October 2nd, 2026 VC Star By Cheri Carlson As El Niño conditions strengthen, Ventura County officials will waive permit fees and deposits for private property owners to work in a creek or river bed in preparation for winter storms. The costs typically include a $505 fee and $2,000 deposit to cover engineering and other reviews,…
October 5th, 2026 KCLU By Lance Orozco A Ventura County Public Works crew repaves a section of a road near Santa Paula Projects range from cleaning debris basins to patching roads. A Ventura County Public Works Agency crew is repaving a section of a road in the Santa Clara River Valley. They are eliminating…
June 22nd, 2026 Published by KCLU By Caroline Feraday The Moon Ditch project in Ventura has transformed a flood control channel that was often a target for tagging and graffiti. A unique public art project has transformed a nearly mile-long flood control channel into one of the largest murals in the county. Local artist…
May 26th, 2026 Special to Ventura County Star By David Goldstein Last week for National Public Works Week, the cities of Oxnard and Thousand Oaks, and the County of Ventura held events with informational booths, equipment displays and activities for children. School groups visited on field trips, including over 1,200 children who came to the…
July 25th, 2025 Santa Paula Times Those often-buffeted residents living along the Santa Paula Creek will especially want to attend a special scoping meeting to be held in person and on Zoom on Wednesday, July 23 staged by the county of Ventura government to address a fix for the at-times raging waters. The meeting will…
Amigos 805 June 10th, 2025 by Community Contributor VENTURA — The Ventura Countywide Stormwater Quality Management Program (VCSQMP) is pleased to announce the availability of the Ventura County Technical Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality Control Measures 2025 Reissuance (2025 TGM). The 2025 TGM is a comprehensive resource that provides sizing and design guidance for post-construction stormwater quality…
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…
Vida July 14, 2024 The County of Ventura’s Arts & Culture Division has received a $75,000 Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support the Channeling Murals project, a public art and workforce development initiative. This is one of 68 grants nationwide, totaling $5 million, that the NEA has approved…
November 2, 2023 Ojai Valley News A new website with resources to inform, educate and help prepare people for flooding has been launched by the Ventura County Public Works Agency. View the website at https://floodinfo.venturacounty.gov/. The website shows real-time storm data, linked from the Ventura County Flood Warning System, showing the status of flooding in…
Efforts to remove Matilija Dam get $4.3 million to clear one hurdle, more ahead A nearly 25-year effort to tear down the long-defunct Matilija Dam near Ojai got a $4.3 million boost this month. The state’s Wildlife Conservation Board agreed to provide the funds to the Ventura County Public Works Agency – Watershed Protection District…