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Volume 42, Issue 50

OPINION

DEPARTMENTS

Sharper Focus: The Spirit Level by Raymond Freeman Editorial Letters

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Feeling robbed: Multiple armed robberies, burglaries hit Ventura, several arrests made by Chris O’Neal Plugged In by Chris O’Neal In Brief by Chris O’Neal Biz Buzz

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ith the resignation of Ventura Unified School District Superintendent Dave Creswell comes time for reflection. As he makes his exit plan, the board of trustees will soon begin recruiting a new superintendent, but the landscape that any potential candidate will have to accept is one in which the thought police are active. Creswell resigned Nov. 30 over controversy after a 2016 sermon was made public, in which he made comments that some considered hurtful to the LGBTI+ community. The sermon took place at the Redeemer Baptist Church in Riverside, where Creswell is an elder. In the sermon, he talked about how a yearbook showed signs of changing times. In reference to the fact that the “best couple” were two girls, Creswell said, “Oh, boy. Here we go. Here’s our world.” The “most changed” student showed a picture of a female holding a picture of pre-transition as a male, eliciting this response: “This is the definition of most changed? This is the definition? There’s a growing sector of our culture, of our society, that says that’s good and that’s normal, and not only do they embrace it, we’re now celebrating it.” When the audio came to light in the last month, Creswell began reaching out to the LGBTI+ community to bridge the divide and make up for his lack of understanding. He publicly apologized for comments that he said caused others pain. But that wasn’t enough. Former Ventura Unified Superintendent Trudy Arriaga and Trustee Mary Haffner took the opportunity to publicly chastise him for his comments, for his beliefs. Unfortunately, while the LGBTI+ community has endured a great deal of intolerance for their sexuality and identity collectively over the span of many generations, so have religious people, which is why in this country, both groups are considered protected classes. The notion that there could have been potential for discrimination does not speak to any actual discriminatory practices. Creswell was forced out for his beliefs, not his actions. The fact that Arriaga, Haffner and advocates for the LGBTI+ community could not see this situation as a great teaching

Letters Community Action sends thanks It is with a grateful heart that I write today to thank our donors, the city of Oxnard, BikeVentura and supporters throughout our community for their assistance in helping Community

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moment for the students and staff of the district, forging new relationships built on understanding where it was lacking, they instead took the path often traveled, one based on fear as anger boiled over to the point that the advocates against bullying became the bullies. They demanded respect for the persecuted minority while failing to see they are persecuting the minority. Being rebuked in such a way speaks to the lengths local leaders will go to ensure that only those who demonstrate that their beliefs align just as they see fit for the students puts the district in a serious quandary. The question is, what kind of intense scrutiny will the next potential superintendent need to endure to make sure that he or she has proven to have no bias that would cause any student discomfort? On the other end of the county, in the Conejo Valley Unified School District, in 2017 into 2018, the majority of the trustees on the school board began asserting their religious views upon students via censorship — first the attempt to exclude LGBTI+ historical contributions in curriculum, then a subtle book ban. This caused such a tremendous response from the community that two of the trustees leading the religious charge, Sandee Everett and Mike Dunn, were voted out in November, while John Anderson did not run again. This was democracy in action with the community taking back what they felt was being taken from their children. The difference: actions mattered in Conejo Valley while it was the potential for actions in Ventura — that could and would have been checked by the trustees anyhow — that took over the community’s response. Lesson learned in Ventura: Religious beliefs are not as important as other minority issues. At this point, when it comes to Ventura Unified, we can only hope that tolerance and respect is a two-way street for all and that seeking to understand is at the forefront of differing viewpoints for all involved. In this country, religious beliefs are just as fundamental to a person’s existence as sexuality and gender identity and meeting in the middle is a sign of great leadership.

