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California has been hit by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake as Hurricane Hilary hits LA and San Diego with 80mph winds. The quake centered in Ventura County was felt across parts of Southern California on Sunday afternoon. The center is reported to have been four miles southeast of Ojai, about 80 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Shaking was reported in Malibu, Porter Ranch, parts of Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach and other locations. A tornado warning has also been issued for San Diego and the surrounding Alpine and Descanso areas. The National Weather Service released the warning at t 3:39 p.m. on...

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With athletic grace, Ojai's "Pastie Lady," a self-described social artist and environmental activist... Moss may face a misdemeanor charge for taking off her clothes, down to pasties and G-string, outside the city's Catholic church on Easter Sunday, as parishioners were leaving morning Mass. "She took that opportunity to make her statement, and she appeared nude to most people," said Ojai Police Chief Bruce Norris. "We got several calls." Moss now says that going to the church was "poor judgment on my behalf." She chose Easter Mass, she said, because "there are so many bad people who are hurting and destroying...

A visit by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has caused a whirlwind of rumor in the artsy town of Ojai (pronounced OH'-hye) and speculation that that Terminator may be back for good. The governor, his wife Maria Shriver and several of their children were spotted riding bicycles in the tiny Ventura County town over the Memorial Day weekend, Mayor Pro Tem Joe De Vito told the Ventura County Star. "I'd heard he put an offer on a house, but I can't verify that," De Vito said. Real estate broker Dennis Guernsey told the Los Angeles Times that he recently showed a property...

REPORT OF LADIES HANDGUN SEMINAR Ojai Valley Gun Club, Ojai (Ventura) CA - Saturday, July 31, 2004 The best Ladies Handgun Seminar ever!! I left home (Fresno) at 4:30 a.m. and arrived at 8:30 a.m. Whew! What a drive! But worth every mile; believe me. The Ojai Valley Gun Club is located smack dab in the middle of Los Padres National Forest. The Club leases the range from the feds. What a fabulous setting!!! You cannot imagine how beautiful it is – and they even have flush toilets. When I first arrived, I was greeted by the awesome sound of...

VENTURA, Calif. - A man who bulldozed more than 300 oak trees on his property could face more than 3 years in jail after he was convicted on criminal charges. William Kaddis, 58, could also face fines of nearly $100,000. He also was convicted Friday of illegally keeping 62 dogs on his property in the town of Ojai, altering a stream without permission and filing a false police report. The oak trees, protected under a 1992 Ventura County law, were destroyed sometime before October 2001. "This was the largest rape of land in the history of Ventura County, and if...