P.A. Ventura: Feb. 27 (Ventura County Star)
To sports fansThe Winter Olympics have produced a bounty of medals for American athletes, with skiers Lindsey Vonn and Bodie Miller setting the standard by winning a total of five medals between them, including a gold medal for each of them.To Olympics fansHow successful has NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics been? According to Nielsen Media figures, 30.1 million viewers watched the network’s ...
Transition at Calif. Planning & Development Report (LA Observed)
Kevin Roderick: Josh Stephens is the new editor of California Planning & Development Report , the Ventura-based land-use publication
Wednesday morning headlines (LA Observed)
Mark Lacter: Pickup in jumbo loans, layoffs in Long Beach, McCourts are tax free, and setback for Karatz.
McMurray takes Auto Club pole (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Jamie McMurray has gone from winning the Daytona 500 to sitting on the pole for the Auto Club 500 in Fontana, Calif.
Senator Spotlights SolarWorld as Example of Californias Renewable-Energy Legacy -- and Economic-Growth Future (Finanzen.net)
California State Senator Tony Strickland returned to the California roots of the U.S. solar industry to cite the SolarWorld ...
BC-MCT-NEWS-BJT-RECAP _ wire editors (2600 words) (The New Canaan News)
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Your Letters: Feb. 11 (Ventura County Star)
Libbey Bowl an iconRe: your Feb. 6 editorial, “Saving Ojai’s Libbey Bowl”:Kudos to The Star! Its editorial in support of the effort to rebuild the Libbey Bowl in Ojai was right on.Libbey Bowl, the historic Ojai amphitheater, is an icon and valuable resource for all of Ventura County. It is comparable to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and to the Santa Barbara Bowl for our northern neighbors ...