Category: Local

Meeting High Standards for a 9th Consecutive Year: Port Awarded Excellence in Financial Reporting

PORT OF HUENEME — For the ninth consecutive year, the Port of Hueneme is being recognized for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). The award highlights the Port’s FY2018 Comprehensive…

Museum of Ventura County — Last Chance! Actual Reality, Music by the Masters and more Closing Soon

The Museum of Ventura County at 100 E. Main St. in Ventura will be closed August 19 — September 20, 2019 for renovation. This exciting transformation will be complete in time for the opening of California Cool, a new exhibit…

Conejo Democrats Aug. 13 meeting

WESTLAKE VILLAGE — The Democratic Club of the Conejo Valley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13at the North Ranch Center, 1400 N. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. (1) What’s Behind the Far Right Attack on our Schools? (2) Gun…

Top 5 Reasons to Attend the Community Connection on Aug. 13 in Oceano

SAN LUIS OBISPO — Community Connection: A one-stop-shop event connecting underrepresented groups to difficult-to-obtain benefits and services is being held in Oceano this month. The County of San Luis Obispo Veterans Services Office and the County Department of Social Services…

Bilingual report: County provides options for parents to safely surrender newborns

VENTURA — Occasionally parents face difficult and desperate circumstances and find they are not ready or able to raise a newborn. These parents have the option under the Safely Surrendered Baby Law to legally and safely surrender their newborn baby within…

Ventura County Health Care Agency achieves a net income of $6 million for the year, closes budget gap

VENTURA — In an unaudited, year-end projected financial report set to be released on August 7, 2019, the Ventura County Health Care Agency is reporting a $6 million net income for Fiscal Year 2019. The Health Care Agency initially projected that…

Bilingual commentary: Keeping Our Bodies “In the Garage”

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 •…

Registration is Now Underway for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) 2019 Fall Basketball League

THOUSAND OAKS — Registration is now underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley’s (BGCGCV) 2019 Fall Basketball League. The Basketball League is open to ages 3-12 starting September 15 and runs through November 17, 2019.  The league…

AMAE Honors Outstanding Graduating Seniors

OXNARD — The Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE), Oxnard Chapter, is proud to honor two outstanding high school seniors for their academic and community accomplishments.  Honorees are Jazmine Lucente, student at Adolfo Camarillo High School, and Kassandra Barragan, student at…

Giving Wings to Children with Disabilities at Camp Mariposas

Speech and Occupational Therapy Program Funded by CenCal Health SANTA BARBARA — Every week day this Summer, in a small nondescript office building on Santa Barbara’s Westside, young lives are transformed. Camp Mariposas provides speech, language and occupational therapies to…

CSUCI Biotechnology students to present stem cell research linked to diabetes, cancer and more on Aug. 9

CAMARILLO — The public is invited to hear CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) graduate students present their findings on stem cell research they have conducted during year-long internships at institutions such as City of Hope, Stanford University, Scripps Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical…

Santa Paula Art Museum update for Aug. 6 — Will Botke’s “Bread and Butter” Be Your Jam?

Santa Paula Art Museum Jeanette Cole Art Center & Cole Creativity Center The Art Auction Is August 10 This painting could be hanging in your home come Saturday night! Bread and Butter by Jessie Arms Botke, c. 1946, watercolor on…

Ventura College Foundation Adds Two Board Members

VENTURA — The Ventura College Foundation Board of Directors approved two new board members at its June 26 meeting. The new members are Stephen Kipp and Nuris Dante. Kipp, president and CEO of Kipp Financial Group before retiring last year,…

The UC Santa Barbara Library becomes the new repository for La Casa de la Raza’s historical archive

By Andrea Estrada • UCSB The UC Santa Barbara Library and La Casa de la Raza have reached a new accord that signals another milestone in the preservation of local community history. At a public reception July 11 at La…

Limón, Jackson celebrate funding for Ventura County

SANTA BARBARA — Assemblymember Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) and State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (Santa Barbara) will spend the day on Monday, August 5th touring the district to celebrate 2019-2020 budget wins for Ventura County. “I am proud to have worked with my…

Bilingual report: Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. Celebrates National Health Center Week 2019 throughout Ventura County Aug. 4-10

VENTURA COUNTY — August 4th-10th, Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc. will host events in honor of National Health Center Week (NHCW)! Clinicas invites community members to join them for a Health Fair at Del Sol Park, in Oxnard, on Sunday August…

Ventura County Civic Alliance ‘2019 State of the Region Report’ Reception & Community briefing to be held Aug. 7 at Poinsettia Pavilion, Ventura

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   * VENUE CHANGE * The 2019 State of the Region Report Reception & Community Briefing New Location Due to limited parking because of the county fair, Wednesday’s State of the Region event is…

Bilingual report — SMJUHSD Science presents ‘Rocketing into High School’

SANTA MARIA — Incoming freshman students heading towards ERHS, PVHS and SMHS will be “Rocketing into High School” on August 5thand 6th. Science teachers and students plan to explore the wonders of science and participate in the NGSS (Next Generation Science…

KidSTREAM Announces Two New Board Members

New members bring meaningful experience that supports kidSTREAM’s commitment to learning CAMARILLO – KidSTREAM, an emerging children’s museum committed to creating a place where kids and families can engage in fun, interactive learning and hands-on/minds-on play, has announced the addition…

Assemblymember Irwin to host Fifth Annual K-12 Resource Fair on Aug. 3 at Oxnard PAL Gym

OXNARD — Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin.’s Office and Oxnard Police Activities League (PAL) will host the Fifth Annual K-12 Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Oxnard PAL Gym, 350 South K St, Oxnard. Representatives from…

Guest commentary: Hear us America, we the Migrants of the world cannot and will not be denied!

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 Once…

Housing Trust Fund Ventura County raises $100,000 during “Your Business Depends on Housing” event. Also debuts new logo

Prop 1 match brings total raised at event to $200,000 and takes organization halfway to its $5 million year-end goal for Ventura County affordable housing. VENTURA – Kicking off the summer, Housing Trust Fund Ventura County (HTF Ventura County) hosted its…

Bilingual report: Ventura County Treasurer-Tax Collector elected to the Board of Directors for the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States, Canada

VENTURA — The Association of Public Treasurers of the United States and Canada has elected the County’s Treasurer-Tax Collector, Steven Hintz, to the 2019-2020 Board of Directors for the organization. Hintz begins his term in August 2019 and will serve until…

More than 700 new freshman will receive an early welcome, information about Pioneer Valley High School

SANTA MARIA — More than 700 new freshman will receive an early welcome and information about Pioneer Valley High School on Wednesday, August 7. The 11th annual “Link Crew”, which starts at 8 a.m. and wraps up at noon, involves 150…

Community Environmental Council Welcomes New Members to Board, President’s Council, Staff, and Intern Program

Click here for the entire e-newsletter   Established green architect, corporate marketing expert, and passionate environmental advocates work to increase local climate resilience. August 1, 2019, SANTA BARBARA, CA—The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is honored to announce a new Board member,…

CSUCI accepting spring 2020 applications

CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) will begin to accept applications on Aug. 1 from upper division transfer students for admission to the spring 2020 term. Prospective students interested in attending the spring 2020 semester can apply online at the CSU’s…

Final Inspection Reports for All 926 Properties Participating in State’s Debris Removal Program Submitted to Local Officials

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Officials at the Debris Removal Operations Center (DROC) in Calabasas announced today that they have submitted the last final inspection report of the 826 properties in Los Angeles County whose owners opted into the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal…