Story and photos by Gwendolyn Alley
For fun back in my great grandparents’ day in Ventura County, we’d drive the “triangle” — from Ventura to...
By Mike Nelson
A dream house with a nightmare yard? Not quite, but when Steffen Nielsen and Helle Rasmussen moved into their Santa Rosa Valley...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Oh, wine. Delicious, dynamic and more than a touch mercurial. Every drop reflects a long...
By Alex Wilson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Michelle Rein has been working as a florist for decades, and her artistic designs are among the...
By Alex Wilson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Chocolatiers Lisa Casoni and Heather Stobo owned Ojai’s Porch Gallery for about 10 years, selling contemporary art...
By Mike Nelson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Barrie Cohen spent most of her 20s working on farms and exploring America. During her West Coast...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Chris Mortenson
Sea, sand and sun are possibly the first things that come to mind when visitors...
By Mike Nelson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Pregnant with her first daughter, Summer Dalton was making baby clothes when, she recalled, “One night, I...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
When the Fillmore and Western Railway closed down a few years ago, Ventura County locals…and...
Photos by Viktor Budnik
An exceptionally wet winter has Ventura County bursting into full bloom this spring. Nowhere is this more evident than at Ventura...