David Reel

The Oxnard Plain grows more crops per square mile than any place on Earth. How did this agricultural phenomenon begin? Our podcast explains. Hyperlocalcamarillo.com

Shig Yabu was the first CEO of the Camarillo Boys and Girls Club. But what 1940s movie icon helped him shape the club into what it is today? Hyperlocalcamarillo.com fills you in on it all.

Learn how an adopted bird helped a boy through a brutal time while incarcerated during World War II. Our podcast, Hyperlocalcamarillo.com details Shig Yabu’s story.

Y’ever have to overcome obstacles in life? Racism, xenophobia, and Franklin Roosevelt were obstacles Camarillo resident Shig Yabu had to overcome and Hyperlocalcamarillo.com paints the picture why.

Camarillo resident Shig Yabu was incarcerated at a Japanese Interment Camp in World War II. Learn more about his role developing the Camarillo community in the 60s, 70s, and 80s on Hyperlocalcamarillo.com

In 1903, Teddy Roosevelt toured Mission San Buenaventura, but Hyperlocalcamarillo.com expounds how the President wasn’t satisfied until he climbed the belfry and rang the bells.

Theodore Roosevelt was the second sitting President to visit Plaza Park in Ventura. Who was the first? Hyperlocalcamarillo.com explains.

President Theodore Roosevelt was given a tour of the Oxnard Sugar Beet Factory in 1903. Hear the impromptu speech Roosevelt delivered to residents that day on Hyperlocalcamarillo.com

Theodore Roosevelt made it clear he wanted two types of men in his Rough Rider Regiment: College Athletes and Cowboys. Local boy Stanley Hollister was both. Find out his story at Hyperlocalcamarillo.com

In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt toured the West Coast, but he made a special stop in Santa Barbara to visit the mother of one his former Rough Riders. Hyperlocalcamarillo.com has all the details.

Two bootleggers stood trial for the 1929 murder on the 101 Highway in Camarillo. One was convicted of First-Degree Murder, the other was acquitted. Hyperlocalcamarillo.com unfolds the drama inside Ventura’s Courthouse.

The first Mafia Murder Trial on the West Coast was held at the old Ventura Courthouse on Poli Street. Did you know the three Defense Attorney’s were held in Contempt of Court? Hyperlocalcamarillo.com explains why.

Every great True Crime story has a femme fatale, but this story has two. Was the first Mafia murder on the West Coast a crime of passion? Or an organized hit? Hyperlocalcamarillo.com explains it all.

A bullet-riddled body was discovered on the Camarillo Ranch in 1929. Our podcast, Hyperlocalcamarillo.com discloses the evidence the killers neglected to terminate that led detectives hot on their trail.

Did you know the first mafia hit on the West Coast occurred in Camarillo in 1929? Were the accused guilty or innocent? Our podcast, Hyperlocalcamarillo.com has the details.

Renowned architect Albert C. Martin designed LA’s City Hall and St. Vincent’s Catholic Church. He also designed two of Ventura County’s most cherished architectural wonders. Find out which ones on our podcast, HyperlocalCamarillo.com

For over a century, St. Mary Magdalen has been perched above Camarillo, but before that did you know there was a Little Wooden Chapel in the same spot? And that it was built in one week? Our podcast Hyperlocalcamarillo.com explains the hasty construction.

Did you know Juan Camarillo initially wanted to construct St Mary Magdalen Chapel on the Camarillo Ranch? Our podcast explains the chain of events that changed everything. Hyperlocalcamarillo.com

Adolfo Camarillo is the father and namesake of Camarillo, but what was Juan Camarillo’s greatest gift to the community? Our podcast, Hyperlocalcamarillo.com explains

Pope Pius X gave Juan Camarillo an artifact he only gave two others in history. Hyperlocalcamarillo.com, our podcast, reveals what it was.