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The UFO mania just won’t go away, with more and more reports surfacing ever day dealing with evidence – true or imagined – of these unidentified craft roaming the skies in speed and maneuvers that are not possible with our present ‘known’ technology. Now we learn of multiple allegations that that ‘the US military is in possession of a video of a UFO apparently disabling a nuclear warhead during a routine test, according to multiple former officials’. They video in question, it is alleged, shows a ‘saucer’ shooting four beams of light at the unarmed, dummy warhead, disabling it right...

Meghan Markle became physically closer to her family members when she and Prince Harry moved to California last year, but that doesn't mean there's room for reconciliation – so says a family source. In 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stunned fans and their own families with their decision to step back as senior working members of the British royal family and move to North America to pursue independent work. It's been almost a year since the couple settled down at a property in Montecito, Calif., located in Santa Barbara County. Although Markle once again lives on the same...

Residents in Santa Barbara County are getting Cable TV warnings "Shelter In Place" approx time 8 and 9 PM. What is going on? Stay at home for what? Are roads closed? Protesters/Riots? Covid-19? When is the alert going to be over?

Californian independent contractors and freelancers got quite a shock Thursday evening when a state senator compared lost jobs to “lollipops.” Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson represents the 19th District in western Ventura County and Santa Barbara County. In a Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement meeting officials heard arguments for and against pushing forward SB 806 and SB990. The bills — put forth by Republican senators John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) and Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) — aimed to immediately suspend and amend the disastrous AB5 legislation that killed independent contracting/freelance jobs across the state. Moorlach and Grove have been two politicians at the...

The strain of E. coli causing the current outbreak in romaine lettuce has been found in a reservoir on a farm in Santa Barbara County, California, the US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday... Water and sediment at the irrigation reservoir on the property of Adam Bros. Family Farms in Santa Maria tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 that was a nearly identical genetic match to the strain found in people who have fallen ill, Williams said. But the contaminated water at that farm does not fully explain all of the illnesses,...

The launch is scheduled for shortly after 7:20 p.m., Vandenberg Air Force base officials said in an advisory. The rocket will carry the Argentinian SOACOM 1A radar mapping satellite. Those near the base, which is near Lompoc, may be able to see quite a show as the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket burns its rocket engines to come to a gentle landing back at the air force base, officials said. "During the landing attempt, residents from Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties may hear one or more sonic booms," according to the advisory. "

On Friday, an army of firefighters in Ventura County hoped it was finally beginning to turn the tide on the Thomas fire. After burning hundreds of homes, the fire was slowing as Santa Ana winds calmed down. But over the weekend, the fire reemerged with a vengeance, pushing into Santa Barbara County and destroying more homes. Here’s a look at the fire that has refused to die.

THIS WEEK'S PRO-TROOP/PRO-USA RALLY SCHEDULE Camarillo Sunday, April 13 Constitution Park at the War Memorial 2:00pm to 4:00 pm Contact: Katie Teague at (805) 388-7941 Comments: Smaller ongoing rally. May be some “peace protesters” finishing up their thing right around 2:00. Oxnard/Pt. Hueneme Saturday, April 12 Port Hueneme Naval Base Corner of Channel Islands and Ventura Blvd. 11:30 Contact: Cindy Wheeler at cindy_wheeler@yahoo.com Comments: Larger ongoing rally. Encourage Lois Capps to attend care of her scheduler christine.elliott@mail.house.gov or her Oxnard office 805-730-1710. Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village Saturday, April 12 Corner of Moorpark and Hillcrest 11:00 Contact: Mike Robinson at mikeR27@aol.com Comments:...

Tired of Lois Capps? Do you call the Ventura Star newspaper the Red Star? Tired of the anti-war babies getting all the press? Let's get organized (in a very loose, non-committal kind of way). I'm trying to put together an e-mail/freepmail/ping list so that we, as a group of conservative Ventura County and Santa Barbara county residents, can mobilize quickly for firing off letters to the editor, attend rallies, etc. Please identify yourself if you wish to be included! We can really make a difference! I am also starting a Ventura County Chapter - about the only difference is a...