By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
The skin is the largest organ in the human body, and it is a miraculous thing. It is one of the primary ways we experience the world, providing tremendous sensory...
All photos courtesy of the Museum of Ventura County
The Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum was closed for a good chunk of the fall, while it prepared a new exhibit. The institution reopened on Saturday, Oct. 21, unveiling Ventura...
OJAI WINE FESTIVAL
June 15 | Ojai
From its humble beginning in 1987, the Ojai Wine Festival has grown into a leading regional event attracting close to 4,000 people from throughout the Central Coast and Southern California. The festival has...
All photos courtesy of Moorpark Unified School District
Students at Moorpark STEM School Flory Academy enjoyed a rare treat on April 23. Engineers from AeroVironment demonstrated a working replica of the autonomous helicopter Ingenuity, developed by AeroVironment, NASA and the...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Chris Mortenson
Sea, sand and sun are possibly the first things that come to mind when visitors think of the Central Coast. But wait for the sun to go down, come inland...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Rori Trovato still remembers the first time she feel in love with ice cream. It was as a child living in Long Beach, sitting on her grandparents’ back porch and...
By Mike Nelson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
It’s not unusual, driving around greater Los Angeles, to see bright fluorescent signs attached to lamp posts or fences, with notices bearing an arrow and a code word that means, essentially, the...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer
Comfortable, casual and beachy — that’s very much the vibe of the Ventura fashion scene. And it’s distinctly different from what Anna Sosnicki was used to.
“Europe is different than here,” the native of Poland explains....
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer
Rorberto Garcia is in many ways a pillar of his community. Born in Mexico City but a resident of Oxnard for 46 years, he has gotten to know numerous locals…through more than one generation…as the...
Photos by Kate Jackson/Kateson Photo and Lore Photography
On March 23, the Ventura County Chapter Juniors of the National Charity League (NCLVCJ) held its annual fundraising gala at the scenic Camarillo Airport Museum. This year’s event was themed “Ticket to...