Action serve our clients with excellence and compassion. The city of Oxnard is providing significant funding to refurbish our showers after three months of shut down due to deterioration and mold. Six thousand showers are taken annually by our clients, thereby improving their lives and our community’s health and well-being. We are partnering with BikeVentura to provide bike repairs for our homeless clients and

other bike enthusiasts in our community. This is proving to be an important service. Our donors and supporters make our valuable services to the most vulnerable possible. Community Action’s work, directly or indirectly, touches so many lives in our county. I am proud to serve as the Chair of Community Action’s Board of Directors and I humbly thank everyone who makes it possible for us to have such a positive impact on the lives of the most vulnerable and on our entire community This holiday season I invite everyone to take a tour of our facility, donate individual toiletries for our homeless center, contribute financial donations, or bring us your used bikes or bike parts. We appreciate every gesture of generosity, and so do our clients. Dr. Ramon Flores Chair of the CAVC Board of Directors

Thoughtful and reasoned My congratulations to Paul Moomjean and his Right Persuasion A Nation of Immigrants (Nov. 29). It is thoughtful, reasoned and lacking in the xenophobia that is usually seen on the right. What we need are for more on the right who are of goodwill to join in some degree of immigration law restructuring to reflect the modernizing world. I do not say solve or reform, since they imply some form of solution to a process that does not have a solution, a process that can only be managed and must change and adapt as the world changes. I don’t know what is an optimal change today, but clearly the Dreamers are one group for whom a path to permanent residency and ultimately citizenship must be provided. We also need a path for permanent legal residency for those who have established families including U.S. citizens. We also need some form of temporary worker process for agricultural jobs. We also need much more severe punishments for employers who choose to exploit the undocumented as a source of cheap labor. With those of goodwill on both the left and right, these objectives are within reach, so thanks again Mr. Moomjean.

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Feeling robbed Multiple armed robberies, burglaries hit Ventura, several arrests made by Chris O’Neal chris@vcreporter.com

he city of Ventura has been the epicenter of a string of armed robberies and burglaries in 2018, and police are working to solve them, with several arrests made thus far. In July, robberies involved advanced burgling techniques, including cutting power to surveillance and alarm systems, at two jewelry stores located on Main Street in downtown Ventura. The first on July 13 took place at Ormachea Jewelry, where police say burglars cut power to the building before taking an estimated $8,000 in jewelry. The second, on July 22 at Carlson Jewelers, was similar in that the power was cut to the building, though no estimate of how much was taken was given to authorities. Also in July, the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream parlor in downtown Ventura was robbed by a man with a handgun. Scott Russel, 35, is alleged to have demanded money ESTEBAN OSEGUERA from the clerk was arrested shortly after the event. Later in the same month, a robbery at the SPARC Second Hand Store in downtown Ventura resulted in stolen jewelry and cash. An armed robbery occurred in October at the H&H Liquor on the 1800 block of E. Main Street. The suspects were armed with guns, EARNESTO SOLIS said police, and demanded cash from the clerk. Most recently, two armed robberies occurred within days of each other in November. On Sunday, Nov. 25, an armed robbery occurred at the Thomas 99 Cent Store at 1700 E. Thompson Boulevard. During this incident, a customer attempted to stop the robbers as they fled, but was pepper-sprayed by one of the suspects, who escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. On Tuesday, Nov. 27, an armed robbery occurred at the AutoZone at 2610 E. Main St., wherein a suspect, wearing a mask and brandishing a rifle, escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. On Nov. 30, an arrest was made in connection with an alleged attempted robbery and battery of a person on Sheridan Way in Ventura, which also occurred on Nov. 27. The suspect in this incident was arrested and identified as 23-year-old Isaac Lopez, who was on parole for assault. Finally, on Nov. 30, Doc’s Market on Ramona Street in west Ventura was robbed by a man wearing a mask and brandishing a handgun. Ventura police say that the man demanded money from the register, after which the suspect fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. Ventura Police Department Cmdr. Tom Higgins says that typically, robberies tend to pick up around the holidays. “In that aspect, that’s not uncommon for them to be happening,” said Higgins. As far as the burglaries that appear as though they required some planning — such as the jewelry store events in July — Higgins says that they “come in waves.” “We’ve had burglaries in the past with crews

