by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. hosting Dental Health Fair on Feb. 29 in honor of National Children’s Health Month
VENTURA COUNTY — Clinicas invites the Ventura County Community to join them for a Dental Health Fair taking place Saturday, February 29th from 10am-2pm, at Haycox Elementary School located at 5400 Perkins Rd in the city of Oxnard. Clinicas will be…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on VCCDC Community Matters Newsletter – February 2020
FROM HOPE TO HOME stories from our clients “When I found out about this class i didn’t really know something like this existed. I thought you kinda just go about it on your own. “ What is the homebuying process…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Oxnard Performing Arts Center has new operator!
Canyon at Oxnard to present first event: Tierra & Malo (April 10) OXNARD — The Oxnard City Council on Feb. 18 approved a five-year operating agreement with Sterling Venue Ventures (SVV) for the Oxnard Performing Arts Center’s 1,604-seat auditorium. A second…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: How is it going with the Teatro in Downtown Oxnard?
How is it going with the Teatro in Downtown Oxnard? Lizette Elenes, our architect, has been working on the plans to guide the work of bringing 321 W. 6th up to code for a Performing Arts site. We have appointments at the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on RISE, Stand Strong elevate youth stories through Art After Dark showcase
Local Community Organizing team seeks input to help guide its efforts to reduce sexual assault and dating abuse. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY — RISE and Stand Strong are partnering with The Sock Drawer to showcase local youth artwork during the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on kidSTREAM Children’s Museum in Camarillo Hires Executive Director
Museum to LEAP into 2020 with Leap Day presentation by Inaugural Director Michael Shanklin CAMARILLO — Michael Shanklin, former CEO of Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena, Michael Shanklin, will take the helm at kidSTREAM Children’s Museum in Ventura County. From…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Pioneer Valley High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America earn 11 medals
SANTA MARIA — The PVHS Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) student organization recently earned 11 medals including first place in six different categories and 2nd place in two categories at the Region 7 Competition in San Luis…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on February News from Peoples’ Self-Help Housing
Newsletter | February 2020 Employee of the Year, Gabriela Ruiz, Property Manager at Villas on Higuera, pictured with U.S. Congressman 24th District Salud Carbajal President’s Award Winner, Lauren Nichols Project Manager, pictured with President & CEO John Fowler Greetings! After…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CSUCI alumna and former mentor’s sand crab research raise more red flags on microplastics
CAMARILLO — Research conducted by CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) 2016 graduate Dorothy Horn and her mentor, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Resource Management (ESRM) Clare Steele, Ph.D. showed microplastics in sand crabs on the California coast. The next phase of…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Housing Authority Of The City Of Santa Barbara Opens Johnson Court, The First Housing Development in Santa Barbara for Homeless Veterans
SANTA BARBARA — The Housing Authority Of The City Of Santa Barbara (HACSB) on Feb. 14 came together with the community to celebrate the grand opening of Johnson Court – the first housing development in Santa Barbara County specifically for…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Strong Leadership Delivers over $9 Million in Cost Savings
Ventura County Public Works Agency Director Jeff Pratt awarded CEO’s coveted “Champion for Change” VENTURA COUNTY – The Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) was recently recognized at the Ventura County Management Council’s annual award luncheon for outstanding leadership and success in…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Ports Day Grabs Attention of Top State Leadership
The California Association of Port Authorities (CAPA) hosted its 3rd Annual California Ports Day on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 in Sacramento, CA. The two day event centered around Governor Newsom’s State of the State Address with briefings from several top leadership…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on United Way of Ventura County — Channeling Belief into Actions
Click here for the entire e-newsletter United Way of Ventura County GIVE. ADVOCATE. VOLUNTEER. E-NEWS FROM YOUR UNITED WAYFebruary 2020 President’s Message Dear Friends, On Wednesday, January 29, our entire staff canvassed in the community as…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Community Environmental Council Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors, Partnership Council and President’s Council
Click here for the entire e-newsletter Local leaders bring expertise to support CEC’s work in renewable energy, climate justice, and sustainable communities. February 19, 2020, SANTA BARBARA, CA—The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is pleased to announce new members to…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Ventura College Honors Benefactor Miriam Schwab Posthumously With 12-Foot Bronze Sculpture On Campus
VENTURA — A 12-foot high bronze sculpture honoring long-time Ventura College supporter Miriam Schwab was unveiled in front of Ventura College’s Performing Arts Center on January 25. The sculpture was created by Ventura artist Michael O’Kelly. It features a music…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on 2020 Oxnard Salsa Festival Dates Announced; Accepting Applications for Community Stage
