After uncountable years of poor weather for Oxnard’s Parade of Lights, Saturday dawned warm and clear and stayed that way! By parade time at 7pm, the temperature was 64° with no wind. Like clockwork, the crowds returned to line the harbor and cheer on the entries. Boats large and small were decorated for a 2-lap, [...]

The Channel Islands Harbor is set to be dredged beginning Monday, December 6th. Not a moment to soon according to our calculations. The beach on the East Jetty is expansive these days and on any day I watch “soft groundings” by unsuspecting mariners here on the West side.

A horde of outrigger canoes from across Southern California have descended on the Channel Islands Harbor for the 1st Annual Anacapa Classic outrigger canoe race. Twelve people on a team will paddle 6-man outriggers to Anacapa Island and back. They actually switch teams along the way with 6 in the canoe and 6 on a [...]