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coming up from other areas, such as L.A.,” said Higgins. “We’ve seen this going on for a while but haven’t had that in several months. We could tell those were kind of related because we would get hit here and then Camarillo and Thousand Oaks would get hit back toward L.A.” As for as a reason why, Higgins says that some of the changing state laws could play a role in any increase. “Since some of the laws changed in California we’re seeing some of the crimes happening more frequently,” said Higgins, specifically pointing to Realignment, AB 109. “A lot of these people are known offenders and are out and about, I think that’s part of the issue.” Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 109 into law in April of 2011 with the aim of meeting the court-ordered mandate to reduce the number of state prison inmates, realign state responsibilities to local governments and curtail state spending. Ventura Police Department Sargent Matt Cain echoed the same sentiment. “You have people who would otherwise be in custody,” said Cain. Cain cited as examples two suspects arrested and currently in custody, one in Ventura County jail and the other in Santa Barbara, in connection to at several liquor and smoke shop robberies in Ventura. Earnesto Solis and Esteban Oseguera allegedly were the perpetrators behind the armed robbery at Sam’s Smoke Shop on Nov. 2, as well as at H&H Liquor, both on Main Street in Ventura. Cain says that a third individual is currently being sought in connection with the crimes, and that the arrests came through a joint effort with the Santa Barbara Police Department. “Solis, he’s a prose offender. He was released early on basically what they’re calling post release offender status, what used to be parole and is now prose,” said Cain. “He was released because it was mostly narcotics and he’s out doing robberies.” Both Cain and Higgins said that they believe there has been an increase in these types of crimes over 2017, but numbers won’t be available until early 2019. “We’re doing what we can,” said Cain. “If you live in an area where you think there’s an increase in robberies, keep your doors locked. We encourage surveillance systems — functioning systems, a lot of people have them but they don’t work. Just be aware that we’re working around the clock as detectives to solve these cases. It’s just a matter of putting evidence together.” Anyone with information on criminal activities should call the Ventura Police Department at 805-3394488. ✦

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In Brief PATAGONIA DONATES $10 MILLION TAX BREAK TO ECO CAUSES

Businesses across the country received a reprieve in their tax burden after the Trump Administration signed a bill into law that changed the corporate tax rate. Now, Ventura-headquartered outdoor clothing company Patagonia says that it will donate its savings to environmental groups. The corporate tax rate was substantially lowered when the House and Senate passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which was signed by President Donald Trump. The bill lowered the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent in 2018. In a statement, Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario criticized the Trump Administration, calling the tax cuts “irresponsible.” “Taxes protect the most vulnerable in our society, our public lands and other life-giving resources,” said Marcario. “In spite of this, the Trump Administration initiated a corporate tax cut, threatening these services at the expense of our planet.” The $10 million will be donated to groups “committed to protecting air, land and water and finding solutions to the climate crisis” and is on top of Patagonia’s ongoing donation of 1 percent of its sales, which the company has adhered to since 1985.

VENTURA UNIFIED SUPERINTENDENT RESIGNS AMID CONTROVERSY

Ventura Unified School District Superintendent David Creswell announced on Friday, Nov. 30, that he would resign following controversy over remarks he made prior to taking the position. In an email to staff sent on Friday afternoon, Creswell said that he would be working with the school board on his exit plan. Controversy arose over Creswell’s remarks regarding gay and transgender students delivered during a sermon he presented as an elder at Redeemer Baptist Church in Riverside. Remarking on a picture of a gay couple embracing in a school yearbook, Creswell remarked, “oh boy. Here we go. Here’s our world.” The yearbook selected “Most Changed” to a transgender teen, accompanied by a picture of the student in makeup, holding a picture of herself as a male. “There’s a growing sector of our culture, of our society, that says that’s good and that’s normal, and not only do they embrace it, we’re now celebrating it.” Creswell replaced Michael Babb in 2017 and had been Superintendent for 16 months.

FEMA OPENS DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER IN THOUSAND OAKS

The Federal Emergency Management Agency in partnership with the State of California has launched the Ventura County Disaster Recovery Center to provide services to those impacted by the Woolsey and Hill fires and to connect residents with local, state and federal assistance programs. Representatives from several agencies including FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration are among those that will provide information on available services, explain assistance programs and help survivors complete or check the status of their applications. Survivors with losses are encouraged to register for assistance before visiting the Command Center by registering online at www. DisasterAssistance.gov. Businesses and residents can visit www.sba.gov/ disaster or call SBA’s Disaster Assistance Customer Service Center at 800659-2955. The Center will operate Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends, at 173 North Moorpark Road, Suite A, Thousand Oaks.

LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON OVER WOOLSEY FIRE

Three Los Angeles-based law firms have filed a joint lawsuit on behalf of renters and property owners in Los Angeles and Ventura counties alleging Southern California Edison played a role in the start of the Woolsey Fire. The suit alleges that Edison negligently operated and failed to repair and maintain electrical equipment, as well as failing to adhere to electrical and fire safety practices, which ultimately resulted in the start of the fire. “Had Southern California Edison Company followed the standard of care in inspecting, maintaining and repairing its overhead lines, properly maintaining its electrical equipment, and trimming away vegetation from its wires as is required by law and industry standards, the catastrophic Woolsey Fire could have been avoided,” said Patrick McNicholas, partner at McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP. The suit was filed on behalf of Wendell Philips, Mary Dee Rickards, as an individual and as the trustee for the Trust of Dale O. and Carrie L. Rickards, and Spunky’s Rescue Ranch. — Chris O’Neal

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One Ventura middle school is setting its sights on Mars and the moon come next year thanks to an educational partnership with tech giant Quest Institute. The Ventura Missionary School eighth graders ranging in age from 12 to 14 have joined in a mission to build a machine capable of measuring whether or not heat builds while in microgravity. The project, once completed, will travel to space via a mission launched by

Quest Institute. The partnership came to be when the dean of the school met with representatives from Quest at a conference, sparking the idea to get the students involved. “They wanted to get science into the hands of kids to make it interesting for them to learn about science,” said Alane Woods, teacher. The students get a hands-on opportunity to engage in problem solving activities through electrical engineering and programming via the LEGO EV3 system, which is an educational tool used by classrooms to promote science,

bread with quality ingredients that include fresh vegetables, premium meats, and cheeses sliced on the spot. The grand opening fundraiser (Nov.28-Dec.2) will benefit Valley View Middle School. … 24 Hour Fitness will open at 3350 Telegraph Road in Ventura. The facility will host its grand opening on Dec. 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; the event will include club tours, prize drawings, group training demonstrations, innovative GX24 studio classes and more. The 39,704-square-foot facility features include dedicated zones for TRX resistance training, core work, stretching, functional and sportsspecific workouts, spacious locker rooms with private showers, Kids’ Club for children up to age 12, multi-functional Olympic training rig, indoor lap pool for swim workouts and aqua classes, and more. … Findings Market was established at 27 S. Oak St. in Ventura. The pop-up market experience supports and features local creatives and highlights a curated collection of emerging artisans and inspiring brands from Ojai, Santa Barbara, Ventura and beyond. … Pacific by NoRu will open this month at 394 E. Main St. in Ventura. Pacific offers New American cuisine as a fresh, balanced, coastal-inspired culinary experience that explores local flavor in an Upscale/Casual atmosphere. It is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday and also offers a full bar for great pairings with the array of gastronomic selections. … Purrmission Lingerie and Swim opened at 1980 Main St. in Ventura. The

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technology, engineering and math, or STEM, activities. The same tool is used in robotics competitions as well. Around 50 students are currently working on the project, with four EV3 systems in four different classrooms. Woods says that she encourages the students to use their problem solving skills rather than give them answers to challenging issues. “It’s a lot of problem solving skills that they’re not used to, and at times they can get frustrated, but then when it actually works there is an electrical charge in the room that’s contagious,” said Woods. The students’ project will be flown to the International Space Station in February, where the class will be able to download real-time data from their sensors. The data, says Woods, could help NASA better prepare astronauts for dealing with heat issues in the future. “They feel really comfortable and get a lot of satisfaction out of the programming process,” said Woods, adding that the project will vary from year to year as the partnership with Quest continues. “They’re totally excited.”

The Cabrillo Middle School team Riptide Robotics competed in a tournament held in Thousand Oaks on Sunday, Nov. 18, and won top honors with their project named Vegisphere, which tackles the problem of growing food in space. Both teams will now compete at the Los Angeles Championship at La Canada High School on Friday, Dec. 7. Last year, the Rusty Sailors competed in the same tournament and were invited to compete in the Razorback Invitation held in Arkansas.

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Two teams from Cabrillo Middle School have advanced to the FIRST® LEGO® League Los Angeles Championship following good showings at robotics tournaments in Ventura in November. The Cabrillo Middle School Rusty Sailors won accolades at a qualifying tournament held in Camarillo on Saturday, Nov. 17, for their project that sought to find a solution to astronauts exercising in space. The project, dubbed Space X-erciser, is a compact exercise device which can be used in small spaces.

