by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley Hold Successful ‘2019 Stand up for Kids Gala Dinner & Auction’
AGOURA — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) held a successful “Stand up for Kids Gala Dinner & Auction”, the major fundraiser of the year held on September 14 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village.…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual commentary: My Own YouTube Channel—In Spanish
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes local 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. David Magallanes By David…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Ventura County Probation Agency and Superior Court expand Pretrial Assessment and Monitoring Services program with $3 million agreement
VENTURA — The Ventura County Board of Supervisors has authorized an agreement between the Ventura County Superior Court and the Ventura County Probation Agency to continue the Pretrial Risk Assessment and Monitoring Services program. The Superior Court was awarded more…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Southeast Ventura County YMCA Raises Over $500,000; Honors David Murdock at 3rd Annual Reach For the Stars Gala
VENTURA COUNTY — The Southeast Ventura County YMCA’s 3rd Annual “Reach For The Stars” Gala raised $500,000 to support YMCA programs while honoring David Murdock as the 2019 Joel and Frances McCrea Award recipient. The event, held September 21 at…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CSUCI Chemistry and Psychology double major receives CSU Trustees’ Award
CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Chemistry and Psychology double major Tanay Pattani has been awarded the prestigious CSU Trustee’s Award for Outstanding Achievement. Pattani and his family migrated to the United States from India when he was 13 years old.…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Righetti High School seniors started to take charge of their futures during the Reach Higher Academy on Sept. 25
SANTA MARIA — Righetti High School seniors started to take charge of their futures during the Reach Higher Academy that kicked off on Wednesday, September 25. The Academy, which will involve several sessions, wrap up Oct. 30, as part of former…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on SMHS student Isaac Ochoa one of 34,000 students nationwide who received a letter of commendation for their exceptional academic promise from the National Merit Scholarship Program
SANTA MARIA — Santa Maria High School student Isaac Ochoa is one of 34,000 students nationwide who received a letter of commendation for their exceptional academic promise from the National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended students placed among the top 50,000…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on United Way of Ventura County’s 30th Annual Day of Caring to be held on Sept. 28
VENTURA COUNTY – Each year for the past 29 years, United Way of Ventura County’s (UWVC) Day of Caring (DOC) has connected hundreds of volunteers to community organizations throughout Ventura County. By engaging people in volunteerism, UWVC works to create…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Museum of Ventura County — Interactive “Kaleidoscope Kandeo” Installation, “California Cool” Now Open and more!
Kaleidoscope Kandeo by Deniz Nicole makes it’s post-Burning Man debut at the Museum of Ventura County on Saturday, September 28. This hands-on, interactive installation is on display for only 10 days—so come to the Museum and play! Deniz Nicole’s artistic sensibility…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley Join with Farmers Insurance® to Makeover the Dr. Richard Grossman Boys & Girls Club in Thousand Oaks
THOUSAND OAKS — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) welcomed volunteers from Farmers Insurance® to participate in a club beautification project at the Dr. Richard Grossman Club in Thousand Oaks. The project, including a supporting grant from…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Kanan Shuttle to offer additional stops and changes to service effective Sept. 30, 2019
Local shuttle changes services, adds stops, while remaining free to the public VENTURA COUNTY — Beginning Sept. 30th, the Kanan Shuttle, operated by the City of Thousand Oaks, will change its services in an effort to improve the efficiency and cost…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Ventura County opens recruitment for position on Retirement Board
VENTURA — The County of Ventura has begun the recruiting process for one public seat on the board of directors for the Ventura County Employees’ Retirement Association (VCERA). The association is responsible for providing retirement, death and disability benefits to…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Teatro de las Americas announces casting for ‘Too Many Tamales / Demasiados tamales’
OXNARD — CASTING: (Teatro de las Américas is preparing for the Spanish-language play “Too Many Tamales,” written by Lina Montalvo based on the book by Gary Soto. The play will be presented Dec. 6 through 15.) Teatro de las Américas prepara la obra…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CSUCI Receives NSF Grant to Study Ethics in Research
CAMARILLO — Who do engineering and physics researchers turn to when they have an on-the-job ethical dilemma and why? CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Communication Megan Kenny Feister, Ph.D., was recently awarded a $398,510 National Science Foundation Grant…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Fun and Spooktacular Events Abound in Oxnard during the Fall Season
OXNARD — It’s the time of year for spicy fun, spirited events and family adventures. Oxnard celebrates the fall season with a variety of events taking place throughout October. The month kicks off with the 24th Annual Multicultural Festival on…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County (BBSVC) announces new executive board members
VENTURA COUNTY — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County (BBSVC), a one-to-one youth mentoring organization, announces the appointment of two new officers to its Board of Dihttps://bbsvc.org/rectors. The new appointments are President Eric Mandell, VP, Senior Commercial Lender at…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on The Bridge – SBCC’s Community Newsletter
Santa Barbara City College’s Community Newsletter September 2019 SBCC’s 2019-2020 School Year Begins! Students interested in joining instructor Blake Barron’s Biology Club filled the Bio Lab during the first week of classes. Fall semester off to rousing start SBCC’s Main,…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual commentary: The “Evil Spirits” In Our Lives
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes local 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. David Magallanes By David…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Guest commentary: The Latino Art and Cultural Center of Oxnard: a dream Deferred?
