Friday Travel Ticker: Cowboy up in Oxnard

Dallas Cowboy training camp runs through Aug. 17 at the River Ridge Playing Fields in Oxnard, about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Practice run from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Click here for the schedule and address. The practices are free, but parking costs $10. ... Nearly 84% of domestic flights arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time in the first half of the year — the best performance since the government started keeping track in 1988. Fewer than three suitcases per 1,000 passengers were reported lost, damaged or delayed, a record low. For which airlines did best, see chart below. ... Meanwhile, one of those little signs of better economic times ahead: Passenger volume at LAX rose 3.6% between January and June, according to airport statistics. Total air cargo tonnage increased 5.4%. ... September and October bring plenty of harvest activity to bucolic Ojai: the Tomato Festival & Wine Tasting at Boccali’s (Sept. 15); the Ojai World Music Festival at Libbey Bowl (Oct. 6); and the Ojai Film Festival (Oct. 25-28) featuring 40 selected films from all around the world. For details, call (888) 652-4669 or click here. ... The 5th Annual Jazz Legends Gala will honor jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa in Monterey on Sept. 20. Info: montereyjazzfestival.org. ... Travel quote of the day: “If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a merry Christmas?” (Don Meredith)