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Charles Johnson retired from the Museum of Ventura County where he holds the title for the longest serving staff member. Johnson began at the Museum as a librarian nearly 30 years ago. CHARLES JOHNSON

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ST. JOHN’S RECEIVES TOP-OF-THELINE HEART MAPPING SYSTEM Oxnard’s St. John’s Regional Medical Center has received a new toy that should provide clarity never before seen in heart mapping technology. The RHYTHMIA mapping system allows for faster data collection than standard mapping and allows cardiologists to perform complex procedures while improving outcomes and long-term success rates, such as in a catheter ablation, which was performed by Medical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Services, Ali Sovari, MD. “By providing higher resolution, RHYTHMIA is certainly opening new possibilities to map complex arrhythmias that we would not consider for mapping before,” said Dr. Sovari. “The clarity provided by RHYTHMIA allows us to locate the source of arrhythmia in the heart with the highest accuracy.” St. John’s is the only hospital between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara with the RHYTHMIA system. For more information, visit www. DignityHealth.org/StJohnsRegional. F — Chris O’Neal December 6, 2018 — —7

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Her dogs are involved in the R.U.F.F. Road program at Todd There has to be a reason why adopting an animal is so popuAnimals have a healing effect on peoRoad Jail, which stands for Rehabilitation Utilizing Furry lar in our culture, Cooper added. ple’s lives in many ways, including lowerFriends. The program involves shelter dogs from Ventura “There has to be something more than just hav[ing] a coming stress, easing anxiety and increasing an County Animal Services that are paired with carefully selected panion in our home,” he said. “I have to believe that the longoverall sense of well-being. inmates who are taught how to train the canines to become term health benefits for the humans, and the improvement in In fact, studies show that the act of petquality of life for the animal, have a transformative healing ting a dog or cat lowers blood pressure and therapy dogs. “In our jail therapy training program, we hear testimony power for all.” stress levels, and simply being around anifrom inmates stating they have never had anyone love them mals can increase levels of oxytocin, also unconditionally,” Mitchell said. “A dog doesn’t judge, he doesn’t known as the “love hormone,” in humans. “The healing power of animals is real,” care what you have done in the past. He loves you in the It has become more widely accepted that pet ownership and moment. He can heal emotional wounds that others may not said Adri Howe of Oxnard, executive direcanimal assistance in therapy and education may have a multitor of California Coastal Horse tude of positive effects on humans, accordRescue, a nonprofit in the Ojai ing to a study published by the U.S. National Valley that rescues abandoned, Library of Medicine entitled “Psychosocial abused, neglected and slaughand Psychophysiological Effects of Humanter-bound horses. Animal Interactions: The Possible Role of The healing animals offer Oxytocin.” is “truly homeopathic,” she said, and that “you The study indicated the following benalmost don’t notice the healing.” efits that animals can have on humans: “That is the most amazing part — animals can Effects on social interaction help to guide and transform us by us just being Interacting with animals influences with them,” Howe said. “The horses are innate social interaction between humans and healers . . . who increase well-being and peace in all related factors important in this respect, who come into contact with them.” such as trust, empathy, aggression and a She recalled the time when group of boys from positive mood. a local assistance agency came and visit the horses Increased positive social attention as part of the rescue’s Learn, Care & Share profrom others and stimulation of social gram. As the boys were exiting the van, one of the behavior adult chaperones told Howe that they were having Based on the presented evidence, it was issues with the boys not paying attention and being concluded that contact with companion anidisruptive during outings. mals holds the potential to promote social At first, the boys jostled with each other and interaction and functioning in children and weren’t paying too much attention. adults with or without mental health prob“When it came time for the hands-on experience lems. with grooming our horses, the boys were suddenly Reduction of aggression focused and were so caught up in the experience,” In two studies, effects of the presence of Howe recalled. “Their adult chaperones could not friendly dogs on aggressive behavior in a believe the incredible calming influence that the classroom of first-graders were investigated horses had on the boys. The boys kept commenting via behavior observation and reports of the on how much they liked the horses they had been classroom teacher. In the presence of the with. The boys that left that day were very different dog, in comparison to its absence, aggressive than the boys who had arrived at the ranch.” behavior was decreased. In another case, one of the rescue’s volunteers Effects on blood pressure, heart rate lost her brother to cancer after her son died the and heart rate variability year before. When she returned to the rescue after Overall, most of these studies show that a couple months of being gone, she started spendthe presence of friendly animals, both familing time with Bridge, a horse that was rescued iar or unfamiliar, can effectively reduce from “horrific abuse.” heart rate and blood pressure or buffer “He is now a horse who loves people and is a increases in these parameters in anticipahorse that has such sensitivity to feelings and emotion of a stressor. These effects may even be tions,” Howe said. stronger with one’s own pet. As the volunteer was talking with Howe on the Reduction of fear and anxiety and ranch, Bridge walked over and nestled his head promotion of calmness LEFT: Brady, a therapy dog, visits a patient in the hospital. Brady is part of the against her. Overall, the majority of studies points nonprofit VIP Dog Teams. ABOVE: Deputy Trisha Thomas at Todd Road Jail with dogs “Tears came to her eyes and she remained there to a positive effect of interactions with and Robbie and Collin. The dogs are involved with R.U.F.F. Road (Rehabilitation Utilizing with Bridge for a long while. She was so touched by observation of animals on self-reported his gesture, especially at a time when she was going Furry Friends) sponsored by VIP Dog Teams, a nonprofit that provides therapy dogs to anxiety and calmness, in particular under through the grieving process,” Howe remembered. perform Goal Oriented Therapy for people in the community who need assistance. stress-prone conditions. “That is what healing is . . . Bridge knew exactly Effects on perception of pain what to do in a way that a lot of humans would not Unfortunately, none of the few existhave known.” ing studies on effects of animal contact on