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 Armando Vazquez / Guest contributor The…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Jared Goff Announces Plan to Donate $1,000 per Touchdown to Support California Strong in partnership with Genesis of Glendale
VENTURA COUNTY — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff, in partnership with Genesis of Glendale, will provide a $1,000 donation for each touchdown thrown during the 2019 season to support California Strong. California Strong launched in response to the devastating…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on United Way of Ventura County — A Day of Caring (Sept. 28) & a Lifetime of Inspiration
Click here for the entire e-newsletter President’s Message Dear Friends, Next week, on Saturday, September 28, we celebrate our 30th Annual Day of Caring. Volunteers from across the community will spend a selfless Saturday morning helping others. It’s one of my…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on United Way of Santa Barbara’s Day of Caring Volunteers Make a Difference
SANTA BARBARA — Whether it was gardening, painting or maintenance, nearly 1,000 volunteers made the South Coast shine brighter during United Way of Santa Barbara County’s (UWSBC) 28th Annual Day of Caring on Saturday. Teams, friends, families and individual volunteers…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Secretario-Registrador, Registrador de Votantes Lunn anuncia planes para el Evento del Día Nacional de Inscripción de Votantes el 24 de septiembre de 2019
VENTURA — El Secretario-Registrador, Registrador de Votantes del Condado de Ventura Mark Lunn anuncío planes de organizer un evento el 24 de septiembre de 2019 en el Día Nacional de Inscripción de Votantes, con el fin de inscriber a votantes en…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Santa Barbara Museum of Art — We’re Beyond Excited for the Weekend
Santa Paula Art Museum Jeanette Cole Art Center & Cole Creativity Center This Week at the Museum While we were installing our new exhibit Beyond Function inside the Museum’s Jeanette Cole Art Center this week, a great many things were…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Port of Hueneme – Banana Festival This Saturday (Sept. 28)!
Click here for the entire e-newsletter Banana Fun this Saturday! The Port of Hueneme’s 8th Annual Banana Festival Saturday, September 28 10:00am-6:00pm FREE admission & parkingCelebrate the world’s funnest fruit at the Port of Hueneme. From boats & barges to…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on New Ventura College Foundation Website Makes It Easier For Student To Navigate Scholarships/Financial Assistance Options
VENTURA — The Ventura College Foundation has unveiled its new website designed to make it easier for students to engage with the foundation and explore scholarship opportunities, tuition relief and textbook lending options. It also provides a simple process for…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Santa Maria High School receives golf donation from the SCPGA Foundation
SANTA MARIA — Lady golfers at SMHS will be able to swing away from the sand traps thanks to the Southern California PGA Foundation. The Saints recently received seven complete sets of golf clubs from Ultra Golf after three of them…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) offer Fifth Grade Transportation throughout Conejo Valley
THOUSAND OAKS — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) is taking reservations for reliable after school van transportation to five local Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the Conejo Valley Unified School District and Las Virgenes Unified School…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on SEEAG Receives Grant From Foundation of Ventura County Credit Union
VENTURA COUNTY — Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) was selected to receive a $4,000 grant from the Foundation of Ventura County Credit Union. The grant funds will go towards SEEAG’s “Ventura County Child Wellness Initiative,” a program that is…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CSUCI Economics Professor Miguel Delgado Helleseter Appointed to Housing Board
CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Economics Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Ph.D. has been appointed to the board of Housing Opportunities Made Easier (HOME). HOME addresses the need for balance between jobs and housing in Ventura County and works…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Guest commentary: The Vazquez Brothers, a tale of immigrant sacrifice and success
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. Armando Vazquez. By Armando Vazquez / Guest…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Grants from U.S. Dept of Education and NSF help CSUCI students master Math and Science courses
CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Mathematics Cynthia Flores, Ph.D., is proud to have been a PUMPkin, and thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, she can now welcome other PUMPkins. PUMP is short for “Undergraduate…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: New sidewalk improves safety for Rio Mesa High School students
OXNARD — Students at Rio Mesa High School (RMHS) can now walk safely to school with the completion of a new sidewalk in El Rio, located near Strickland Acres and along Central Avenue. The 8-foot-wide sidewalk, which was designed and overseen…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Excelencia in Education names two CSUCI initiatives as Examples of Excelencia Programs to Watch
CAMARILLO — After becoming the only university in California to receive the 2019 Seal of Excelencia from Washington D.C.-based Excelencia in Education, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) has also had two of its initiatives named as “Examples of Excelencia Programs to Watch.”…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: 14th Annual Boys & Girls Club’s ‘Day for Kids’ on Sept. 21 in Oxnard
