Life spent beating the odds
Erek Gerende wasn’t supposed to see his fourth birthday. He proved the doctors wrong. Despite having a rare genetic condition that is a leading cause of infant death in the...
Rare condition sparks sobering book
Carbs that convert to alcohol cause symptoms of drunkennessNick Kearin spent the majority of seven years sleeping. He was exhausted, confused and plagued by headaches but couldn’t figure out why. He was eventually diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome, a...
‘This is for her’
CSUCI grad inspired by mom’s connection to state hospitalAs Spooner Greenbird looked out into the audience May 20, about to deliver the commencement speech for Cal State Channel Islands, she remembered the first time she set foot on...
Taste of Camarillo benefits local nonprofits
1,500 expected at this year’s eventGwen Speakes has been an active member of the Meadowlark Service League for more than 25 years, but this year is unlike any other. Over the past 12 months, the...
Enrollment at CSUCI a downhill battle
Cal State Channel Islands has survived many challenges since it was established 20 years ago but has yet to overcome perhaps the greatest: a significant decline in enrollment since the...
Scholarships geared toward foster youths
For 19-year-old Aleec Martinez, $1,200 is life-changing. The former foster youth has been struggling to balance his psychology degree at...
Great futures start here
TECHNOLOGY—Roman Bonando, 12, shows Ventura County Assistant Sheriff Jose Rivera a 3D printer as he works on a project in...
Ask Ms. Bonnie
Sink your teeth into this problemQuestion: My 2-year-old son has ongoing issues with biting other children. They first noticed it at his school, and now...
Healthcare district hosts speaker series
Camarillo Health Care District is hosting a free monthly speaker series called “Elder Legal Answers Your Questions On . . .” through December at the Camarillo Public Library, 4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo. The series, which is recommended for older...
Healthcare district offers ways to help with diabetes, dementia
The Camarillo Health Care District will present the following free programs and classes, unless listed otherwise. For more information or to make reservations, call (805) 388- 1952. • Chronic Pain Self-Management Program: The virtual six-week program is designed to teach...
Other Side of 50
Moving on from grief may require time and a sense of communityI’ll be attending two celebrations of life this month. The first is for my friend Margaret. I wrote about her in one of my recent columns, about her surprise 90th birthday party with 50 of her friends and neighbors. Margaret...
Comprehensive bereavement skills training class offered
Livingston Memorial’s Grief and Bereavement Program will present a free two-day Bereavement Skills Training Class from 5 to 7 p.m. Mon., Jan. 23 and 30 at 400 Rosewood Ave., Ste. 102, Camarillo. Participants will receive information on grief and loss,...
Heart procedure performed at Los Robles a first in the U.S.
On Oct. 21, Dr. Saibal Kar, an interventional cardiologist at Los Robles Health System, led the Los Robles team in implanting the first in the U.S. left atrial appendage closure device that uses a rotational locking system to completely close...
Camarillo Dodgers kick out the jams
BOYS IN BLUE—The Camarillo Pony Baseball Dodgers U-18 team won...
Musical is all dressed up for hilarity
When the movie version of “Tootsie” came out in 1982, there was little controversy about its plot: a frustrated actor...
Actresses reveal . . . comedic chemistry
“Calendar Girls,” a 2009 play based on a hit 2003 film, is Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi’s comedy about six...
‘Cinderella’ to open in T.O.
5-Star Theatricals will present the second show of its 2023-24 season, the nine-time Tony-nominated, revised 2013 Broadway version of the...
Historian calls work ‘emotional archaeology’
Ken Burns is famous as a documentarian whose films on U.S. history are presented on public television, but he has...
Sandwich shack will make your lips smack
Chef Marco Gonzalez knows how to put together great Southern style comfort food. He’s been doing so for over 25...
Roots of Faith
The resurrection story found in the Gospel of Mark is a puzzler. Chapter 16 opens on Sunday at dawn (verse 2). Three women approached the tomb to anoint the body (v. 1). Jesus had been hastily buried Friday afternoon, with...
Lessons learned from Passover
What was the purpose of the Exodus from Egypt? If you answered, “to free the Israelites from slavery,” or “to save them from oppression and suffering,” you probably would be in the company of 99% of those answering this question....
Pastor helps family start anew
After escaping Moscow, Russian family settles in Ventura CountyTheir trek was long and arduous, but God’s blessings, they say, paved the path. During a Christmas concert last week, worshipers heard not only holiday music but a tale of a Russian family’s escape from Moscow to their new home...
Chanukah 5783: the opportunity to emit light in a dark world
Chanukah was the last Jewish holiday to be established. Purim had become a holiday 189 years earlier because of the miraculous victory over the Persians, and Chanukah was the response to the miraculous victory over the Greeks. Chanukah, the festival...
BRIEFS
Beachside Partners brokers Ventura County’s largest sale of 2023 Beachside Partners recently brokered the largest multifamily property transaction in Ventura County this year with the all-cash sale of the Hacienda...
Amgen loses high court decision over cholesterol drug
In a long-running patent dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, local drugmaker Amgen lost a decision to French rival Sanofi over who has the rights...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
Reshaping America’s Protein Consumption One Bite at a TimeWild Fork Foods aims “to transform the way people shop and consume meat, fish and poultry,” said Paras Tulsiani, regional director for the company, which launched in 2016 and, in...
No tiki drama in commission’s OK of tropical addition to Old Town
Camarillo may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of tiki, a movement that combines music, art, aloha shirts and colorful adult drinks with tiny...
Economic outlook: A call to action
‘It’s a significant challenge, but tomorrow is a brand-new day’Economic forecasters don’t see a recession in Ventura County’s immediate future, but growth will remain slow compared to the rest of California and the United States. Statistics show the county’s...