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Going bananas! Port of Hueneme hosting its annual Banana Festival, saluting one of its top imports

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An estimated five billion (yes, that's billion!) bananas a year come through the port.

A lot of people will be going bananas in Ventura County this weekend.

The Port of Hueneme is hosting its annual Banana Festival Saturday. Bananas are a big deal for the port. It imports more than five billion bananas annually.

The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. It will feature banana themed foods, live music, port tours, and a classic and exotic car show.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.