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Camarillo Fire in Ventura Country Now 80% Contained

The Camarillo Brush Fire in Ventura County is Now 80% Contained LA Now reports that the Camarillo fire that was threatening homes yesterday is now 80% contained and should be completely extinguished by about 6pm this...

Tea Drinking Teabaggers

Tea Bags (Source Wikipedia) "In 1907, American tea merchant Thomas Sullivan began distributing samples of his tea in small bags of Chinese silk with a drawstring. Consumers noticed that they could simply leave the...

Preserving the Santa Clara River -- one photo at a time

Source: Eric Billingsley/San Fernando Valley Business Journal/March 15, 2010 Environmentalists have long voiced concerns about Newhall Ranch in the Santa Clarita Valley. The proposed master planned community will...

Debate over Santa Clara River turns edgy -- 7 days left

LOS ANGELES, CA -- A new environmental group has entered the fray in a bid to halt the master-planned Newhall Ranch development slated for the banks for the Santa Clara River west of Valencia."We're looking at...

Ventura Tsunami in California Anti-Climatic: Tsunami Watch CA

After the 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck Chile Saturday morning, and tsunami warnings were issued for areas such as Australia, Peru and Hawaii (where evacuation orders were put in place to move people to higher ground), residents on the west coast of the United States, such...

Damage from Tsunami (Generated by quake in Chili) in Ventura CA

News just in from Weather Channel:  Tidal surge in Ventura, CA Harbor.  Buoys were swept away but no boats. No injuries or damage. Ventura tidal surge significant but no big wave.  Some sand erosion on Ventura beaches. This is all the news to date.

Erik Gates of 'Mythbusters' Dies, Fell Through Skylight

Erik Gates, a rocketry expert who appeared on several episodes of Mythbusters, died. Gates was working on a roof when he fell through a skylight and plummeted 30 feet to his death. Aside from his four guest appearances on the Discovery Channel hit series Mythbusters Gates was...

Kegel Exercises: Not Just For Better Orgasms

Kegel exercises are the contracting and relaxing of the pelvic muscles repeatedly. There are many different things that can add stress to your pelvic muscles, such as being pregnant, being overweight, childbirth,...

A Childs Journey Towards Ending Domestic Violence

Ruby cowered under the bed terrified her father would come and find her. She hadn't done the dishes. She had forgotten completely and had gone out playing. It wasn't the first time this had happened, but her fathers roaring voice could be heard all the way up to the second...

Jesusita, Santa Barbara Wildfire

This was yesterday's sunset seen from Ventura

Screenwriter of Pulp Fiction Manslaughter Dui

Another Hollywood celebrity involved in criminal and outrageous circumstances.  I remember he is innocent until proven guilty, but looks like there is a lot of damning evidence. "December 13, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by drunk driving lawyers in Los...

Weather Related Crashes Says California Highway Patrol

"November 3, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to the California Highway Patrol there has been several weather related vehicle crashes. The storm that brought thunder and lightening is being called the first...

Winds slow down but California wildfires continue

The California fires continue to burn north of Los Angeles, and have forced the evacuation of thousands of people from their homes. The Santa Ana winds had calmed down this morning, while residents waited to...

California: Hot Spot Hits 812 Degrees, Starts Fires

This is a scientific mystery. Why one patch of land hits 812 degrees and literally sets things on fire is under investigation."High atop a steep grass-covered mountain overlooking the Little Sespe Canyon near Fillmore, the earth is on fire. Wisps of smoke rise from a brown...

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