Dogs detect medical conditions

Studies have shows that dogs can be trained to detect seizures disorders, certain types of cancer and diabetes with 80 to 100 percent accuracy, said Nancy Mitchell of Camarillo, a registered nurse whose been working in the healthcare field for 24 years and has been training dogs for the last four years. She is also the founder of VIP Dog Teams – Very Important Dogs Assisting Very Important People – a nonprofit that trains therapy dogs to provide assistance to those in need. “When I take my therapy dog Brady to do goal-oriented therapy at the rehab unit of the hospital, he helps heal patients both inside and out,” Mitchell said. “He can make a patient smile by inciting a memory of their pet. He can encourage a patient to walk by staying at the side of their walker, he can strengthen a stroke patient’s weak arm by having them pet him or throwing a ball for him to retrieve — and the list goes on and on.” Dogs can quite literally “smell fear” in the form of the surging hormones our bodies release in response to stressful situations, including adrenalin and cortisol, Mitchell noted. “Scientists know that animals lower levels of cortisol (the stress hormone) and increase levels of oxytocin (the love hormone) in humans,” she said. “Therefore, chemically, a pet can do things for us naturally that fellow humans may not.”

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even know exist. A dog will forgive you, which allows you to forgive yourself and move on and become a better person.”

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As the director of community outreach for the Humane Society of Ventura County, Greg Cooper knows first-hand that working at an animal shelter can be very stressful, even for seasoned professionals. He often sits with the shelter dogs and cats in what he calls “puppy therapy.” “A lot of us here do the same to help alleviate our stress,” Cooper said. The benefit extends to the animals as well, he said, because the more human socialization the animals engage in, the better chance they’ll be adopted. The Humane Society of Ventura County also offers a Pet Assisted Therapy program, which arranges for volunteers to take their own pets or animals from the shelter to visit patients in the area’s assisted living facilities and hospitals. “It is an incredibly valuable service that is greatly appreciated by the residents and animals alike,” Cooper said. “To see the residents of these facilities react when they are greeted by a wagging tail is a pretty amazing sight.”

human pain management met the inclusion criteria. Reports point at a possible positive effect, however, indicating a reduced use of pain medication, especially in nursing homes and homes for the elderly. Effects on learning Currently, there is no direct evidence that animals can promote learning in humans, but the presence of a dog in an educational setting seems to support concentration, attention, motivation and relaxation reflecting reduction of high stress levels, which inhibit effective learning and performance. Also, the presence of a dog creates a pleasant social atmosphere, which is known to be an essential component for optimal executive functioning, representing a precondition for learning. Effects on human health and restoration Their findings generally suggest that companion animal owners have better health than non-animal owners, as indicated by medical markers such as cholesterol levels, or indirectly, via the frequency of doctor visits. These correlative studies, however, do not allow making a causal connection between pet ownership and health.

