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By Bob Crum — Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
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 The 7th Annual Citrus Classic Balloon Festival took place in Santa Paula last week. Many Fillmore residents enjoyed the festivities. Both tethered and passenger balloon rides were available, operated by Fantasy Balloon Flights. Photos by Bob Crum. Enlarge Photo By Bob Crum — Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
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By Anonymous — Friday, August 1st, 2014
 A brush fire in Piru burned about a halfacre Monday. Ventura County Fire Department crews knocked it down within a halfhour with the aid of a helicopter, hand crew, and water tender, along with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The blaze broke out at noon just off Highway 126 and Camino Del Rio, in the Santa Clara River bottom, near the Los Angeles County line. Heavy brush was consumed; no surrounding crops were affected. Photos courtesy Sebastian Ramirez. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Friday, August 1st, 2014
County & State Agencies Erroneously Issued Permits for Drilling on Private Land in Los Padres National Forest
Story Courtesy LPFW Last month, two regulatory agencies cancelled permits for three oil wells in the Sespe Oil Field after receiving complaints that the approvals were issued erroneously, and without any public notice, hearing, or environmental review. The permits – issued by the County of Ventura Planning Division and the California Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources – authorized Texas-based oil company Seneca Resources Corporation to deepen three existing oil wells along a tributary of Sespe Creek, just one-half mile from the boundary of the Sespe Condor Sanctuary. Operations like this in the Sespe Oil Field have increasingly relied on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial oil extraction technique involving pumping sand, water, and thousands of gallons of chemicals underground to stimulate oil production. The permits were issued the same week that the U.S. Forest Service announced a proposal to hydraulically fracture eight additional wells on national forest land in the same area. Fracking has been approved or proposed for a total of 29 wells in the Sespe Oil Field since 2011. “Fracking is making an alarming resurgence in the Sespe watershed, one of the most ecologically sensitive areas in Ventura County,” said Jeff Kuyper, executive director of Los Padres ForestWatch, a watchdog organization that monitors oil drilling in the Los Padres National Forest. “No fracking should occur here until regulations are finalized and until environmental studies on the impacts of fracking are completed.” The drilling was initially approved by the Planning Division as an “over-the-counter” Zoning Clearance on May 5, 2014. Zoning clearances are issued by planning staff for minor projects that have already been approved under a Conditional Use Permit (CUP). The County issued a CUP for these oil wells in 1976, and significantly updated that permit in 1981. However, when the oil CONTINUED » |
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By Anonymous — Friday, August 1st, 2014
 On Saturday, July 26, at approximately 1:25 p.m. an accident occurred on Highway 23 near the entrance to Elkins Golf Course. A Monster Energy Drink delivery truck was involved in a BMW motorcycle leaving the roadway and driving into a storm drain. The driver of the motorcycle appeared to be uninjured and the bike suffered minor damage. Cause of the incident was not stated at the time. Enlarge Photo |
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By Anonymous — Friday, August 1st, 2014
Long time Fillmore resident and local farmer Scott Beylik announced his candidacy for the Fillmore Unified Current Councilmember Diane McCall announced her candidacy for Fillmore City Council Monday, July 28, 2014. More in next week’s Gazette edition. |
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By Anonymous — Friday, August 1st, 2014
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