VENTURA COUNTY — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme invites the community to the 14th Annual “Day for Kids” celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at1900 W. Fifth St., Oxnard The…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual commentary: Your Own Business: Starting a Distributorship—Part II
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes local 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 •…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual commentary: Jackson Bills To Address the Needs of Aging Californians Pass off Assembly Floor
SACRAMENTO –Two bills authored by State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (Santa Barbara) to address the needs of California’s growing senior population have passed off the Assembly floor. Senate Bill 280, which passed with a bipartisan, 66-0 vote, addresses home building standards to help aging…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Local PODS® Moving & Storage Announces Winner of First-Ever Tools for School Drive
Four local stations of Cumulus Media (KHAY, KBBY, KRUZ-FM, and The Vibe), General Mills, and Local PODS® moving and storage collected school supplies for fundraising effort. VENTURA COUNTY — The first ever Tools for School drive along with local PODS® Moving…
CAMARILLO — US News & World Report has once again named CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) among the best undergraduate universities in the western United States. In the U.S. News annual Best Colleges report, CSUCI was 18th among Top Public Schools in…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on United Way of Ventura County’s 30th Annual Day of Caring to be held Sept. 28
United Way Creating Positive Change in the Community at 30th Annual Day of Caring VENTURA – Each year for the past 29 years, United Way of Ventura County’s (UWVC) Day of Caring (DOC) has connected hundreds of volunteers to community…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Museum of Ventura County — California Club Launches New Exhibit, Compton Cowboys at the Ag and more!
California Club kicks off the reopening of the Museum and the latest exhibit, California Cool, on September 20, 2019 from 6 p.m.—9 p.m. This special opening reception cannot be missed! Guests will be transported to an exciting era of Mid-century modernism…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: U.S. EPA chooses local stormwater expert to join national task force
VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Public Works Agency’s Stormwater Program Manager, Ewelina Mutkowska was invited by the federal government’s Stormwater Infrastructure Financing Task Force to be an expert consultant to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). Joining a total of 20…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Community Environmental Council and Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club Support National Drive Electric Week Events in the 805 Region
Car shows (Sept. 14-22) highlight cost-saving and environmental benefits of electric cars SANTA BARBARA — The Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club and the Community Environmental Council (CEC) are proud to sponsor two local events during National Drive Electric Week (September 14-22).…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Assembly Passes Jackson Bill to Assess the Price Tag of Shutting Down Oil and Gas Infrastructure
SACRAMENTO — As California moves towards a greener economy and grapples with the taxpayer costs of cleaning up facilities such as Platform Holly off the coast of Santa Barbara, the California Assembly approved State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (Santa Barbara)’s legislation today to…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: CenCal Health Launches Multiple Campaigns to Help Increase Vaccination Rates in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties
Unique Concepts Employed to Deliver Facts on Disease Prevention to the Public SANTA BARBARA — Vaccination is a hot topic in the national news, on social media platforms and at dinner tables across America. More recently it has become a…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Test drive an Electric Vehicle at the Ventura National Drive Electric Week Event
VENTURA — The County of Ventura is partnering with Ventura County Regional Energy Alliance to host the Ventura Electric Vehicle (EV) Ride and Drive event on September 17th. The public is invited to test drive a variety of electric vehicles, learn…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Santa Paula Art Museum — This Week at the Museum
Santa Paula Art Museum Jeanette Cole Art Center & Cole Creativity Center This Week at the Museum Take a look at what our over 100 visitors created during the Museum’s Free Family Day event last weekend! Artist Gabriel Cardenas led…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Secretario-Registrador, Registrador de Votantes Lunn Anuncia la Elección Primaria Presidencial del 3 de marzo de 2020
VENTURA – – El Secretario-Registrador, Registrador de Votantes del Condado, Mark A. Lunn anunció hoy que las peticiones de firmas en lugar de honorarios de presentación para la Elección Primaria Presidencial del 3 de marzo de 2020 se pueden obtener de…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Oxnard Housing Authority Resident Services Youth Summer Mural Program 2019 installs two new murals in La Colonia area of Oxnard!
OXNARD — Oxnard Housing Authority Resident Services Department from La Colonia area is proud to announce the completion of the third and fourth mural installments of the Youth Summer Mural Program. This year’s murals are named “Latinx Empowerment” and “De…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Sight + Sound Film Festival, showcasing cutting edge independent cinema, to be held Sept. 20-22 in Oxnard
OXNARD — The Sight + Sound Film Festival, Oxnard’s newest film festival showcasing cutting edge independent cinema and presented by the Oxnard Performing Arts Center and Oxnard College, is ready to showcase a full weekend of cinema and music at…