Ventura County

Our Guide To The Ventura County Fair

The Huffington Post | Holly Quinn | Posted 11.19.2011

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The Ventura County Fair was established in 1874. It is one of the few county fairs in the country located right on the ocean, drawing as many as 300,0...

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Teacher Told Slain Student To Stop Wearing Makeup

AP | Posted 10.04.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A teacher testified Thursday that a gay student at a Southern California junior high school paraded around in makeup and high heel...

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Nic Cage's Stolen Comic Book Found

AP | By ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Posted 06.11.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A valuable comic featuring the debut of Superman has re-surfaced in a storage locker, and police said Monday that it appears to be the ...

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No Passport With Somewhere to Go -- Making Lemonade in Southern California

Crai S. Bower | Posted 05.25.2011

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Crai S. Bower

Seems everyone possesses a tragic passport story.

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The River Haven Community

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Schneider

I didn't know you could play a Celine Dion CD off a car battery. But Mike Casper has figured how. He's one of 20 or so residents of River Haven, a transitional encampment in Ventura County, California.

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Domes for the Homeless

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Schneider

Can a new village of homes be built in a day? The answer is yes if you have volunteers, vision, and an innovative design for geodesic homes.

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Of California, Fairgrounds and Things I Can't Afford to Buy Given the Current Budget Situation

Rose Hayden-Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rose Hayden-Smith

Talk about selling fairgrounds? If we value the future of agriculture in California, this is not a dare any of us should be willing to take.

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California Thermal Hot Spot Reaches 812 Degrees

Fox News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The ground is so hot in one part of Southern California it can melt the shoes right off your feet. An unexplained "thermal anomaly" caused a patch of...

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