The South Oxnard Aquatics Center moved closer to its planned summer 2025 completion after a vote of the City Council Tuesday. The council approved a conceptual design in a 6-1 vote for the nearly $60 million aquatics center that includes a 50-meter competition swimming pool, instructional and recreational swimming pools, a lazy […]

Council member Gabby Basua (Photo by Chris Frost) Oxnard– The City Council, Tuesday, September 6, approved the Alternate B conceptual design of the proposed South Oxnard Aquatic Center. Council Member Gabby Basua made the motion and said after considerable debate about the pool’s size, that it would come down to […]

Swimming pools seem like a great idea when a summer heat wave hits, but with the excavation and expense involved in the construction of a traditional in-ground pool, they don’t provide a last-minute solution. That’s why a once-maligned marvel of early-20th-century design—the aboveground pool—is finally enjoying its moment. The first […]

AN ELEGANT compromise between a yard-usurping swimming pool and a Nemo-themed kiddies’ inflatable, the plunge pool has surged in popularity. According to Heather Goerzen, managing editor of design content for online interiors service Havenly, plunge pools became an ‘it’ project during Covid, rivaling home-baked sourdough. Plunge pool manufacturer Soake, in […]

The Township of West Milford recently introduced an ordinance to clarify fence requirements for those who have above or below ground swimming pools on their properties. Mayor Michele Dale and the Township Council saw this as necessary action after they determined that local rules for fencing requirements for swimming pools […]

AdobeStock By Ken Ritter Associated Press Tuesday, July 26, 2022 LAS VEGAS – Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial bucket amid historic drought and climate change in the West.Officials are taking the plunge anyway, capping the size […]