The city of Ventura is reopening one of its golf courses Friday. Golf writer Bob Buttita (bbuttita@VenturaCountyStar.com) has a look at the redesigned Buenaventura public course in Sports tomorrow. City reporter Kevin Clerici (kclerici@VenturaCountyStar.com) will have a Page One story examinign the financial impact of the course, the expectation by the city and addressing whether some believe Ventura County might be at the saturation point on golf courses. The package will be complemented by a video of the course by Anthony Plascencia.

Sacramento bureau chief Timm Herdt (therdt@VenturaCountyStar.com) is covering a state Senate hearing today on a bill that would ban the sale of soda and other junk food at high schools. Marjorie Hernandez (mhernandez@VenturaCountyStar.com) will be talking to Ventura County school officials, parents ... and kids ... about the idea, which is already in place in most middle and elementary schools.

And Teresa Rochester (trochester@VenturaCountyStar.com) is checking out reports of lines being crossed between church and state at a Simi Valley high school. The reporting is just starting on this story, which she learned about at the ACLU meeting on racial and cultural conflicts earlier this week.

President Bush had a press conference this morning, talking about Social Security, Iraq and other topics. Something out of that will probably land on your front page tomorrow.