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Artists' greatest act: teaching others
The loss of two creative titans just a day apart has left Ventura County’s arts community reeling.
Published: July 21, 2017 - Camarillo Acorn
Residents can learn from international students
International students planning to attend colleges and universities in the tri-county area may fear being unwelcome due to media coverage of negative comments, but once they arrive they are generally met with a lack of attention.
Published: July 21, 2017 - Pacific Coast Business Times
Show must go on for grieving actors
As soon as the key players in the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company learned that their friend and colleague John Slade had been killed in a hit-and-run automobile accident, they agreed the show must go on.
Published: July 21, 2017 - Ventura County Star
After director's death, Kingsmen carries on with 'Caesar'
"Creating is the essence of life," Julius Caesar says in William Shakespeare's celebrated tragedy named for the ancient Roman ruler.
Published: July 20, 2017 - Thousand Oaks Acorn
Artists' greatest act was as teachers
The loss of two creative titans just a day apart has left Ventura County's arts community reeling.
Published: July 20, 2017 - Thousand Oaks Acorn
Cops seek driver in fatal hit-and-run
The California Highway Patrol is seeking the public's help in locating a Ventura man it says was responsible for the accident that lead to the death of a Cal Lutheran University theater director.
Published: July 20, 2017 - Thousand Oaks Acorn
Research by South Coast scientist who studies DNA from Shark Teeth to be featured again on TV
The latest research by a scientist on the South Coast who studies DNA from shark teeth left behind after attacks will again be featured as a part of the Discovery Channel "Shark Week" TV specials.
Published: July 20, 2017 - KCLU
Suspect sought in fatal hit-and-run
The California Highway Patrol was asking for the public's help on Tuesday to find a Ventura man suspected of a July 6 fatal hit and run traffic collision in which an Ojai educator and actor was killed.
Published: July 19, 2017 - Ventura County Star
CLU researcher's work featured on 'Shark Week'
The idea to get DNA from just a fragment of a great white shark's tooth came after Ralph Collier read about work happening in Kenya.
Published: July 18, 2017 - Ventura County Star
Farmers market groundwater
Ventura County farmers can now buy and sell groundwater on a formal market.
Published: July 18, 2017 - Ventura County Star
Rookie RailCats pitcher Marshall Pautsch gets 1st pro win
It all finally came together on the mound for Railcats' starting pitcher Marshall Pautsch on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Steel Yard.
Published: July 17, 2017 - Northwest Indiana Times
Serrano's Trey Brown to play football for Cal Lutheran
Trey Brown dominated both sides of the ball in high school football.
Published: July 15, 2017 - Victorville Daily Press
Ojai actor, former teacher killed in Ventura car crash
John Slade, a well-known local actor, musician and former Nordhoff High School educator, died July 7 after sustaining internal injuries during a July 6 hit-and-run car accident on Highway 101 near Ventura's Victoria Avenue exit.
Published: July 14, 2017 - Ojai Valley News
Tri-Counties exploring solutions to housing unaffordability
In Ventura County, a July 12 housing summit at California Lutheran University brought multiple parties together to talk about the future of housing.
Published: July 14, 2017 - Pacific Coast Business Times
Summer of Shakespeare
Celebrating its 21st season, the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival is in full regalia at Kingsmen Park in Thousands Oaks.
Published: July 13, 2017 - Ventura County Reporter
Director dies, but CLU play to go on
A beloved actor, stage director, poet, educator and friend to many died early Friday after a car crash that occurred as he returned to his Ojai home from a rehearsal at California Lutheran University.
Published: July 12, 2017 - Ventura County Star
Marshall's plan: Pautsch changes gears, eschews Hawaii for RailCats
Marshall Pautsch had it all lined up.
Published: July 7, 2017 - Chicago Tribune
Storytelling can breathe life into your business
Marketing is an essential component of starting a small business, writes California Lutheran University faculty member Jodi Hill.
Published: July 7, 2017 - Pacific Coast Business Times
Surfer turned pitcher taking chance with RailCats
Marshall Pautsch was done with baseball.
Published: July 7, 2017 - Northwest Indiana Times
Simi Valley graduate hikes lengthy Pacific Crest Trail
Don Kreitz stood on a narrow path carved into a steep, snowy slope in the photo taken somewhere high up in the Sierras.
Published: July 6, 2017 - Ventura County Star
Wehner unveils clutch performance on diamond
The Cal Lutheran University Kingsmen baseball team was one game away from seeing their memorable 2017 season come to a conclusion.
Published: July 6, 2017 - Bellevue Reporter
Review: Love's Labour's Lost at Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival
Spaniards, and Soviets synthesize to produce a thoroughly entertaining evening under the stars as Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival presents "Love's, Labour's, Lost" through July 16 for its 21st Season.
Published: July 5, 2017 - Broadway World
Ben Brewer, Olivia Smith take titles in Semana Nautica 1-mile ocean swim
Ben Brewer overcame a case of jet lag and won the Semana Nautica, Mullen and Henzell 1-mile ocean swim on Saturday at East Beach.
Published: July 1, 2017 - Noozhawk
Coding Autism wins MIT entrepreneurial competition
Some familiar faces showed up for the Startup Showcase hosted by the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast looking for investors, partners and prizes.
Published: June 30, 2017 - Pacific Coast Business Times
Hike of a lifetime
For Don Kreitz, it's not about the destination; it's about the people he meets along the way.
Published: June 30, 2017 - Simi Valley Acorn
Former Nighthawk pitcher blossoms on national championship team
Scott Roberts is not one of those baseball players who gives up when things get rough.
Published: June 29, 2017 - San Diego Union-Tribune
The health-care bill enigma
After months of discussions and years of efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans, who currently hold 52 seats, postponed a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 after they failed to secure the needed 50 votes to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Published: June 29, 2017 - Ventura County Reporter
This grad's first job after college? Tackling the Pacific Coast Trail
For Don Kreitz, it's not about the destination; it's about the people he meets along the way.
Published: June 29, 2017 - Thousand Oaks Acorn
How California got its first groundwater market
Farmers, regulators and an economist teamed up to launch the first groundwater market in California.
Published: June 27, 2017 - News Deeply
$1.9 million grant awarded to help farmers trade water supplies
A project is underway in Ventura County on a way for farmers to buy and trade water supplies.
Published: June 26, 2017 - KEYT
South High grad Nick Cohan makes best of a bad situation
It looked like Nick Cohan's baseball career was going to end quite unceremoniously.
Published: June 24, 2017 - Torrance Daily Breeze