Jill Breitner

Aug 4, 2023 | ojaivalleynews.com | Nicholas Oatway |Jill Breitner |Phil Caruthers

By Phil Caruthers, Nicholas Oatway and Jill BreitnerThe joy of the Ojai Band Summer ConcertsOn Wednesday, July 26, I was lucky enough to get to conduct the Ojai Band playing Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the traditional last number of their summer concerts. In my excitement, I forgot to properly acknowledge the Ojai Band and thank them for their marvelous performance, regardless of my mediocre conducting.

Jul 21, 2023 | ojaivalleynews.com | Lorie Alford |Jill Breitner |Robin Gerber |Karen Banfield

By Lorie Alford, Jill Breitner, Karen Banfield, Robin Gerber and Viv Rutland OUSD crisis avertedI have been fraught with worry these past few months during the interim period between school superintendents. My concerns were: Would the school board hire a superintendent who was ethical, and would they make sure that whomever was hired had a moral compass that was pointed north?