official day of commemoration. However, as usual, gatherings throughout the month will celebrate Earth Day. Here are some local events, listed by city: Fillmore • April 22, 10 a.m. to 1…
November 17, 2022 “Dance like no one is watching,” wrote Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh in 1987. Now, “Recycle like everyone is watching” is one of the slogans Keep America Beautiful uses to promote America Recycles Day, which was on Nov. 15. Keep America Beautiful, a nonprofit organization supported mainly by major corporations and public…
By David Goldstein Special to Ventura County Star Sept.17,2022 Skeptics ask: “How are we going to charge 35 million electric vehicles in California with an electric grid that can barely support air conditioning?” Kent Bullard, field representative for the Electric Vehicle Advocates of Ventura County, hopes to share answers at upcoming events celebrating National Drive…
By David Goldstein On Saturday, from 9 a.m. to noon, Ventura County Coastal Cleanup Day will bring trash-gathering volunteers to more than 20 sites as part of the 38th annual International Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 17. The local effort targets beaches as well as inland sites from Fillmore to Simi Valley. Last year in…