Central Coast Farm & Ranch·Monday, December 11, 2017· By MICHELE WILLER-ALLRED Central Coast growers possess a giving spirit that often shines brightest during the holidays. Some use this season as a time to give back to their communities, donating proceeds from their products to charity. Central Coast Farm & Ranch’s annual gift guide helps readers…
USA Today/VC Star – Dec. 6, 2016 It was 75 years ago Wednesday that Oxnard resident Edward Waszkiewicz, then a 20-year-old fireman with the U.S. Navy, witnessed what he said sounded like the “end of the world coming” when he was stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Waszkiewicz looked up…
By Michele Willer-Allred, June 04, 2016 — Ventura County Star Thousands of colorful roses as far as the eye can see dotthe more than 40 acres of property that make up Otto &Sons Nursery in Fillmore.The setting is so serene and the fragrance of roses sopleasant that visitors say the nursery is like no other.“It’s…