California residents respond to crisis of drought and famine in Northern Mexico, home to the Tarahumara Indians OXNARD— The LUCHA-Tarahumara Relief Fund will accept donations to benefit the Tarahumara Indians from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 at Cabo Seafood and Grill, 1041 S. Oxnard Blvd., in Oxnard, the organization reported this week....
Effort will return thousands of dollars to low-wage earners CAMARILLO — Low to moderate income workers can receive free help with tax preparation and income tax filing at a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site located throughout Ventura County beginning the week of Jan. 30, the United Way of Ventura County reported in a...
A viewing party for the Jan. 30 segment of the Food Network’s popular “Diner’s Drive-Ins and Dives” show, featuring the Kitchen in Oxnard, will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 at 529 So. A St., Oxnard. Big screen TVs, a red carpet entrance, muscle cars and a Guy Fieri (host of “DDD”)...
By Boyd Lemon / Guest contributor We are constantly bombarded in the media by all all of the heart breaking, gut-wrenching tragedy that permeates our world. But if you look around, you will see amazing beauty, too. Look at it, appreciate it, and let it soak in. To me, among the greatest joys of...
Race for Congress features former harbor commission president Amigos805.com staff report For those who have been watching, or seeking to avoid the nonstop media coverage of caucuses and primary races in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida — our time is rapidly approaching. Already, a number of local candidates have launched their campaigns for...
By David Magallanes / Guest contributor How do you go about managing your time, assuming that you do? Not everyone does, after all. Some of us are quite content to “go with the flow,” reacting to whatever blows toward us from the other side of the fence. On the other extreme, I’ve known people who try...
SANTA BARBARA — Verizon presented a check for $17,200 to Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) Acting Superintendent/President, Jack Friedlander to support the college’s innovative MESA (Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement) program, college officials reported in a media release this week. This most recent donation adds to Verizon’s contributions of over $52,000 to MESA. The presentation...
By Mona AlvaradoFrazier / Guest contributor If the Pulitzer Prize is the Oscar of the book world, the American Library Awards for books is up there with the Nickelodeon Awards, sans the green slime. The ALA announced their Youth Media Awards of 2012 on Jan. 25, 2012. These books represent the best of the best. Library and...
THOUSAND OAKS — California Lutheran University has received a $150,000 grant to research environmental justice in Oxnard, the university reported this week in a media release. The California Wellness Foundation awarded the two-year grant for two professors and selected student researchers to assess farmworkers’ exposure to pesticides, their knowledge of related health risks...
SANTA BARBARA — Victor Ríos, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Barbara, has received a $300,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation for a study examining how the interactions between gang-associated youth and their parents, school professionals, police and probation officers affect their identity and criminal behavior, the university reported this week...
Amigos805.com staff report It was a full house at a foreclosure crisis educational forum held Jan. 21 at the Oxnard Public Library, reported David Cruz during his morning radio show Jan. 25 on KOXR AM-910. He made his comments during the weekly segment featuring an interview with Michael and Stephen Szakos of Cobalt Realty...
Breakfreee.org is sponsoring a free session on finances from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Downtown Oxnard Management District office, 445 So. B St., Oxnard. This presentation will be given primarily in Spanish. Supported by California Lutheran University, the California Institute of Finance, Vida Newspapers and the Downtown Oxnard Management District. Call Carlos...
The Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project will present its first monthly community meeting of 2012 starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 at Harrington Elementary School, 2501 Gisler St., Oxnard. “If you’re available and would like to help out we will need lots of volunteers,” Donna Foster, operations manager for MICOP, stated in a media release....
The number of Latinos registered in Florida as Democrats grew at an accelerated rate, according to data compiled and released this week by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C. The final registration statistics for Florida’s Jan. 31 presidential primary shows that 564,513 Latino registered voters are registered as Democrats, representing 12.4 percent of...
By Bruce Stenslie / Economic Development Collaborative-Ventura County California’s Labor Market Information Division released its December 2011 report … continuing for a fifth month in row improvements across our key indicators. For the details see www.calmis.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/vent$pds.pdf There are two key points of note: One, at first blush, the numbers look modest, even weak for...
Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) will hold a series of orientations starting this week in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, the organization reported recently in a media release. The orientation classes will be held: 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24 in south Santa Barbara County (English). Call 805.965.6073 or visit www.wevonline.org for more information. 6 to 7...
“The 100% Summit: A Tale of Two Counties — Bridging the Widening Gaps in Ventura County” will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 at the Camarillo Methodist Church Hall, 291 Anacapa Drive, Camarillo. Presented by the Social Justice Fund for Ventura County, the summit will feature such speakers as...
OXNARD – Jess Herrera, candidate for Congress in the 26th District, received the endorsement of former California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, the highest elected Hispanic official to ever serve the State of California, the Herrera campaign announced in a media release on Jan. 22. “Californians today need jobs and small businesses are seeking meaningful...
Maria Garcia of Oxnard recently celebrated her 101st birthday. She was born in Jerez, Zacatecas on Jan. 13, 1911. Garcia, is the grandmother of four young mariachi players, Ely, Stephanie, Luis and Denise Garcia, said Javier Gomez, founder of the Inlakech Cultural Arts Center. Her late husband was Cristobal Garcia and their sons and daughters all...
Democrat supported by more than 50 current and former local elected leaders Supervisor Salud Carbajal announced on Jan. 20 that he has endorsed Hannah-Beth Jackson for State Senate – joining colleagues Doreen Farr and Janet Wolf along with Assemblymember Das Williams, Ventura County Supervisor Kathy Long and dozens of current and former elected school board,...
