Santa Paula: Limoneira – East Area development faces its greatest challenge–Part 3
By Sheryl Hamlin Water Like demographics, the study of water and availability varies by the forecaster or the consultant. On September 3, 2013, water was the main topic of the Santa Paula City Council Meeting. A water consultant invited by the city, reported on water conditions. He noted that Limoneira had provided the questions for […]
Santa Paula: Limoneira – East Area development faces headwinds–Part 2
By Sheryl Hamlin Multiple headwinds face the Limoneira East Area I and II projects: demographics, fallout from the housing bubble, fallout from the financial crisis, stagnant wages and an overbuilt retail sector. Demographers map generations by major life events. In 1998, the Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, were between 34 and 52 […]
Limoneira: Agribusiness and Real Estate Development–East Area–Part 1
By Sheryl Hamlin History 1998 – 2014 An early report about the East Area Project in Santa Paula was published on April 14, 1998 in the Los Angeles Times. The Santa Paula city council considered a 20-year plan which would add 9,570 acres to the community’s current 2,908 acres. There was much dissention that evening. […]
Election Results Set Up Year Of Common Core Clashes
After lurking beneath the surface for several years as it was quietly implemented in over 90 percent of the country, try Common Core surged to prominence in the past two year to become a major issue in dozens of primaries and state-level races around the country. While 2014 was the first election where candidate’s support […]
At the end of the race: Old Friends where thoroughbreds come home to die
By Debra Tash Ferdinand won the roses in 1986, finishing first at the Kentucky Derby that year. By 2002, after amassing over $3.7 million on the track, he was sent to the slaughterhouse. This story inspired Michael Blowen, a film credit at the Boston Globe, to create a home for retired thoroughbreds. Blowen read about […]
Ventura County Animal Services desperate for foster homes–volunteer today!
VCAS FOSTER KITTEN PROGRAM. Actual photos from Ventura County Animal Services kittens in foster care. Contact them if you are interested in fostering Kittens or Puppies! Puppies, too? Really? Well, okay. Contact them today: Phone (805) 388-4341 Email [email protected] Website http://www.vcas.us […]
Most amazing Halloween Pumpkins
Villafane Studios is home to three incredible artists that specialize in creating the most jaw-dropping pumpkin carvings you have ever seen. Started by Ray Villafane in 2004, he is joined by Andy Bergholtz and Chris Vierra. The trio travel the globe demonstrating their amazing talent and have won countless events and competitions. Check them out! […]
Teachers Now Lack Faith In Common Core Too
Republished with permission–The Daily Caller Foundation: http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/ . One day after a poll showing that a plurality of parents split opinions on Common Core, another survey by Gallup shows that public school teachers are having major doubts about the new multistate education standards as well. According to Gallup’s survey, only 41 percent of teachers view Common […]
Parents Now Evenly Split On Common Core
A new Gallup poll indicates that parents of public school children are closely divided on the merits of Common Core, while opinions on the multistate education standards are increasingly dividing along partisan lines. In a survey limited to parents with at least one child in the public K-12 school system, Gallup found that 33 percent of […]
