In this month’s issue, Ventana Lifestyle pays tribute to the nonprofit world by looking at two organizations that improve ...

There are more blacksmiths out there than you’d think,” Will Larranaga told Ventana Lifestyle on a hot October afternoon.

Our 29th Annual Fall Harvest Festival returns with our giant pumpkin patch, pick your own and fall harvest experience! Our festival site will be filled with games, rides, photo opportunitiess, live ...

Wyatt McCrea grew up on ranches in Nevada and near Paso Robles, and decades later lives in one of Ventura County’s most historic ranch houses, with ties to the Golden Age of Hollywood. His earliest ...

The race for the District 38 California State Assembly seat features Steve Bennett, an incumbent first elected to public office in 1993, versus a first-time office-seeker currently serving as ...

As of Jan. 2, the film Don’t Look Up from writer-director Adam McKay, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, has logged 263 million watch hours and been the most watched film on Netflix ...

When Jacob Dakessian retired to Ventura County to grow lemons, avocados and persimmons on his 67-acre farm, he thought he would spend his golden years in pastoral peace. A descendant of Armenian ...

When Isla Gurrola was born three and a half years ago, a California newborn screening test detected congenital hypothyroidism, which can be managed with medication but requires ongoing blood work.

Jess Vela is a 20-year-old Oxnard College student who moved to Ventura County with her family about three years ago. Vela loves fashion and taking care of her beautiful, flowing dark hair. She’s ...

Fairs are famous for competitions and contests — everything from photographs to flowers. While the Ventura County Fair has had an amateur wine division for years, in 2024, Steve Holt started the Gold ...

Sky lanterns soar through the air lifted by a candle creating hot air. While the devices resembling flying, illuminated paper bags, also known as Chinese lanterns, date back centuries as celebratory ...

Thousands of teenagers from 63 nations across the globe entered videos in a contest aimed at raising environmental awareness, and two seniors from Camarillo’s Rancho Campana High School won first ...