Talk:Ventura, California

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I don't know who made this comment below? One thing that caught my eye was this person's comment about the "Demographics." I don't know the person's intention, but I did find it offensive. This person felt unsafe? Why? The percentage of non-White residents? The comment should be removed. I will take the comment as color-blind racism, but at the same time, unacceptable.

As much as I love the Ventura area, I recently traveled there on business and was saddened to find a large number of homeless people lining the beautiful beaches and in the state park. I'm not sure what is causing this rise in homelessness in the area, but I think it should be noted in the Demographics discussion as I felt unsafe at times riding my bicycle along the paths. V-town is the best city in the world and no one can argue that.

The entry for Ventura, California states that Olivos was granted the property for the Olivos Hacienda by the Spanish gov't in 1841. Pretty sure that by 1841 Mexico was independent from Spain & that a Spanish land grant in that year would have no validity. Could the year given in the entry be incorrect?

RM

You're right. Mexico gained independence in 1821. I checked http://www.ventura-usa.com/about/index.cfm?action=heritage and it just says that the land grant was given in 1841, but it doesn't say by whom, although a reasonable assumption would be Gov. Juan Bautista Alvarado. howcheng {chat} 06:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Highway Link Between Ventura and Los Angeles

After consulting long-time residents and viewing photos from CalTrans and other sites, I have corrected the article's statement that travel from Los Angeles was slow and difficult until the "Ventura Freeway" was completed in 1969. That road, Highway 101, was a four-lane (and often six-lane on gradients) expressway that was completed by CalTrans in 1959. A photo from CalTrans can be viewed at: http://gbcnet.com/ushighways/US101/101pics9.html

My corrected text is: "...until the completion of a four-lane expressway (US Highway 101) over the Conejo Grade in 1959. This route, now further widened and improved by 1969, is known as the Ventura Freeway, which directly links Ventura with the Los Angeles metropolitan area."

The original Highway 101 was built over the Conejo Grade in 1930, and it was a two-lane concrete roadway, requiring very careful steering and braking on the downgrades.

The main article also neglects to mention another link from the Los Angles area: a four-lane expressway (101 ALT) that has existed for more than forty years along the coast, through Oxnard, to Santa Monica.

mm Faculty Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas

Additional note on US 101: starting in the late 1970s, IIRC, it was upgraded to 6 mainline lanes, with 2 auxiliary lanes in places, and 2 truck lanes on Conejo Grade. This is when the freeway was jogged slightly south in Camarillo so the double row of eucalyptus trees could remain.

[edit] Templete: Community Infobox

What happened to the community infobox? --Hersch 14:24, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

According to Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 January 7#Template:Infobox_Community it got obsoleted by {{Infobox City}}. I'll stick that one in. howcheng {chat} 17:16, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Huh. Had no idea.. that totally slipped by my attention. Thanks for noticing the logs, bud.

Dude I live near ventura. 1:09, november 17

[edit] Integration of Montalvo

The headline for the integration of Montalvo, Ventura, California links here, and I think it's an obvious merge. Someone just go ahead and do it.

Trisweb 21:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Film and Television

It might be nice to add more cultural references, such as movies and television. I'm just brainstorming here, feel free to add, and move the list once it's big enough... Trisweb 21:47, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Little Miss Sunshine - The scenes of Rodondo Beach, California were actually shot in Ventura, California along Interstate Highway 101 near the California Street exit.

[edit] Olivas Adobe - Rancho San Miguel

The article states that Rancho San Miguel (The Olivas Adobe) was 48,611 acres. In reality, the land grant was 4,600 acres, the smallest land grant in Ventura County.


207.157.231.79 11:47, 17 March 2007 (UTC)yousatonmycactus

Fixed. Thanks for the heads-up. howcheng {chat} 20:20, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Looks like they got that confused with Rancho San Fernando, which was 48,612 acres according to [1]. howcheng {chat} 22:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Points of interest

As a native Venturan I cleaned up this section of the article a bit. It was filled with improper grammer and subjectivity. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 169.232.83.31 (talk) 05:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Assessment

A while ago, an editor who was apparently doing assessment for WikiProject Cities rated this article as Start-Class. But that same editor also changed an earlier B-Class assessment WikiProject Southern California had given the article. I changed the Southern California assessment back to B so as not to undo the SoCal assessor's work, but didn't touch the Cities assessment. Instead of changing another WikiProject's rating without discussion, I think it's a better idea to bring the issue up on the relevant WikiProject's talk page. szyslak (t, c) 21:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

FWIW: On November 17, 2006, BlankVerse assessed the article as "B" for the SoCal project. Then, on March 19, 2007, Derek.cashman assessed it as "Start" for the Cities project, and also changed SoCal's rating. szyslak (t, c) 21:31, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:VenturaSeal.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] City Hall

The picture is crooked. Does anybody have a better one?

Germ (talk) 02:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)