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Quick Green Tip: Earth Day Events 2025

1 week ago | vcreporter.com | David J. 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 inspired Senator Gaylord Nelson, from Wisconsin, and Denis Hayes, a 25-year-old activist, to create an annual event calling attention to environmental threats.
Purple is the New Party: They’re all drinking the Kool Aid now

1 week ago | vcreporter.com | Paul Moomjean

Back in the 1970s Jim Jones, a charismatic preacher and cult leader, led a group of people to Guyana to worship him and his false teachings. It ended with authorities surrounding the compound, and Jones convincing his flock to drink Flavor Aid mixed with numerous poisons, inciting mass murder-suicide of more than 900 people. From this tragedy came the colloquial expression “they drank the Kool-Aid,” referring to people who buy into a tragic lie, leading to their destruction or demise.
Al Fresco with Flowers: Local spots for a wildflower picnic

1 week ago | vcreporter.com | Gwendolyn Alley

Backpacking from Mexico to Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1985, we passed through fields of flowers. Splashes of cactus blossoms and walls of blue ceanothus, acres of lavender iris, meadows of pink shooting stars and streamside nods from tiger lilies and red columbine brought tableaus of beauty at our trailside “tables” for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Sweet Strings: Scottish Fish to bring Celtic flavor to Ventura on April 18

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Tim Pompey

When you’ve grown up playing Celtic music, and your band is driven by its joyful energy, how can your life not be exuberant and fun-filled? Welcome to the world of Scottish Fish, the all-women’s string band that keeps wowing audiences with its brilliant interpretations of Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle music. Of course, you’ll ask: What are Scottish Fish? Let me be the first to say it’s got nothing to do with Pisces or fish in general.
‘Crazy Mama’: Family ties, mental illness poignantly portrayed at the Rubicon

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Tim Pompey

This is not a happy story. I say this not to deter you from attending but to let you know that “Crazy Mama,” a play by Ojai resident Sharon Scott Williams currently onstage at the Rubicon Theatre, is a serious portrayal of mental illness. And while it may have some elements of humor to it, it’s not intended to be comical, facetious or sly. It’s painful. Good Lord, is it painful, especially if you’ve dealt with this in your own family. For children, it’s particularly devastating.
True(-ish) Crime: Local DA turned legal thriller novelist to give talk in Oxnard on April 12

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

Ray Scapio is Ventura County’s top homicide prosecutor, possibly one of the best trial attorneys Ventura County has ever seen. Of Italian American descent, Scapio was born in New Jersey and had an uncle who took sports wagers as a bookmaker. He wears his black hair slicked back and looks many years younger than he really is. He’s known for his brilliant cross examinations which stun know-it-all defense expert witnesses.
Gould Residence for Sale: Historic Ventura home on the market for second time in 100+ years

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

Architects Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene designed some of the most famous homes in the U.S., including the Gamble House, a National Historic Landmark mansion in Pasadena known as a pinnacle of the American Arts and Crafts Movement and open to public tours. The brothers’ Pasadena architectural firm founded in 1894, Greene and Greene, specialized in craftsman architecture with Japanese influences, blending outdoor and indoor settings in harmonious ways.
Thousands Protest Trump: Locals join nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ demonstrations on April 5

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

Several thousand Ventura County residents took to the streets in Ventura, Thousand Oaks and Ojai on Saturday, April 5, to oppose the policies and actions of President Donald Trump. Protestors at over 1,300 demonstrations in all 50 states and Washington D.C. under the banner “Hands Off!” demanded continuing support for numerous causes including climate initiatives and reproductive freedom as well as Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Park Service.
An Impractical Joker: Sal Vulcano says ‘Everything’s Fine’ on stage

3 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Laura Latzko

On TV’s “Impractical Jokers,” Sal Vulcano embarrasses, challenges and pranks his longtime friends. After touring with his castmates, Vulcano is on his own doing standup comedy. He brings his show to the Bank of America Performing Arts Center on Thursday, April 10, as part of his “Everything’s Fine” jaunt. During this tour, the comic brings more personal material to the stage. “For the first time onstage, I’m talking about my family, my life, my wife, kid, things like that,” he said.
Purple is the New Party: Little Snow White liars?

3 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Paul Moomjean

There isn’t a lot of whistling while they work at Disney these past few weeks. The latest live action feature film update, “Snow White,” was released to the sound of a thud in the enchanted forest. Starring Rachel Zegler as the title character and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen, this $200 million budgeted update made $88 million worldwide including only $43 million in North America.