A Conejo Valley school board member is stirring a controversy there over a 9th-grade health textbook. Mike Dunn, a conservative member of the board, wants to use a text that defines marriage specifically s a union between a man and woman. Education writer Jean Moore (jcmoore@VenturaCountyStar.com) looks at the issue, the law, the views of other board members and the similar fight last year in Texas for a Page One story for tomorrow.

Also for Page One, staff writer Marjorie Hernandez (mhernandez@VenturaContyStar.com) will explore the contributions the Filipino community has made in Ventura County to advance this weekend's annual Fiestas Filipinas festival in Oxnard.

And we are on verdict watch ... both for the Michael Jackson verdict up in Santa Maria and the Ziesmer sentencing jury here in the county.

Beyond that, it's a slim day off the news wires.