SANTA MARIA —About 20 PVHS and SMHS students recently attended the Los Danzantes De Atzlan Folklorico Workshop with world famous Ballet Folklorico National of Mexico Director Silvia Lozano at Fresno State University. The environment allowed the dancers to learn more…
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara City College is offering two six-week sessions this summer. Summer Session 1 begins May 20, and Summer Session 2 begins June 29. Current students seeking to transfer or earn an associate degree can fast-track progress…
Scheinfeld New Venture Challenge winners to receive customized support for the launch of their ventures and entrepreneurial development SANTA BARBARA — The Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at SBCC is pleased to announce its launch of the Get REAL…
SANTA PAULA ART MUSEUM JEANETTE COLE ART CENTER & COLE CREATIVITY CENTER Here are the Museum’s top 3 moments from the past week: Museum staff took a field trip to Blanchard Community Library to show their support for the 82nd…
SANTA MARIA — A record-setting 54 Santa Maria FFA students were awarded their State FFA Degree at the annual awards banquet held inside the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande last weekend. The State FFA Degree is the highest degree a member…
SANTA MARIA — Santa Maria High School ASB students joined the fight against cancer by participating in the Day of Hope campaign for the fifth year in a row. The students jump-started their efforts by pre-selling Santa Maria Times newspapers to…
SANTA MARIA — Youth basketball hoopsters wanted April 25thand 26th. The Pioneer Valley High School Boys’ Basketball Camp will host two clinics for youngsters (5thgrade and older) who are interested in learning the solid fundamentals of the game. The sessions are…
TOMORROW! Please join the Museum of Ventura County’s Latino Advisory Committee for an after work mixer on Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Learn more about the Museum’s reinvention plan, the role of this important advisory…
Click here for the entire e-newsletter HOME is where the heART is Carnegie Art Museum Cornerstones FUNDRAISER Sunday, May 5, 2019 3-5pm at the Ventura home of Virginia Beale for museum members & their guests. Adults only please. (ages…
SANTA BARBARA — “Will I ever be normal again?” Those words, spoken almost 20 years ago by a 12-year-old boy whose father had recently died, sparked the creation of Hospice of Santa Barbara’s innovative “I Have a Friend®” mentor program.…
THOUSAND OAKS — Registration is now underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) 2019 Co-ed Basketball League. The league takes place from April 21 through May 26 and is open to youth ages 3-12. Practice and…
SANTA MARIA — The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation has recognized the abilities of two Santa Maria High School AVID students with $20,000 scholarships. Erika Cerna Arroyo and Isabel Alfaro will receive the funds to help them next year at…
OXNARD — Elm Street School in the Oxnard School District was only one of two schools in California to receive the 2019 Seal of Excellence Award from the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE). This award honors exemplary bilingual education…
Foster VC Kids “Businesses With Heart” program shows how local businesses are stepping up to encourage and support youth and the resource families caring for them. VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Children and Family Services’ Foster VC Kids Businesses with Heart…
The next issue of MVC Then is now available! Written by library volunteer Andy Ludlum, “African American Voices from Ventura County’s Past” include recorded interviews from the Research Library’s oral history collection that provide us a glimpse into the lives…
AGOURA — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) are pleased to announce the Youth of the Year winners for 2018. The winners were recognized at the 16thAnnual Superstars of the Year Celebration, which took place on March…
SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara)’s Senate Bill 55, which would restrict gun ownership among Californians with repeated convictions of certain alcohol offenses, passed the Senate Public Safety Committee today on a 5-1 vote. The bill is based on…
VENTURA COUNTY — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme is seeking sponsors for its 17th Annual Great Futures for Kids Breakfast on May 8, featuring award-winning actor and comedian Steven Michael Quezada as keynote speaker.…
VENTURA COUNTY — The winners of the 2019 Ventura County Science Fair were announced at an awards ceremony this evening at the VCOE Conference and Educational Services Center in Camarillo. At tonight’s ceremony, awards were presented in 14 scientific categories…
SANTA BARBARA — United Way of Santa Barbara County’s (UWSBC) Young Leaders Society (YLS) shared their love for books during visits to Franklin and El Camino elementary schools as part of the United We Read volunteer event on March 1.…
CAMARILLO — “Be the Change” is the theme of the 11th Annual Conference for Social Justice in Education at the CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) campus on April 6. Everyone is welcome to the free conference, including faculty, students, parents and anyone else…
OXNARD — Join the 26th Annual Cesar Chavez March for Justice, meeting at 9 a.m. Sunday, March 24 at Cesar Chavez School, 224 Juanita Ave., Oxnard. “UFW President Teresa Romero and Ventura County farm workers want to invite you to join…
Press Conference Set for March 22 on Superior Court Steps in San Luis Obispo SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY – The community is invited to a March 22 press conference to announce Seek Then Speak, a new tool to support sexual…
Permits were granted without considering safe alternatives for hazardous pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, or how pesticides may interact with one another VENTURA COUNTY — California’s County Agricultural Commissioners failed to comply with state law requiring them to not issue permits for…
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) was awarded the Vision for Success Policy Leadership Award by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors for her work reforming remedial education and removing a significant obstacle to student success. “When crafting…