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ince McMahon and his World Wrestling Entertainment empire may be the most legendary pro wrestling operation in America, having created iconic stars such as The Rock and Hulk Hogan over the past several decades. But Ventura County has been home to another thriving operation for the last 20 years, as Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH) has been presenting live monthly showdowns that are syndicated to 120 TV stations nationwide. They’re bringing another action-packed year to a close this Sunday, when the annual Milestone event closes out the season with a stacked card of matches at the Oceanview Pavilion in Port Hueneme. The bill features numerous brawls between colorfully competitive archrivals with wild backstories, yet a Wild Card Battle Royal will also be offered to the first 10 men who sign up — with the winning wrestler earning a spot competing for the CWFH championship in the spring’s Percy Pringle III Memorial Cup Tournament. “I’ve been in wrestling for 29 years, and worked for everybody who’s out there in pro wrestling,” says CWFH owner David Marquez. “There’s not too many wrestling promoters who produce their own show, let alone nationally. What sets us apart from others is we take a more traditional approach to producing pro wrestling for television: Don’t over-sensationalize or do shock television.” “We try to make each match mean something, whether it’s the championship or a cash prize these guys are competing for,” adds Marquez. “The WWE is 1,000 percent entertainment and have a completely different demographic, audience and mission. We’re more back to the sport’s roots.” Marquez’s main partner in CWFH is veteran wrestler Peter Avalon, who is one of the league’s top stars and was the longestreigning Hollywood Heritage Champion at 672 days. Avalon will be prominently featured at Sunday’s event, since he is facing off against his prime rival, Tim Storm, the former world heavyweight champion of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) who presently wrestles nationwide for Marquez. “At Milestone, we’ll have stories culminating, stars aligning

TJ Black catches some air as he jumps off the ropes toward National Wrestling Alliance World Champion Nick Aldis during an April 2018 CWFH match at Oceanview Pavilion. and big time main event matches and championships on the line,” says Avalon. “It’s all in the creative process. We look at pluses and minuses and find who might excel in a situation or allow the other person to excel. The characters are based in the individuals’ true personalities, just turned up.” Sunday’s matches will feature the league’s women’s division championship between Heather Monroe and Ayoka Muharah, and fresh talent from the New Japan Pro-Wrestling league’s recently established Los Angeles dojo will square off against CWFH’s “young lions.” Avalon himself will face off against Storm after losing a “humiliating” Kiss My Foot Match to wrestler “The Perfect

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Experimental pop outfit Human Host goes off the beaten path in Ventura and Ojai by Karen Lindell

o understand the somewhat indefinable musical entity Human Host, let frontman and cofounder Mike Apichella explain the group’s name. It comes from an obscure 1967 U.K. psychedelic rock album by Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, Featuring the Human Host and the Heavy Metal Kids, on which it’s not clear who or what the “Human Host” is. One of Human Host’s founders was a fan of that album. But Apichella likes the name for a different reason. “It reminded me of the little wafer people get in church for Communion,” he said. “You’re ingesting the body of Christ, and Christ represents everlasting life, so you’re cannibalizing someone who’s never dying. Every Sunday superreligious Christians take part in that ritual, that mysticism, and don’t see the pagan element right in front of them.” What does this musing about Communion have to do with music? For Apichella, it’s everything — and has nothing to do with religion. He likes questioning and deconstructing what we think we know and becoming a “human host” for any ideas that flow in, including musical inspiration. “It’s this idea of letting art come into you, as opposed to you controlling it, letting it do whatever it wants, letting all the ideas come from everywhere,” he said.

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Human Host — which performs in Ventura at Sandbox Coffeehouse on Dec. 9 and in Ojai at Greater Goods on Dec. 13 — far more than most groups that are difficult to slot into one genre, really does come from everywhere. It’s not a band but rather a “collective, entity or group,” Apichella said. And it has many musical influences: noise, heavy thrash punk, crunch, ’60s distorted guitar, country, classic rock, jazz, folk, outsider garage rock, atonal. “I try to mix as many influences as I can all at once, because I’m thinking about a lot of things at one time,” he said. The best way to describe Human Host’s sound, Apichella said, is “instrumental electronic music, or experimental pop. But put an asterisk next to all that, because unlike 21st-century electronic music, what I play is live, not working with loops like a rap producer. I also call it ambient folk music. It mainly addresses feelings and emotions that can’t be easily described.” Apichella formed Human Host in 2002 with a few other musicians from his 1990s teenage days playing in a similar avant-garde creative crowd called Towson-Glen, named after areas north of Baltimore where the members lived. Along with music, the group engaged in performance art, poetry and activism, both serious and silly. Human Host’s website says the group includes Apichella, who now lives in a rural area east of New York City, and “a rotating ensemble of diverse collaborators and figments of your imagination.” The touring version of Human Host fea-

