📢 Camarillo: Chess in Old Town, ballots due Tuesday, and Peddy’s second chance

Plus: weekend events, a local homebuyer update, and one last June 2 primary reminder.

A New Chess Club Wants Camarillo to Pull Up a Chair

A new meetup at Zander’s Game House is trying to make chess feel less intimidating, more social, and open to anyone willing to sit down and play.

📢 Camarillo: kidSTREAM finally opens, plus the birds you’re walking past

Sandy Fire updates, June 2 primary reminders, Old Town cars, Clarence turns 103, and Tyrone the red-eared slider needs a home.

Ventura County Has Nearly 500 Bird Species. Here's How to Start Noticing Them.

A birding guide on how to start, where to go, and why it might be the antidote to your phone.

📢 Camarillo: Climate vote, bad cell service & strawberries

Plus: 88 supportive housing units break ground, Sandstone Peak views, and Shadowfax is looking for her person.

Camarillo rejects youth climate resolution, but asks for narrower rewrite

📢 Camarillo: Costco gas is finally open + Weekend Events.

Plus: Camarillo's e-bike crashes doubled, wildfire prep, and Mother's Day events.

E-bike collisions in Camarillo doubled last year. Here's what's driving it.

Faster bikes, illegal modifications, and a market designed to skirt the rules are reshaping local streets.