Ventura County Reporter

Molly Tuttle won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy two years running (for her 2022 album “Crooked Tree” and her 2023 follow-up “City of Gold”) and was the first woman to win the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year award. So, why did she feel compelled to turn away from bluegrass to a mixture of country and pop on “So Long Little Miss Sunshine,” the album she released last August?

When I was a high school U.S. history teacher, I made it a point to teach the full story of American history. It was important to acknowledge the mistakes, but also understand the options available when those mistakes were made. Through time and reflection many people are able to see the folly of their ways and make restitution. That is the story of what America wants to be and tries to be and while failing often, eventually does find herself on the right side of history.

HAMLET | July 10-26. The Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival continues with the classic tragedy of “Hamlet,” about a prince plagued by grief over his father’s sudden death, and the demands of his father’s ghost that he exact revenge. $23-156. California Lutheran University, 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks, www.kingsmenshakespeare.org. MACBETH | July 10-12. A victorious Scottish general, hailed by three witches as a future king, lets ambition and his wife’s urging drive him to murder his way to the throne.

Happenings includes community events, meetings, classes, community resources and needs. To submit an item for inclusion email to: happenings@vcreporter.com ENDLESS GROUNDS: COFFEE’S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LIFE | 8-9:30 a.m. through Aug. 13. Coffee will be a lens on climate change, social life, health, North-South dynamics, social and economic justice, tourism and slavery. This course will examine all of that history as well how coffee is brewed. Taught by Robert Thurston.

Erin Weiner examines bald eagle nests and configures research cameras on the Channel Islands as eagle project lead for the nonprofit Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS), sometimes climbing to the tops of trees using ropes and special techniques. “In the fall I’ll hike out to the nests and then I’ll rig the tree, climb up into the nest and I’ll reset the camera if that nest was used that year, or I’ll move cameras if the birds have moved from that nest,” Weiner told the Ventura County Reporter.

As the match begins, a Ventura County restaurant is packed with soccer fans. Jerseys from different countries fill the room, flags hang from tables and walls, and every eye is locked on the screen. When a team creates a scoring chance, the crowd reacts instantly, cheering, shouting and celebrating together. While Ventura County isn’t hosting FIFA World Cup matches directly, local organizations and businesses are creating places where fans can experience the tournament together.

Simi Valley could soon be home to a new ice hockey arena with room for thousands of fans cheering a United States Hockey League (USHL) team. The 16-team development league announced a six-team westward expansion on June 24 with four California teams in Simi Valley, San Diego, Orange County and Northern California along with two Arizona teams in Phoenix and Prescott Valley. National Hockey League (NHL) Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille is helping lead the expansion into Ventura County.

The Santa Paula City Council has decided to part ways with City Manager Dan Singer, although he has agreed to stay on with the city until his existing contract sunsets on June 30, 2027. Singer served as city manager for more than seven years and city officials called his service honorable and commendable in a news release announcing the upcoming change in leadership.

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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 symbols and military beacons, they are illegal in the state of California. Santa Paula Police Chief Don Aguilar told the Ventura County Reporter a local resident learned about that law the hard way after launching multiple sky lanterns on July 4 and igniting a brush fire.