tures just Apichella on keyboards and harmonica. Human Host, Apichella said, “is not avoiding genres to be different. We just feel different, and there aren’t preexisting types of music that address those feelings.” Human Host’s music, he believes, builds bridges in this fog of unaddressed emotion. “Having a lack of understanding leads to creating more understanding, on a very emotional level,” he said. “I’m not out to teach a lesson. My goal is to make a connection to other people and feelings, and the world around me, through a connection to the unknown.” Apichella said his performances include “a lot of improvisation — melodic improvisation similar to jazz rock or blues, but I also do things with rhythms, texture, ambient stuff.” Don’t expect an atonal mish-mash of sounds. “It’s all woven together,” Apichella said. “I won’t have just one weird droning section; you also get more normal keys and chords and pitches. I don’t enjoy trying to force weirdness down people’s throats. I like normal music.” Apichella loves the Beatles and Sun Ra. The first record he bought was by the Beach Boys. He is, however, attracted to “the unusual.” “I don’t feel too comfortable on any beaten path,” he said. “But there are plenty of imaginary paths I’m willing to walk on.” F Human Host performs on Sunday, Dec. 9, noon-3 p.m. at Sandbox Coffeehouse, 204 E. Thompson Blvd., Ventura, 805-641-1025 or www.sandboxcoffeehouse.com; and on Thursday, Dec. 13, 6:308:30 p.m. at Greater Goods, 145 W. El Roblar Drive, Ojai, www. greatergoodsojai.org. For more information, visit humanhost. bandcamp.com.

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interpretation of the popular Canadian comfort food, the flavors were pleasantly familiar to me, recalling my time spent exploring British Colombia and eating my fair share of the staple. I next moved on to the German-style pretzel, because pairing it with my berliner weisse beer seemed more than obvious. The consistency of the dough was ideal, cooked to the point where it almost crumbled when torn, but then didn’t. Served with stone mustard and traditional cheese sauce, it is the classic vorspeise (vorsh-pie-zuh, German for appetizer) to devour with your family during the first quarter of the Rams game — Tap’d has multiple flat screens for your viewing pleasure. In addition, the starter options at Tap’d include sliders (beef, chicken, shrimp or pulled pork), double-baked wings, a hefty portion of three bean nachos, baconwrapped jalapeños, beer-braised meatballs and the always “kid approved” chicken strips. The second item I decided to explore was the Quebec flatbread, a solid take on the classic offering. Pillow-soft pizza dough cradles mozzarella, pepperoni, Italian sausage, bacon, mushrooms and fresh tomatoes, creating a combination of bold familiar flavors. I was impressed with the low acid marinara sauce, which, being Italian, is how I gauge the authenticity of such creations. I would recommend a side of caramelized balsamic onions as a topper; the sweet and salty presence pairs ideally with the mélange of meats. Finally, having seen several pass by, I decided to indulge and order the signature “Tap’d” burger. It was a generous portion of every element involved, as the glistening half-pound patty was joined by Wisconsin cheddar, applewood smoked bacon, an extra-large onion ring and bookended by a bourbon-bacon jam smothered brioche bun. It was a glorious task of gluttony to which I readily obliged. The “Growler” burger is even more bananas, as Chef Burin doubles down on the patties and invites barbecue pulled pork to the party. Other entrees that grace the menu are a trio of salads (a classic Caesar, a standard house and a balsamic prime rib), a roast beef dip, a portobello burger and the southern-influenced fried chicken sandwich on a biscuit. I plan on returning in the near future to scarf down the last offering. Tap’d is a much welcomed addition to the burgeoning downtown Ventura scene, and should fare well due to the unique approach taken. So head down and experience craft beer and food 2.0, because the future is here … and it tastes damn good. ♦

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