Ventura to open its first 24-hour homeless shelter

Hosted by Jonathan Bastian Jun. 07, 2019 Central Coast

Homeless man in Ventura Photo Credit: Jonathan Rados

Ventura approves a 24-hour homeless shelter. Marc McGinnes talks his new book “In Love with Earth”. And State Street gets cozy with some new shared commercial spaces.

From this Episode:

24-hour homeless shelter to open in Ventura

After a year of negotiations, Ventura approved its first 24-hour homeless shelter.

9 min

New book follows the birth of the environmental movement

In the new book “In Love with Earth”, local author and environmental lawyer, Marc McGinnes , talks about what emerged from the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill and its public...

14 min

State Street gets cozy with new shared commercial spaces

Some new food and drink vendors have moved into shared commercial spaces on State Street.

5 min

Credits

Host:

Jonathan Bastian

Producer:

Carolina Starin

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