Request for Statement of Qualifications to provide Civil Design Services for Hueneme Road Widening – Phase I Federal Project No HIPL-5952(215) The Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) invites Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from highly qualified A & E Firms to provide civil design services for the Hueneme Road Widening Project – Phase…
VC Star May 25th, 2025 By David Goldstein Public Works Week, was May 18-24, and the American Public Works Association’s 2025 theme was “People, Purpose, Presence.” These cornerstone ideals explain the value and relevance of many public works programs, including programs that benefit our environment.On May 20, dozens of county workers led interactive activities and…
Request for Statement of Qualifications to provide Civil Engineering Design Services for Yerba Buna Slope Repair (MP 0.93, 1.94, 2.61, 2.96) Project Ventura County Public Works Agency Roads & Transportation (PWA-RT) is seeking Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from qualified firms to provide professional Civil Engineering Design Services for a slope stabilization and…
Ojai Valley News March 27, 2025 After reaching recent milestones, the project to remove Matilija Dam “is progressing well,” according to county officials. “We talk about the three big rocks in the jar. What’s our focus today?” asked Jeff Palmer, assistant director with the Ventura County Public Works Agency. This calendar year, Palmer said, the…
VC Star By David Goldstein Feb. 7, 2025 Vandals repeatedly broke locks on cigarette butt containers along the Ventura beach promenade, sometimes dumping out the carefully stored cigarettes and sometimes stealing the entire container. Adding to the litter prevention program’s woes, a wrong-way driver exiting the nearby parking garage drove onto the promenade and destroyed…
Moorpark Acorn By David Goldstein 2/7/25 After the fire comes the cleanup, and Bakersfield-based Remedial Transportation Services—RTS—has begun work under a contract with the County of Ventura to remove debris from homes burned in last month’s Mountain fire. The company’s workers are looking for telltale green painted-letter identification on burned-out autos that alerts them whether…
VC Star By David Goldstein 2/1/25 In the gray landscape of fire debris at the tragic sites where homes burned in the Mountain Fire, a flash of green stands out on a hulk. The green is spray paint forming the letters “VC.” “Hulk” is the term used for the frames of burned vehicles. Remedial Transportation…
VC Star By David Goldstein 1/26/25 You paid to get into an event. You waited in a line for food. When you finish eating and are eager to enjoy the event, are you willing to spend time looking for a recycling container? Unless recycling at events is convenient and well marked, many otherwise decent people,…
KEYT By Dave Alley 1/13/25 LOPEZ LAKE, Calif. – Despite a lack of rain over the past several months, lake levels on the Central Coast remain near capacity at a handful of reservoirs. In San Luis Obispo County, Lopez Lake is currently at 91.6 percent, an extremely impressive amount considering the the region has gone…
Ojai Valley News By Grant Phillips January 6, 2025 The city of Camarillo will host a town hall for residents impacted by the Mountain Fire on Tuesday, Jan. 7, covering the potential for post-fire debris flow. The meeting will be hosted by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services and the city of Camarillo,…