Doktor Avalanche
Been there twice. Stayed for a month (work). Being English got pulled over for driving the wrong way round the car park once. Ventura is my town though (done half a year there).
Let's see ... my memory of Ventura in the old days ... Pussycat Theater, Carrows, a college, and a great song that was our theme song for a long time, when we drove down to Moby Disk (Van Nuys) to get the imports we needed, like new TD, or Klaus, or Amon Duul 2, or Ange, or Banco, or PFM ... you know ... the import top ten that no one ever heard ... but KTYD played in those days thanks to my roomie and our insane collection.