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CARPINTERIA, Calif. – June 9, 2010 - With the final votes announced just before 1:00 am, Carpinterians got confirmed what already had been suggested by the results of the mail-in ballots the night before -- no oil and gas development in their seaside town in the foreseeable future. Measure J, Venoco, Inc.’s [NYSE: VQ] highly controversial oil and gas initiative received less than 30% percent of the town’s votes in yesterday’s elections.

CARPINTERIA, Calif. – June 8, 2010 - With votes still being counted, Carpinterians went to bed Tuesday night rest assured there would be no oil and gas development in their seaside town in the foreseeable future. By 10:30 p.m., Measure J, Venoco, Inc.’s [NYSE: VQ] highly controversial oil and gas initiative had received less than 35 percent of the town’s absentee ballot votes.

On June 8, 2010, voters of Carpinteria -- the small California beach town renown for its surfing and coastal beauty -- will face Measure J, a ballot initiative sponsored by Denver-based oil company Venoco, Inc. If passed, a massive 140 foot tall onshore oil rig would be erected to facilitate the slant-drilling of up to 35 wells for 20-30 years, or possibly forever.

Snaking down Carpinteria Avenue from the post office at Casitas Pass Road, taking a left on Linden, and lining the main drag to the railroad tracks and beyond, hundreds of Carpinterians paraded and waived homemade “No on Measure J” placards on Friday evening-- matching their chants to the constant horn honking from car-driving, like-minded residents. Their unified message rang loud and clear in this typically sleepy seaside hamlet: The town is not for sale and no amount of promised money from a proposed oil drilling initiative will change their minds.

CARPINTERIA, Calif. - May 23, 2010 - Three hundred surf lovers and art fans rallied around surfing legend and local resident Shaun Tomson and 11 Carpinterian artists at the "Surf Art Show," an event benefiting the grassroots, volunteer organization Citizens CAP (Citizens Committee Against Paredon Initiative) which opposes Venoco Inc.'s [NYSE:VQ] proposed Measure J.

Sleepy seaside Carpinteria woke up this morning to more than 500 ocean lovers saying “No on Measure J” at the Paddle Out Against Paredon event at the city’s beach. Surfers, kayakers, and supporters on the sand symbolized Carpinteria’s strength and sense of community, according to event organizer and surfer Carrie Reynolds. Additionally, the Chumash Maritime Association shared a traditional tomol (canoe).

C.A.P. (Citizens Committee Against Paredon Initiative) is astonished by the Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce’s sudden endorsement of Measure J, the Paredon Oil & Gas Development Initiative.

Gulf Rig Explodes, 11 Missing; Potential Blow to Industry
NEW ORLEANS—A massive fire on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico left 11 workers missing and cast a pall over an offshore drilling boom that stands to dramatically lift U.S. energy output.

The Carpinteria City Council passed Resolution No. 5225,taking an official position of opposition to the Venoco, Inc. [NYSE: VQ]-backed Measure J, the Paredon Oil & Gas Development Initiative.

Venoco Inc., which wants to begin round-the-clock drilling in the Carpinteria area, is pouring money into a ballot initiative that would exempt it from the city's industrial development and environmental rules.