Hope for Ventura County Real Estate

Saturday September 13, 1 p.m.6th Annual Ventura Hillside Music FestivalArroyo Verde Park, 5000 Foothill RoadThe sixth annual Ventura Hillside Music fundraising festival, featuring Little Feat, Taj Mahal, Mason Jennings and Todd Hannigan and the Heavy 29's.  Tickets are available at Salzer's Music...

Are you looking for a little culture this weekend?  Ventura County has many museums to choose from, here are just a few: Carnegie Art Museum in Oxnard Gull Wings Children's Museum in Oxnard Ventura County Maritime Museum in Oxnard Aviation Museum in Santa Paula California Oil Museum in Santa Paul...

Things are picking up all over Ventura County!  This cute 3 bedroom, 2 bath Fillmore home just went in to escrow with an asking price of $349,000.  This home is located on a quiet street and it's move in ready with an updated kitchen and baths, and a new furnace, ducting, and energy efficient air...

If you are looking to purchase a home soon, or you already own one and you're thinking about refinancing, it's a good idea to check your credit and make sure all is well before filling out that loan application. There may be errors or things you can do that will better your score and allow you to...

Karin Finell, and award winning author, will discuss her book Good-bye to all the Mermaids: A Childhood Lost in Hitler's Berlin at the Camarillo Library Sunday September 7th at 2pm.  The book is about the horrors of World War II from a German woman's perspective.  There will be a book signing and...

Remember the good ole days?  Cruising down Main Street on Friday night with all the windows down and blasting REO Speedwagon?  Maybe not, but the Santa Paula Police Officers Association is holding another Cruise Night for classic cars this Friday night.  This event is for pre 1975 cars and trucks...

There are so many things happening around Ventura each weekend.  Here are just a few planned for this upcoming weekend: Saturday September 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Main Street Mini Fair300 block of Main Street, mini park.Volunteer artists and musicians offer live music, arts and crafts and children's ...

I was sitting here drinking my coffee thinking about tomorrow being Labor Day.  I think I know what it's about..........or do I?  So, like so many other things, I went over to Google and did a search.  "What is Labor Day?"  I chose the trusty Wikipedia entry and found out that it's exactly what I...

A while back I woke up to find a very soggy downstairs. It seems that a fitting on the discharge hose of the water softner had cracked. The result was a couple of inches of water in the laundry room, powder room, hall, and extending part way to the family room and dining room. Since this had neve...

I was looking back over previous posts to my blog and found last years Labor Day post.  How soon we forget!  Last year we were having a heat wave and temperatures were in the triple digits in Ventura County.  This is extremely rare for Ventura County.  Everyone was flocking to the beaches where t...