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| DUST STORM HIT CHANNEL ISLAND AREA - WINDS ALONG THE COAST
By Staff
3:00 p.m. 02/13/12
Normally, we do not do weather reporting. However, I tried to drive over to Ventura from the Channel Islands area a little after 2 p.m. today, 02/13/12. At approximately Wooley & Victoria by Seabridge Shopping Center, I drove into a dust storm but not before traffic problems with city personnel picking up palm street fronds scattered in the north lane of Victoria. Should have taken photos.
Stopped for gas; however, didn't get out of the car because the dust was so thick. There were others braving the storm and gassing their vehicles. - J. B. Robinson
Gusty winds reported in Ventura with approximately 35 MPH plus.
- Tonight: Clear. Windy this evening. Low 43F. WNW winds at 25 to 35 mph, diminishing to 10 to 20 mph.
- Tomorrow: A mainly sunny sky. High 62F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
- Tomorrow night: Clear skies. Low 41F. Winds light and variable.
- Wednesday: Partly cloudy skies. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 61F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
- Relles Smith
Rain & winds are reported from San Francisco to just above San Luis Obispo. - Camille Harris
DUI/DRIVERS LICENSE CHECKPOINT
UPDATED RESULTS - VENTURA
By Sergeant Ryan Weeks
Posted: 01-31-12
The Ventura Police Department held checkpoints at two different locations throughout the evening on 01/28/12. The first checkpoint was held on Ventura Avenue north of Main St. and the second checkpoint was held on Thompson Blvd. west of California Street. As a result of the checkpoints, the following enforcement was taken:
- (2) DUI arrests. One was a .16 BAC, the other was unknown
- (2) Citations issued for driving with a suspended drivers license
- (4) Citations issued for driving with no driver's license
- (3) Vehicles were impounded
- (1) Driver cited for having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle
- (7) Citations issued for other miscellaneous violations.
During the first checkpoint on Ventura Avenue, a motorist drove into the checkpoint and then backed unsafely out of the checkpoint. VPD motor officers attempted to stop the vehicle after it committed the violation, however the vehicle fled from the officers. After driving a short distance, the suspect vehicle crashed into some bushes and the driver fled the vehicle on foot. Responding officers were unable to locate the suspect.
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By: Sgt. Ryan Weeks
Posted: 01/29/12
Ventura, CA - The Ventura Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol-involved crashes. Research shows that crashes involving alcohol drop by an average of 20 percent when well-publicized checkpoints are conducted often enough.
Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of alcohol and/or drug impairment. Officers will also check for proper licensing and will strive to delay motorists only momentarily. Drivers caught driving impaired can expect jail, license suspension, and insurance increases, as well as fines, fees, DUI classes, other expenses that can exceed $10,000.
"Over the course of the past three years, DUI collisions have claimed 3 lives and resulted in 55 injury crashes harming 82 of our friends and neighbors," said Sgt. Ryan Weeks of the Ventura Police Department Traffic Unit.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), checkpoints have provided the most effective documented results of any of the DUI enforcement strategies, while also yielding considerable cost savings of $6 for every $1 spent. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public.
"Deaths from drunk and drug-impaired driving are going down in California," said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). "But that still means that hundreds of our friends, family and co-workers are killed each year, along with tens of thousands who are seriously injured. We must all continue to work together to bring an end to these tragedies. If you see a Drunk Driver - Call 9-1-1."
Funding for this checkpoint is provided to The Ventura Police Department by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, targeting those who still don't heed the message to designate a sober driver.
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MIKE STOKER STEPS UP TO PLATE
REGARDING REQUEST FOR HIM TO
JOIN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
J. B. Robinson
Posted: 01/06/12
According to KEYT ABC News out of Santa Barbara, CA, "Former Santa Barbara County Supervisor, Mike Stoker, was asked to help make the final push to get the voters out for Tuesday's primaries for the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign. Stoker says he's honored to join the team." Stoker, flew out today, Friday, January 6, 2012 and moment ago arrived in Boston.
Mike Stoker is an attorney who received his undergraduate degree from U.C. Berkeley where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, and he received his Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) where he graduated with high honors and participated in the Scott Moot Court honors program. Mike also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Southern California Institute of Law where he also teaches law school classes in land use, real property and government law.
His top priorities regarding government are (1) improving education, (2) reducing the national debt, and (3) preserving Social Security.
Mike resides in Carpinteria, California. He has a son, Brandon, and a daughter, Courtlin.
Mike Stoker is Qualified By:
- One of only two county supervisors in the state asked to participate in the California Economic Summit.
- Named 1993 "Most Valuable Public Official in County Government in America" by Governing Magazine.
- First public official recognized for his work that "significantly improved" the business climate in Santa Barbara County by the Coalition of Labor, Agriculture and Business (COLAB).
- Former "Public Official of the Year" by the Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens.
- Former "Public Official of the Year" by the Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association. (Endorsed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.)
- Former "Public Official of the Year" by the Santa Barbara Industrial & Manufacturer's Association.
- Boy Scouts of America - "Citizen of the Year" and Golden Eagle Award Recipient. (Mike is an Eagle Scout.)
Stoker Service In Community Leadership
- Past Chairman, Santa Barbara County Kids Network
- Past Director, Good Samaritan Shelter
- Past President, American Heart Association, Northern Santa Barbara County
- Executive Board Member, Los Padres Council, Boy Scouts of America (Mike is an Eagle Scout.)
- Past Chairman, Northern Santa Barbara County, United Way
- Board Member, Santa Barbara Industrial & Manufacturing Association
- Past President and Board Member, Santa Barbara County Taxpayers Association
- Board Member, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation
- Board Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
- Past Board Member, Santa Barbara American Red Cross
- Past President, UCSB General Affiliates
Mike Stoker Public Service Record:
- Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors - Majority Counsel to Congress
- Chairman, California Agricultural Labor Relations Board
- Deputy Secretary of State (California)
- Member, Agricultural Advisory Board to Superintendent of Public Instruction (Appointed by Superintendent Jack O'Connell)
- Chairman, Santa Barbara Air Pollution Control District
- Chairman, Santa Barbara Water Agency and Flood Control District
- Member, Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Board
- Chairman, Santa Barbara County Association of Governments.
Mike Stoker, along with other newspapers, has been known to write a column or two for Town Biz 101 an Internet newspaper.
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