OXNARD — Dates for the 27th Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival are July 25 and 26, 2020. Attracting visitors from throughout southern California, the festival is a celebration of everything salsa – the food, music and dance. It takes place at…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Jackson, Social Justice Advocates, and Business Owners Call for an End to the Pink Tax
SB 873 outlaws gender-based pricing for products SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D-Santa Barbara) on Feb.18 was joined by Congresswoman Jackie Speier, business owners, and social justice advocates to call for an end to the “pink tax” in which many women’s…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Pioneer Valley High School Trailblazer Hiking & Environmental Club learn how to keep pristine wilderness areas protected
SANTA MARIA — Pioneer Valley High School Trailblazer Hiking and Environmental Club learned how important it is to keep pristine wilderness areas protected. The Panthers recently hit the trails at the Arroyo Hondo Preserve in Gaviota on a docent-led hike with…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Ventura County Civic Alliance — Livable Communities Newsletter
Livable Communities Newsletter Vol. 14, No. 53 February 2019 Quick Links – See the Current State of the Region Report – Last Quarter’s Newsletter Join us at the Ventura County Civic Alliance! Welcome to Our Winter 2020 Livable Communities Newsletter! …
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Remembering Oxnard’s first elected Latino mayor, Dr. Manuel Martinez Lopez
Courtesy Ventura County Star: OXNARD — Dr. Manuel Martinez Lopez, 92, of Oxnard, CA, passed away peacefully January 27, 2020. He was born, June 1, 1927 in Oxnard at the original St. John’s hospital. He was one of six children born…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Pioneer Valley High School FFA students shine at Sectional Public Speaking Competition
SANTA MARIA — Eighteen Pioneer Valley High School FFA students are moving on to the Regional Speaking Finals in March where they will compete and have a chance to qualify for the State Finals Competition after another successful showing during the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Ventura County Continues to Seek Public Input on Analysis of Environmental Impacts for Draft 2040 General Plan
VENTURA — The County’s Planning Division continues to seek public input on the environmental analysis completed for the draft 2040 General Plan. Through notification to community stakeholders, agencies, newspaper noticing, and over 1,400 individuals on the General Plan Update interested…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Santa Barbara Go Red for Women Luncheon Raises over $100,000 for women’s heart health
SANTA BARBARA — The American Heart Association’s (AHA), the leading voluntary health organization devoted to a world of longer, healthier lives, held its 2020 Santa Barbara County Go Red for Women Luncheon on Friday, February 14 at the Hilton Santa Barbara…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Update from Ventura County Public Health — Test Results Are Negative for Pending Novel Coronavirus Case in Ventura County
VENTURA — The Ventura County Public Health Department has received negative results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding a possible case of the novel coronavirus in Ventura County. There are no confirmed cases or pending cases of the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Southeast Ventura County YMCA Kicks Off Its Annual Support Campaign
VENTURA COUNTY — The Southeast Ventura County YMCA has kicked off its annual fundraising campaign with a goal of collecting $630,000 between now and March 12. Funds raised during the campaign provide financial assistance to low-income individuals and families who…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Jackson Announces a Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
SACRAMENTO – State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D-Santa Barbara),chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced plans today to introduce legislation to impose a five year ban on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement and other public entities. The…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CSUCI’s dual-language program for early childhood educators gets a $700,000 boost
CAMARILLO — A statewide dual-language learning project launched by CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Associate Professor of Early Childhood Studies Carola Oliva-Olson, Ph.D., received an additional $700,000 in funding. The $700,000 is supplemental funding from the California Department of Education, in…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Applications for new PSHH affordable housing now available
Guadalupe Court waiting list opens February 28 Architectural rendering of Guadalupe Court CENTRAL COAST — Applications are now available for Guadalupe Court, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing’s (PSHH) newest affordable housing for farmworkers in Guadalupe, CA. Primary applicants must earn a substantial…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Santa Paula Art Museum — We’re Feeling the Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! We just love that the Museum’s birthday happens to fall on Valentine’s Day. In advance of the holiday, we just want to say thank you for all of the love that you have shown to the Museum…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara — Final week of N. Dash!
Last Chance To View Current Exhibition | N. Dash Closing Sunday, February 16, 2020 MCASB, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 The works of N. Dash convey a profound tactile sensitivity through the artist’s manipulation of materials such as fabric, adobe,…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Museum of Ventura County — Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta, Newly Announced Exhibits and more!
Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta March 19, 2020 @ 6:30PM at the Museum of Ventura County! The Museum of Ventura County is honored to host Dolores Huerta on March 19, 2020 @ 6:30 PM for a talk about her years…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Update from Ventura County Public Health on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
VENTURA — The Ventura County Public Health Department continues to take steps to prevent the spread of 2019 novel coronavirus. The health and wellbeing of the community remains Public Health’s top priority. In Ventura County, as in counties across the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: Barry Zimmerman named Chief Deputy Director of the Ventura County Health Care Agency
VENTURA — The Ventura County Health Care Agency is proud to announce that Barry Zimmerman has been selected as the new Chief Deputy Director. “Zimmerman has been an influential County leader with nearly 24 years of service spanning both the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Local PODS® Moving & Storage celebrates 15 years by giving back to communities
?Local PODS Moving & Storage?pays it forward? by giving back to the community with every container sold for a full year.? OXNARD — Local PODS® Moving & Storage has continued to give back to more than 100 organizations and charities throughout the Tri-Counties…
by Amigos805.com • • Comments Off on Santa Paula Art Museum March Events
Event Name: Class: Plein Air Outing (Ages 16+) Date/Time: Saturday, March 7, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Location: Santa Paula Art Museum’s Cole Creativity Center, 123 N 10th Street, Santa Paula, CA 93060 Cost: $55.00 per person…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Radio KCSB-FM Marks 50th Anniversary of the Isla Vista Bank of America Burning with Special Programming in February
KCSB was ordered off the air for days because of news coverage of multiple riots during the IV ‘Year of Rebellion’ (1969-70) SANTA BARBARA — During the month of February, KCSB-FM will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the burning of…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on VCCCD Receives $500,000 Grant to Provide Mental Health Services
CAMARILLO — The Ventura County Community College District has received a $500,000 State Chancellor’s Office Mental Health Grant to help close the gap in mental health services for its approximately 32,000 students. VCCCD is one of 16 Districts in the…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CenCal Health Appoints Chief Medical Officer
Physician Executive Farid Hassanpour Joins Health Plan on Central Coast CENTRAL COAST — CenCal Health, the publicly-sponsored health plan for Medi-Cal in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, announces the appointment of Farid Hassanpour, D.O., M.B.A., F.A.A.P. to its…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Conejo Valley Home Remodeling Show Seeks Vendors for 25-Year Anniversary Show at Hyatt Regency Westlake
CONEJO VALLEY — The Conejo Valley Home Remodeling Show, celebrating its 25th year, will be Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, at the Hyatt Regency Westlake (880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village). The show is accepting vendor applications from…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on National Wear Red Days brings awareness to women’s No. 1 health threat: Cardiovascular disease in Santa Barbara County
The American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women® movement urges women to take action to take action to reduce their personal risk for cardiovascular disease SANTA BARBARA — The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: What you need to know about the flu and the Novel Coronavirus
OXNARD — The City of Oxnard understands that some residents may be concerned about the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The novel coronavirus is a newly discovered virus that causes respiratory illness and is believed to have originated in Wuhan,…
VENTURA COUNTY — The Rebozo Festival, a non-profit organization, is looking for an energetic Event Planner to support the Board of Directors of the Rebozo Festival in preparing and executing our Annual event. This Event Planner will be handling tasks…
SANTA MARIA — The spirit of helping others is alive and well at Pioneer Valley High School where a whole club has been organized to help the children of the world. The club has raised and will soon donate $3,000 to…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Two Additional High Schools Headed to State Academic Decathlon
Westlake and La Reina High Schools will Join Calabasas Two additional local high schools will join the winner of the 2020 Ventura County Academic Decathlon in the statewide competition to be held in March in Sacramento. Calabasas High School was…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on CSUCI Nursing program gets high marks again in two separate rankings
CAMARILLO— CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s Nursing program is once again making a strong showing in state and nationwide rankings. RegisteredNursing.Org ranked CSUCI’s Nursing program 11th for registered nursing students out of the 126 programs in the state. On a national…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Bilingual report: No ‘Forever Chemicals’ detected in Oxnard’s drinking water
OXNARD — Oxnard’s commitment to protecting local drinking water sources continues as the City’s tap water remains safe, clean and reliable. Water quality testing shows there are no per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) contaminants in any of Oxnard’s water sources. PFAS…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on Oxnard Harbor District Commission Appoints Celina Zacarias to Harbor Commission
PORT OF HUENEME — In a special meeting held on Monday, February 3, 2020, the Oxnard Harbor District Board of Commissioners appointed Celina Zacarias as Harbor Commissioner. Commissioner Zacarias will be filling the vacancy left by the passing of Commissioner Dr.…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on The Marjorie Luke Theatre — Looking to The Future The Marjorie Luke Sustainability Fund
Click here for the entire e-newsletter Looking to The Future The Marjorie Luke Sustainability Fund The staff and board of directors of The Marjorie Luke Theatre are proud stewards of this beautiful, state-of-the-art, Spanish Revival Colonial designed theatre venue.…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on SMHS Race Team heading to NHRA Drag Race this weekend
SANTA MARIA — Win or lose, the Santa Maria High School Race Team will roar into history as the first high school team competing in a NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) drag race this weekend. The Saint’s racing 1968 Chevrolet Camaro has been rebuilt…
by Community Contributor • • Comments Off on As Valentine’s Day Approaches, Sen Jackson Introduces Bill to Create a Marriage Fact Sheet
SACRAMENTO –As one of the most popular days for marriage proposals approaches, State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D-Santa Barbara) introduced legislation today to ensure newlyweds are aware of the legal and financial commitments they agree to when they say “I do.” Senate…