Ojai Valley News photo by Perry Van Houten
The Oak Grove Singers, pictured here performing at the MLK Day celebration in 2018, will be back during this year’s virtual event.
Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter
For the past 20 years, Ojai has celebrated the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a free event at Libbey Park.
Thousand Oaks Fire Map, Update As Erbes Blaze Sparks Red Flag Warning for Ventura County
On 1/15/21 at 4:57 AM EST
The Erbes Fire in Thousand Oaks, California, has burned around 250 acres with forward progress stopped, according to the latest update from the Ventura County Fire Department (VDFD).
All evacuation orders, which were in place for structures west of the Bard Reservoir, east of Highway 23, north of Fernleaf Court and south of Hardy Lane, have been lifted.
A Red Flag Warning has been issued for the mountain and valley regions of Ventura County and neighboring Los Angeles County through 4:00 p.m. local time Friday, according to the county s VC Emergency website.
Religious Film Producer Tim Gautier Arrested for Alleged Murder of His Wife During Domestic Dispute People 1/13/2021
Tim Gautier, the writer and producer behind the 2016 religious film
Eternal Salvation, has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of his wife, Gina Gautier.
The 55-year-old filmmaker was arrested and booked on one count of murder on Monday evening, according to the Ventura County Sheriff s Office.
He is expected to appear in court on Wednesday.
Gina was shot on Monday morning during a domestic dispute at an apartment in Thousand Oaks, California, authorities said.
She was taken to Los Robles Regional Medical Center, where she died of her injuries.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) Ventura County authorities say they seized a cache of drugs and weapons after they arrested a man who led them on a chase from Simi Valley to Encino Saturday morning.
Simi Valley resident Carl Mullins, 61, is accused of refusing to stop in the area of Rocky Peak Road and Santa Susana Pass Road for traffic violations, and then fleeing in his vehicle to Encino where he was chased by the California Highway Patrol and later arrested, according to the Ventura County Sheriff s Office.
The sheriff s office says they found everything from methamphetamine and heroin, to cash and weapons in the man s vehicle and home.
| Credit: Ventura County Sheriff s Department
Miya Ponsetto, the California woman facing criminal charges in New York City for allegedly attacking a Black teen after falsely accusing him of theft, said racial profiling couldn t have stoked her alleged actions, as she, herself, is a woman of color.
CBS This Morning host Gayle King hours before her arrest, Ponsetto said she is Puerto Rican, and therefore incapable of racism. I wasn t racial profiling whatsoever, Ponsetto told King. I am Puerto Rican. I m like, a woman of color. I m Italian, Greek, Puerto Rican.
Ponsetto was detained Thursday outside her residence in Piru, California.