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3 weeks ago |
vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson
Before Jennifer Barbettini became a supervising victim advocate for the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, where she’s been employed for 12 years, she worked at Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families. Her job was in an emergency crisis shelter helping abused and neglected girls aged 6 to 17 who had been removed from their homes. The Camarillo nonprofit employed an enormous Newfoundland therapy dog named Archie who weighed 165 pounds and lavished love on people in need of comfort.
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3 weeks ago |
vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson
Fillmore is surrounded by postcard-perfect mountain views, but isn’t really known for hiking. There is the Dough Flat Trailhead leading into Los Padres National Forest (LPNF), but it can only be reached by driving many miles along steep and twisty mountain roads.
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3 weeks ago |
vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson
It was a normal Thursday work day at Rat Boi, a women’s apparel business at 265 S. Laurel Street in Ventura, when the earth began to move. Rat Boi founder Alexa Coughlin told the Ventura County Reporter she felt something unusual before 11 a.m. on May 29, but figured it had to do with the nearby construction site for a four-story apartment complex. “We felt like a jolt here.
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3 weeks ago |
vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson
A visual arts teacher at Rio Mesa High School received the surprise of a lifetime on May 27 when she learned she was chosen as 2025 Ventura County Teacher of the Year. Top officials from the Ventura County Office of Education (VCOE) and the Oxnard Union High School District entered the classroom where Shi Young Kim was teaching, to the cheers of her students.
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1 month ago |
vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) officials are not yet sure exactly how expected federal budget cuts to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) will impact local programs, but it’s already clear anything related to climate change or diversity programs may be on the chopping block.
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