Ventura City Council votes 6-0 to remove Junipero Serra statues; community split; sends 2,500 emails, 3,000 comments
By Michael Hernandez VENTURA—The City Council approved in a unanimous 6-0 vote a motion to remove the Junipero Serra bronze statue from in front of the City Hall and the wooden statue from the City Hall atrium. Councilmember Erik Nazarenko (District 4) made the motion seconded by Councilmember Jim Friedman (District 5). Mayor Matt LaVere […]
Ventura’s Biggest Secret–This Veteran’s Day at St. Mary’s Cemetery
This coming Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at 10 AM we will be meeting at St. Mary’s Cemetery, one mile east, of the front doors of Mission San Buenaventura on Main Street, for Memorial Services honoring grave side, the service of the 76 American veterans and the one 1869 Medal of Honor recipient, interred there. After […]
