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VENTURA COUNTY — The League of United Latin American Citizens says Assemblyman Das Williams deliberately misled the organization in discussions on Assembly Bill 955, the organization reported in a media release on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 955 is designed to allow colleges to offer a two-tier tuition program where students could pay higher fees for...
Leadership reports on current financial challenge and steps toward sustainability SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC), which for 40 years has provided essential medical and dental care to patients, regardless of their ability to pay, is facing a financial emergency which could force the organization to close its doors, the health care provider...
Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of stories profiling the award-winners of El Concilio Family Service 2013 Latino Leadership Awards. The awards gala will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. The event is sold out. Click here or call 805-486-9777 for more information. Amigos805 staff reports Padres Promotores de...
OXNARD — FOOD Share this week announced a $50,000 grant from Morgan Stanley to fund its School Pantry Program, a child hunger initiative that helps to make sure that low-income families have a readily accessible source of health and nutritious food to prepare at home. The local award is the latest phase of Fill...
Recycling company supports charity’s poker event on June 1 OXNARD — Republic Services of Oxnard, one of the nation’s largest recycling companies that works in conjunction with the City of Oxnard, is giving back to the community by supporting and helping grow Community Among Friends, a 501 (c)(3) charity based in Ventura County, the company reported this...
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By David Magallanes / Guest contributor Throughout decades, I have kept in mind the advice of the author Marsha Sinetar (http://marshasinetar.com)...
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By Rodolfo F. Acuña / Guest contributor In West Texas, during the struggles to desegregate the schools in the later part of...
SANTA BARBARA — The UCSB Multicultural Center will present a film screening of “Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 22 at the MCC Theater at UCSB. Revealing the direct connection between the history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the current immigration crisis, this film,...
CAMARILLO — The Ventura County Community Foundation’s Destino: The Latino Legacy Fund is accepting proposals for grants to fund programs that expand opportunities for Latino high school students to succeed through college preparedness. The grants will provide support for programs delivering curriculum that measurably increase academic achievement as well as college preparation and access;...
OXNARD — The Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project is seeking volunteers for its next meeting from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 25 at Harrington Elementary School, 2501 S. Gisler St., Oxnard. “We are also short staffed this month at Harrington and are hoping to have your help if you are available,” Foster said. “I will...
CAMARILLO — Twenty students will venture to Cuba this month for a rare travel experience offered as a CSU Channel Islands (CI) course, university officials reported Wednesday in a media release. The nine-day trip gives students studying Spanish and Chicana/o Studies the chance to visit a country that has been closed to American tourists since the...
Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of stories profiling the award-winners of El Concilio Family Service 2013 Latino Leadership Awards. The awards gala will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. The event is sold out. Click here or call 805-486-9777 for more information. Amigos805 staff reports LiUNA Local 585...
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By David Magallanes / Guest contributor I have heard it over and over again: someone I know relates to me that...
OXNARD — La Sra. Pina Hernández y algunos miembros de la Federación de Clubes Jaliscienses del Sur de California, impartirán en la ciudad de Oxnard un Taller gratuito sobre las actividades de la Federación, a las 6 pm, jueves 16 de mayo de 2013, Consulado de México en Oxnard, 3151 W. Fifth St., Oxnard. Actas...
Update: Santa Paula school board tells superintendent to ‘dig deeper’ to restore cuts to bilingual and migrant education Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/may/15/santa-paula-school-board-tells-superintendent-dig/#ixzz2TTVxYm3P - vcstar.com SANTA PAULA — The Santa Paula Elementary School District community will have a large presence at the Santa Paula Elementary School board meeting on Tuesday, May 14 to urge board members to restore recently-implemented...
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editor and other submissions from our readers. All opinions expressed in submitted material are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Amigos805. By Rodolfo F. Acuña / Guest contributor My mother use to say, “Cuando eres pendejo, eres pendejo;” and there was not much...
VENTURA COUNTY — Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. will host events in honor of National Women’s Health Week — May 12-18, the health care provider reported Friday in a media release. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Clinicas invites the Ventura Community to join them for a health fair at Flory...
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present ‘Adult Art Studio Class — A Painted Journal from Latin America’ from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 18, the museum reported in a media release. The “Myth and Materiality” exhibit serves as the inspiration for this full-day workshop. Paint under the influence...
CAMARILLO — The Rebozo Festival will be presented from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at Camarillo Ranch, 201 Camarillo Ranch Road, Camarillo. Brunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance and $45 at the door after May 13. The brunch event is the ultimate...
SANTA BARBARA— Favianna Rodriguez, the Oakland-based activist artist best known for bold posters and digital art that explore issues of social justice, has donated her personal archive to the UC Santa Barbara Library. The Favianna Rodriguez Papers are now housed in the library’s California Ethnic Multicultural Archives (CEMA), the university reported in a media...
