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Deadline approaching for June print edition of Amigos805

May 17, 2012
Deadline approaching for June print edition of Amigos805

Also check out our Amigos805 On Scene email newsletter on May 24 for discount coupons The deadline is rapidly approaching for the June print edition of Amigos805. Thank you dear readers and advertisers for supporting our efforts to make Amigos805 your key source of news for and about the vibrant Latino community in Ventura,...

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Bilingual commentary: ‘Today, we are all Mixteco.’

May 18, 2012
Bilingual commentary: ‘Today, we are all Mixteco.’

By Denis O’Leary / Guest contributor The Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project (MICOP), has started a campaign against racism and bullying of the Mixteco community in Ventura County. MICOP estimates that there are more than 20,000 indigenous Mexicans in Ventura County, mostly Mixtecos from the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. The majority of them work in the...

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El Concilio profile: Kristine Guzman

May 18, 2012
El Concilio profile: Kristine Guzman

Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of stories in May profiling the award-winners of El Concilio Family Service 2012 Latino Leadership awards  — “Excellence in Education.” The awards gala will be held on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. Click here or call 805-486-9777  for more information. Amigos805 staff reports Kristine Guzman, who teaches...

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Clinicas del Camino Real is celebrating Women’s Health Week

May 17, 2012
Clinicas del Camino Real is celebrating Women’s Health Week

Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. is hosting events this week in honor of National Women’s Health Week (May 13-19), the health care provider reported Thursday in a media release. Clinicas invites the community to visit one of its 13 locations throughout the county and participate in many of the free activities being offered. The...

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CSU Channel Islands celebrates opening of new entrance

May 17, 2012
CSU Channel Islands celebrates opening of new entrance

University officials, political leaders and the public gathered on May 11 for the official opening of a new four-lane University Drive main entrance road at California State University, Channel Island. The public dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony included a presentation by University President Richard Rush and a traditional Chumash blessing by Raudel Banuelos. Attending the ceremony were Ventura...

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Bilingual commentary: Filing … not piling

May 16, 2012
Bilingual commentary: Filing … not piling

By David Magallanes / Guest contributor Some time ago I felt completely inundated by mail, receipts and documents that I would receive — and, as a result, accumulate — day after day after day. The very volume of that paper was overwhelming me. I was drowning in paper! When I started to have nightmares and anxiety...

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Indigenous community to launch anti-bullying campaign on May 17

May 16, 2012
Indigenous community to launch anti-bullying campaign on May 17

Indigenous Mexican leaders of Ventura County will publicly launch the “No Me Llames Oaxaquita!” (Don’t call me little Oaxacan!) campaign at a press conference at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 17 at the Center for Employment Training, 761 So. C St., Oxnard, the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) reported this week in a media release. Mixtec youth...

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8th annual Rebozo Festival, ‘Bringing Culture to Ventura County,’ set for May 20

May 16, 2012
8th annual Rebozo Festival, ‘Bringing Culture to Ventura County,’ set for May 20

Las Madrinas del Rebozo of Ventura County will be presenting their 8th Annual Rebozo Festival at the historic Camarillo Ranch House from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20 in Camarillo. Las Madrinas, translated to “The Godmothers” are a growing group of 18 professional and retired women who volunteer year round by concentrating...

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Memo & Friends to perform May 20 at California Strawberry Festival

May 14, 2012
Memo & Friends to perform May 20 at California Strawberry Festival

  By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 When the 29th annual edition of the California Strawberry Festival rolls around this coming weekend, the sounds of “Smooth Latin Soul & Raggae” will be heard from the Festival Stage come early Sunday afternoon when local favorite Memo & Friends begin performing. And for those fans of...

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El Concilio profile: Margaret Cortese

May 14, 2012
El Concilio profile: Margaret Cortese

Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of stories in May profiling the award-winners of El Concilio Family Service 2012 Latino Leadership awards  — “Excellence in Education.” The awards gala will be held on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. Click here or call 805-486-9777  for more information. Amigos805 staff reports Margaret Cortese, a...

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Five Wishes celebration held in Santa Barbara

May 14, 2012
Five Wishes celebration held in Santa Barbara

More than 200 community members took part recently in the Second Annual Community-Wide Gathering and Celebration of the Five Wishes held at the Rockwood Woman’s Club in Santa Barbara. The Alliance for Living and Dying Well, a collaborative of Santa Barbara County organizations concerned with quality end of life care, hosted the event. The...

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Free Oaxacan dance performance set for 6 p.m. May 11

May 11, 2012
Free Oaxacan dance performance set for 6 p.m. May 11

The Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project is co-sponsoring a free evening of Oaxacan dance, music, hot chocolate and bread with the Rio School District and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 11 at Rio Real Elementary School, 1140 Kenney St., Oxnard, the organization reported on Thursday....

