As the coronavirus pandemic recedes, California is continuing to reopen its economy.
In the penultimate weekly update of the state’s COVID-19 reopening roadmap, four more counties Marin, Monterey, San Benito and Ventura moved into the least restrictive yellow tier.
Counties within that category, of which there are now 19, can allow most businesses to operate indoors with some safeguards.
Reaching that level requires counties to record for two consecutive weeks an adjusted daily case rate of fewer than 2 per 100,000 people, a rate of positive test results of less than 2%, and a less than 2.2% rate of positive test results in communities heavily impacted by the virus.
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Bill Nash, a former Star columnist, ad man, volunteer firefighter and Ventura County s first public information officer, died on May 15 after a brief battle with liver disease.
The affable 65-year old formally William Henry Nash was a prolific writer, skilled photographer and devoted family man whose good humor and gentlemanly demeanor forged respect and affection among those he worked with. When I heard the news.it just floored me, County Executive Officer Mike Powers said during Tuesday s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Powers described hiring Nash as the county s public information officer or PIO, for short a job he held from October 2014 until his retirement in November 2019. It had been a big deal to get the position approved by the board, Powers said, and the first person to fill the role would set the standard.
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Oxnard and Ventura County officials have approved a major agreement on managing Channel Islands Harbor, predicting the deal will clear the way for much-needed improvements.
The pact resolves disputes between the city and county over maintenance of public recreational areas and building permit issues and calls for a cooperative approach on land development. It is a milestone as far as I am concerned, Mayor John Zaragoza said Wednesday, the day after the Oxnard City Council unanimously approved the 25-year agreement.
The council s decision came on the same day that the Ventura County Board of Supervisors passed the agreement, which takes effect immediately.