By Peggy Kelly - Santa Paula Times

City Council to consider permanent change to Tuesday for meetings
Published: January 13, 2012

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday will push the City Council meeting back one night, a move that is only fitting as permanently changing the day of meeting is on the agenda.

Viva Relay Viva Cure! Kickoff celebration tonight for ACS Relay for Life
Published: January 13, 2012

Teams are already forming and supporters are lining up for the April 28-29 American Cancer Society 2012 Santa Paula Relay for Life, which will be kicked off tonight “fiesta style” with a grand celebration.

Oxnard native, Harbor District Commissioner Herrera declares House race
Published: January 13, 2012

Jess Herrera, a five-term commissioner on the Oxnard Harbor District board, became the fifth Democrat to declare his candidacy for Ventura County’s new 26th Congressional District seat.

This month’s Chamber Mixer will be held on Wednesday, January 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Limoneira Ranch, 1141 Cummings Rd., Santa Paula.

GMSP: Chamber honors Isbell’s Hicks as Educator of the Month
Published: January 13, 2012

The Educator of the Month is an inspiration to students both in and out of the classroom, those attending the January Good Morning Santa Paula learned.

S. Paula East Valley Campus: Dozens rally, ask trustees to forego program cuts
Published: January 13, 2012

Dozens of people rallied outside the Ventura County Community College District office Tuesday evening before going inside to tell trustees that programs must not be cut at Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges.

Council bucks the VC cities’ trend, declines becoming RDA successor
Published: January 13, 2012

Bucking the trend of other Ventura County cities the Santa Paula City Council took just 15 minutes to step away from its Redevelopment Agency and decline to be the transitional successor to the state.

Collecting Curiosities: Exhibit ending at California Oil Museum
Published: January 13, 2012

Retired Santa Paula Police Lieutenant and dedicated collector Carlos Juarez thought he had probably seen everything - that is until he was faced with Punch and Judy. Collector Martha Binsley is allowing the California Oil Museum to display her Punch and Judy items as part of the Collecting Curiosities exhibit, which ends January 22.

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Civil suit filed against Santa Paula grocer in bicyclist’s death
Published: January 11, 2012

A civil suit has been filed against Satnam Singh, the Santa Paula grocery owner awaiting trial for second-degree murder by the family of a 20-year-old Ventura College student run down May 11.

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Toastmasters: Overcome fear of speaking, other fear you’re on your own
Published: January 11, 2012

With decades of survey results, when it comes to the greatest fear - right up there with death is public speaking.

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SP man arrested in Pismo Beach for suspicion of three-county theft spree
Published: January 11, 2012

A Santa Paula man on felony parole was arrested in San Luis Obispo County, suspected by Pismo Beach Police Officer to be responsible for numerous thefts between San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.

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Local ingredients: Best of VC Marketplace launches Spring 2012 Recipe Contest
Published: January 11, 2012

If you love to cook and are especially fond of using locally produced ingredients in your original recipes, the Best of VC Marketplace has a contest for you that offers a $300 1st Place prize!

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Santa Paula Fire Department: Smoke but no fire at Carl’s Jr. drive-thru
Published: January 11, 2012

It was smoke but no fire when Santa Paula Fire and personnel from additional agencies were dispatched early Saturday to a report of a structure fire at a drive-thru restaurant, but the source of the smoke could not be determined.

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SPPD: Woman found dead from drug overdose at Mill Park identified
Published: January 11, 2012

The identify of the woman found dead last week from a drug overdose in a park restroom has been identified, and Santa Paula Police are asking the public to contact them with any information regarding the January 4 incident.

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Rep. Elton Gallegly

Elton Gallegly announces House retirement at the end of 13th Congressional term
Published: January 11, 2012

Characterizing his move first in a private note to friends and supporters as “not the end but a new beginning,” Rep. Elton Gallegly announced Saturday he is retiring from the House of Representatives at the end of his 13th term. The Simi Valley Republican served as mayor before defeating a high-profile and well-financed challenger in Tony Hope, son of famed late comedian Bob Hope, in Gallegly’s 1986 initial bid for a House seat.

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Poet, CROP Walker and beloved local figure Dorothy Ann Phillips dies
Published: March 03, 2002

By Peggy Kelly

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Art & Photography Show
now at Blanchard Library
Published: February 17, 2000

The 63rd Annual Santa Paula Art & Photography Show is now showing at Blanchard Community Library and “be prepared to be overwhelmed!” said Virginia Gunderson of the sponsoring Santa Paula Society of the Arts.

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805 area code struggle underway between Ventura, SB & SLO counties
Published: February 09, 2000

If it seems like only yesterday that Ventura County was threatened with the loss of its area code, it was.

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SP teenager shot through window at Ventura motel known as a gang hangout
Published: February 09, 2000

Ventura Police investigators believe a Santa Paula teenager was shot by mistake on Friday when a bullet crashed through a motel room window where a party was taking place.

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SPPD: Car dies foiling carjacking attempt at Santa Paula gas station
Published: February 09, 2000

A carjacker was unable to complete his crime Saturday night when the vehicle he attempted to drive off in from a local gas station died and he was unable to restart it.

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This weekend at The Mill: California Vaquero Show celebrates the romance of Spanish California
Published: February 09, 2000

Come and experience the romance of Spanish California at The Mill, this weekend reviving the noted California Vaquero Show, an eye-popping step back into history featuring Vaquero equipment and antique memorabilia as well as a book signing and art show.

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SPPD: Three SP juveniles arrested for armed robbery at local eatery
Published: February 09, 2000

Three Santa Paula juveniles - one already listed by police as missing by his family - were arrested after an armed robbery of a Harvard Boulevard eatery on Saturday night, according to a Santa Paula Police Department official.

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Above, a 1930 Gipsy Mouth Airplane is part of the display in hanger one. Below Bob Phelps along with City of Santa Paula Mayor Rick Cook cut the red ribbon opening hanger one.

Aviation Museum of Santa Paula already flying high as opening event draws hundreds to airport
Published: February 09, 2000

If Sunday's official opening of the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula (AMSP) is any indication of its future success, well, it's already flying high.

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