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Bilingual report: California ‘Schools Under Stress’

May 10, 2012
Bilingual report: California ‘Schools Under Stress’

  Teacher layoffs, large class sizes and increasing student poverty complicate schools’ mission, study says. By Cesar Arredondo / Amigos805 contributor California’s largest school districts are facing many stress factors that undermine the education of millions of students, according to a new survey. That situation could only worsen if voters reject two education-related state...

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Cost analysis underway for Das Williams’ bill to provide financial support for state’s higher education systems

May 10, 2012
Cost analysis underway for Das Williams’ bill to provide financial support for state’s higher education systems

Nontax revenue for higher education systems being considered SACRAMENTO — The Assembly Appropriations Committee is studying the potential fiscal impact of a legislative proposal introduced by Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara) that would transfer some state-owned properties to a public trust in order to provide need financial support to the state’s higher education systems,...

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Bilingual commentary: Children, schools and food

May 9, 2012
Bilingual commentary: Children, schools and food

By David Magallanes / Guest contributor Children delight us, although at times they may bother or even anger us. But our children are our treasure, and nothing is more important than their upbringing and their health. The success of our efforts is measured according to their happiness and well-being throughout their journey in this life. Therefore,...

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LULAC urges public to attend May 10 Rio School District meeting

May 9, 2012
LULAC urges public to attend May 10 Rio School District meeting

The League of United Latin American Citizens — District 17 — is urging the public to attend the next Rio School District board meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 10 to show support for three trustees who may face a possible recall effort, the organization reported this week in a media release. “The will...

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CLU honors alumna for language work

May 9, 2012
CLU honors alumna for language work

Julie Sykes’ digital games immerse users in Spanish THOUSAND OAKS —  The California Lutheran University Alumni Association Board of Directors presented the 2012 Outstanding Young Alumna Award to a University of New Mexico faculty member who uses technology to teach Spanish, university officials reported Tuesday in a media release. Julie M. Sykes received the...

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Capps announces $3.2 million in grants to Clinicas to expand health services

May 8, 2012
Capps announces $3.2 million in grants to Clinicas to expand health services

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) on Monday announced that Ventura-based Clinicas Del Camino Real has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $3.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fund renovation and construction projects at its Ventura County clinics. The funding, which was made available by the Affordable...

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Commentary: Single-member district elections will better serve Oxnard

May 7, 2012
Commentary: Single-member district elections will better serve Oxnard

By Denis O’Leary / Guest contributor Be it a smiling teacher at the door as a child walks in the classroom, a new school site or solar panels on the playgrounds to generate clean electricity, there are many ways to educate the child and our surrounding community. The role of education is to empower leaders, and...

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El Concilio profile: Oliva Barajas

May 7, 2012
El Concilio profile: Oliva Barajas

Editor’s note: Part of a continuing series of stories in May profiling the award-winners of El Concilio Family Service 2012 Latino Leadership awards  — “Excellence in Education.” The awards gala will be held on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. Click here for information on sponsorships and individual ticket orders $125 each, or...

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805 REGIONAL NEWS

NEW

> Capps votes against bill reducing domestic violence protections for women
> Enrollment open at Junior Safari Summer Camp at Moorpark College
> CSU Channel Islands student wins national scholarship to study in South Korea
> CLU awards top literary prizes for 2012
> UCSB: Verizon Foundation Grant enables expansion of linguistics project
> Capps, McNerney, Garamendi lead California Congressional delegation in fighting for California’s agricultural priorities in 2012
> Faculty, graduate feted at CLU banquet
> Das Williams: Table Saw Safety Bill moves to Senate for consideration
> May 16 — San Luis Obispo to hold first public workshop to discuss general plan update: 'SLO 2035'
> CLU celebrates Silver Anniversary by honoring alumni of Graduate School of Education and the School of Management
> VC Star: Vons donates more than 8,400 canned goods to FOOD Share

RECENT

> Superior Grocers celebrates one-year anniversary in Oxnard with car giveaway, school donations
> Republic Services of Oxnard raises the 'green bar' in recycling by increasing local awareness through its Antarctic Waste Program
> Capps applauds House passage of Export-Import Bank Reauthorization to support manufacturers and create jobs
> May 12 — FOOD Share to receive special delivery from Ventura County letter carriers during 2012 'Stamp Out Hunger' food drive
> CSU Channel Islands to graduate more than 1,300 students on May 19. Web streaming available
> Social Justice Fund for Ventura County extends thank you for support of Community Celebration
> Capps announces $500,000 grant to community health centers of the Central Coast to expand services, improve health care
> United Way of Ventura County reports on May 16 recognition reception, new VP of community investment
> CSU Channel Islands biology student wins research grant to study proteins implicated in cancer
> UCSB feminist studies scholar examines social policy and home health care
> CLU group honors Moorpark resident Ernie Sandlin
> CLU announces faculty promotions

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