VENTURA COUNTY — The Ventura County Board of Supervisors honored the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme with the Partnership for a Healthy Ventura County’s Health Champion Award. The award is presented each year to a…
SANTA MARIA — The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) recently selected Righetti High School Science Teacher Laura Branch as the 2019 Teacher of the Year. The honor from the international organization with more than 38,000 members in 100-plus different…
Santa Barbara City College’s Community Newsletter Message from the President – March 2019 Dear Community, Serving as the Superintendent-President of Santa Barbara City College has been the most important job of my 31 year career in education. I want to…
VENTURA — The Ventura College Foundation is seeking sponsors for several Ventura College student scholarship award events scheduled for April and May. The inaugural Allied Health Scholarship Awards ceremony will be held Saturday, April 13 at Ventura College’s Wright Event…
CAMARILLO — Self-described political nerd Josh Donner didn’t think he would have much of a chance of winning a spot on the prestigious 2019 College Student Congress at the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship, but why not try? His efforts paid…
Program Continues Growth through Multiple School District Partnerships and Expanded Grade Offerings SANTA BARBARA & THOUSAND OAKS — The Young Writers Camp – a nonprofit program of the South Coast Writing Project at UCSB – announced plans to once again expand…
SANTA MARIA — Righetti High School opened the first session of a $24 million futuristic 38-room classroom complex on March 18. More teachers and students will be moving in during the next several weeks. C-2004 Bond funds paid for the project.…
SANTA MARIA — Two Santa Maria High School students have a “Coke and a Smile” after winning $20,000 scholarships. Isabella Blanco and Jennifer De Leon-Dominguez are Coca-Cola Scholars, making them two of 150 students from a nationwide pool of 95,715 applicants.…
Major funding for these programs is made possible by the City of San Buenaventura, the County of Ventura and private and community donors. Featured Event Santa Paula’s Treasured Architecture Opening Reception March 16 @ 1 p.m. The Ag Museum in Santa Paula…
Click here for the entire e-newsletter CAM STUDIO GALLERY WELCOME CAM STUDIO GUEST ARTIST ZARA MONET FEENEY Extensively, Zara Monet Feeney’s artistic trajectories re-examine voyueristic compositions, the male gaze and socio-sexual empowerment issues. As a gay feminist, she designs…
AGOURA HILLS — In order to advocate for a better future for youth, Dr. Crystal Nãone, President/CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley, traveled along with hundreds of other club leaders across the nation to storm the…
THOUSAND OAKS — For the fifth year, Conejo Valley Days (CVD) is offering free carnival ride passes to students who take part in its “Read & Ride” literacy program. CVD, in conjunction with carnival operator Kastl Amusements, is encouraging kids…
Click here for the entire e-newsletter OPENING EXHIBITION March 10 -May 19, 2019 The Imaginary– art commingling realism and imagination Change, watercolor by Paul Pitsker, 25 x 18in., 2018. Peter Adams Benjamin Anderson Nikita Budkov Nansi Bielanski-Gallup Stephanie Elise Lani…
Santa Barbara Bowl Closes 2018 Awards with Fall Grants, Launches Spring Grant Cycle SANTA BARBARA – The Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce that $101,550 in grants has been awarded to the 2018 Outreach fall grant…
CAMARILLO — RegisteredNursing.Org has named CSU Channel Islands’ (CSUCI) Nursing program 8th in its 2019 Best RN Programs in California. CSUCI’s program rose from its 12th place rating in 2018. The Third Annual RN Program Rankings placed CSUCI’s program in…
VENTURA COUNTY — The Conejo Valley YMCA and Simi Valley Family YMCA are signing up kids for “Safety Around Water” (SAW). The one-week program will be held at both YMCA branches March 25 through March 29. SAW is designed to…
SANTA BARBARA — SBCC School of Extended Learning brings students of all ages together to expand their understanding of the world around and within us with all new Psychology and Spirituality classes from renowned teachers. The new offerings feature some…
CAMARILLO — Twenty teams from 15 Camarillo schools will be competing in the 2019 Camarillo Academic Olympics‘ SuperQuiz in March. Teams are placed into two divisions—one for fourth and fifth graders and another for sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Each…
SANTA MARIA — The Righetti High School Marimba Band & Ballet Folklórico will present its 42ndannual “Big Show” performance on Friday, April 5th, and Saturday, April 6th, at Santa María High School’s Ethel Pope Auditorium, located at 901 South Broadway in…
Click here for the entire e-newsletter DOLORES REBEL. ACTIVIST. FEMINIST. MOTHER. Presented by the OC Dreamers Club Tuesday, April 9 @ 2:30pm in the Performing Arts Building Join the OC Dreamers Club and OC Sociology Professor Dolores Ortiz for…
VENTURA — Ventura College announces the 10th Annual Holistic Health Festival and fourth Annual Diversity in Culture Festival, held respectively Tuesday, April 9 and Wednesday – Thursday, April 10-11, 2019. These are free events and the public is invited. The Holistic…
OXNARD — Oxnard College will present Ballet Folklórico Mestizo 2019 Spring Show at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12-13 at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Center, 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard Admission is $15 general, $10 for students, children and…
OXNARD — The Oxnard Powwow Committee is pleased to invite you to attend this nonprofit cultural event: “Inaugural Native American Peoples Intertribal Powwow — Honoring our Elders and Veterans” Oxnard Beach Park, 1601 S. Harbor Blvd, Oxnard Saturday, April 13,…
SANTA MARIA — Thirty SMHS Chicano/Latino Studies students made sure that “Read Across America” Week was put into action in Santa Maria on Monday, Feb. 25th. The students traveled to nearby Adams Elementary School to promote literacy by reading books written…
AGOURA HILLS — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCCGV) are gearing up to provide an action-packed, fun filled summer adventure for youth, grades k-8thduring the 2019 Summer Camp. Camp registration begins March 1 with early bird rates…
