Saturday, June 2, 2007

Multimedia projects

Click on the links below to watch videos and Flash presentations. You will be routed to the Ventura County Star Web site. If prompted to log in, my user ID is zbarlow@venturacountystar.com and my password is zigzag.
The videos are on the left side of the story pages.
Enjoy.




Ranch fire. A horse farmer battles to save his property from the Ranch fire.







Big Wednesday.
Some of the largest waves California has seen in years are a playground for surfers.






Foxes' tale of recovery. Watch island foxes be released in an effort to reestablish populations on Santa Cruz Island.




Biologists dissect a blue whale. One of a series of dead whales that was killed by a ship strike in the Santa Barbara Channel.








Academic Decathlon. Watch high school student compete in a battle of brains.







Ski Patrol. A group of volunteers patrols the snowy mountains of Southern California.








Hotshots at work. Watch a hotshot crew battle the Zaca fire.






The hardest goodbye. A sailor leaves his wife and five children at home to fight in Iraq. Three part video, one of deployment, a second about life without Dad and a third of him coming home.





This is speedboarding. Two young skateboarders defy gravity - and common sense - screaming down hills.







Camarillo Air Show. Watch vintage airplanes loop through the air.









A fighter's fight. Follow one man's journey through the brutal world of mixed martial arts.





Fish vs. Toads. How opposing groups are fighting over one stretch of Piru Creek.






Bald Eagles Rebound. Watch a video of a young bald eagle on Santa Cruz Island being captured and banded.






Jumbo Squid are Here! Fisherman revel in the arrival of jumbo squid off the Ventura County coast.





The Great Migration. Track gray whales as they make their annual journey from Baja to Alaska.



Great Dane. Watch Ventura surfing wunderkind Dane Reynolds Compete in the U.S. Open of Surfing.






The country's best ranger. Take a tour with California State Parks ranger Scott Cramollini, who was voted the best ranger in the U.S. this year.






Hot Feet. One man tries to set the world record for fire walking.
Click on video on left.






King Gillette Ranch. An interactive map of the newest public park in the Santa Monica Mountains.