CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) was in its first year – 2002 – when Professor of Art History Irina D. Costache, Ph.D., created an interdisciplinary class called “The Museum: Culture, Business & Education” in collaboration with CSUCI’s Business and Education faculty…
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Registration is Now Underway for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley 2018 Basketball League
AGOURA HILLS — Registration is now underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley’s 2018 Basketball League. The Basketball League is open to ages 3-12 starting September 16 through November 4, 2018. The league takes place at the…
CSUCI’s Hank Lacayo Institute receives three grants to support student internships
CAMARILLO — A program designed to provide real-world work experience to CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) students has received a total of $104,900 worth of grants from four different organizations. The Henry L. “Hank” Lacayo Institute for Workforce & Community Studies (HLI) received…
Bilingual report: Oxnard Housing Authority Resident Services Youth Summer Mural Program 2018 unveils a new community mural titled, ‘Tree of Life,’ in La Colonia area of Oxnard!
OXNARD — Oxnard Housing Authority Resident Services Department from La Colonia area is proud to announce the second installment of the Youth Summer Mural Program. The “Tree of Life” mural dedication ceremony took place at the parking lot behind the…
CSUCI Education Lecturer receives a national award for teaching tolerance
CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Education Lecturer Danna Lomax says growing up in a multicultural family helped ignite her lifelong quest to teach and practice tolerance and social justice. Her work weaving peace and social justice issues into the curriculum at…
Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. celebrates National Health Center Week 2018 throughout Venetura County through Aug. 18
VENTURA COUNTY — Clinicas del Camino Real Inc. celebrates National Health Center Week 2018 throughout Venetura County through Aug. 18. Clinicas del Camino Real, Inc. will host events throughout all 13 of its health centers, in honor of National Health Center…
OC Live announces upcoming courses
Exciting Courses This Fall! We here at OC LIVE just wanted to let you know that Oxnard College has some wonderful courses on offer this Fall in the Performing Arts Mariachi Ensemble – MUS R126 – CRN 73180 Our first Mariachi…
Oxnard College presenting Film, Television and Electronic Media (FTVE) program this fall
Hello Friends of Oxnard College, Interested in audio or film production? Want to learn how to make a proper YouTube video? Have a podcast or media project that needs great sound? (See attached flyer!) The Oxnard College Film, Television and Electronic Media (FTVE)…
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley offer Fifth Grade Transportation throughout Conejo & Las Virgenes School Districts
AGOURA HILLS — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley is taking registrations for reliable after school van transportation to five local Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the Conejo & Las Virgenes school districts. Parents can choose from…
Guest commentary: How Oxnard continues to subvert the due process clause of the Constitution at the expense of our youth
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…
Ventura County Library launches countywide reading program
VENTURA — The Ventura County Library has announced its first “One County, One Book” community reading program. One County, One Book aims to unite the Ventura County community around a common narrative, spreading interest in, and facilitating discussions about, the selected…
Guest commentary: The State of Latino Children’s Mental Health
Editor’s Note: Recently we received a request by reader Isabel González to include a series of columns on Latino health. Isabel, age 13, who plans to be a doctor, even provided us with a link to a half-dozen Latino health websites. Thank…
Girls Inc. of Carpinteria Welcomes New Board President, Three New Members
CARPINTERIA — Girls Inc. of Carpinteria is pleased to announce the election of a new board president, Theresa Huerta, and three newest members to its Board of Trustees: Dawn Howards, Chris Jacobs and Diana Rigby. Theresa Huerta is a seasoned,…
Ventura County Outperforms State in High School Graduation Rate
County’s Dropout Rate also Better than State VENTURA COUNTY — Nearly 86 percent of Ventura County high school students graduated in the 2016-17 school year, which is better than the statewide graduation rate of 82.7 percent for the same period.…
Guest commentary: The Proverbial Black Hold — Civil Gang Injunctions, squandering of millions of tax dollars and lack of Police Accountability
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…
Fresh Futures Summer Camp Brings Girls Inc. of Carpinteria Members to SBCC Campus
CARPINTERIA — Girls Inc. of Carpinteria members converged on the Santa Barbara City College campus for two weeks this summer as part the new Fresh Futures Summer Camp, a program designed to provide incoming fourth through seventh grade girls (ages…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County welcomes new board of directors at annual board retreat
VENTURA COUNTY — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County (BBSVC) is excited to announce that it will hold its annual Board Retreat at the beautiful Sherwood Lake Club for on Saturday, July 28, 2018. The Sherwood Lake Club has been…
Carnegie Art Museum update for July 20
Click here for the entire e-newsletter THIS WEEK @ CAM Summer education programs sizzle… don’t miss the last Free Farmer’s Market Art Booth and Art Lab! Art Lab Art Lab classes are where kids and their grownups can share…
Area high school students learn engineering basics at CSUCI Summer Bridge program
CAMARILLO — Twenty-eight students from five Ventura County high schools are learning to program robots and other engineering basics during CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s four-week Mechatronics Engineering Summer Bridge Program. The students will wrap up the program from 11 a.m. to 12…
KidSTREAM Awarded Grant to Create Vision Room for Emerging Children’s Museum
VCCF grant to help kidSTREAM explore kids’ dreams for museum design CAMARILLO — KidSTREAM, an emerging children’s museum, has been awarded a grant from the Ventura County Community Foundation in the amount of $30,000 to renovate the community room at the former Camarillo…
United Way of Ventura County: Last day to donate school supplies is July 12th!
Last day to donate school supplies is July 12th! Target is having their annual back-to-school sale- a perfect time to purchase school supplies and backpacks to donate to our Stuff the Bus event! Check your local stores for sales! WHY…
Focus on local families: Foster VC Kids and the Consulate of Mexico in Oxnard to host a Spanish informational meeting, June 30
Community members are encouraged to attend and learn how to help the nearly 800 local children and teens in foster care. VENTURA COUNTY — Foster VC Kids, a program of Ventura County’s Children and Family Services, will host a free, informational…
Marjorie Luke Theatre update for June 27
Click here for the entire e-newsletter Upcoming Events Boxtales Presents: Cupid and Psyche Friday, July 6th 11:00AM Boxtales Theatre Company presents their 2018 Summer Theatre Youth Camp. A three-week journey in the Boxtales method, including training in: Acting, Storytelling, Acro- Yoga,…
Santa Paula Art Museum update for June 26
Click here for more information SANTA PAULA ART MUSEUM JEANETTE COLE ART CENTER & COLE CREATIVITY CENTER Creative Journaling with Pen and Ink (Ages 16+) Friday, June 29, 2018, from 7pm to 9pm Cost: $35.00/class Do you doodle? (All…
CSUCI offering two textbook-free majors with plans for more
CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) now has an alternative for some students worried about being able to afford textbooks. CSUCI educators working together have developed two “Z-Majors” which are majors that use quality, free and readily available educational resources as opposed…
Guest commentary: A Shoddy Façade of a Solution: The Recent Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Statement from Sindy Benavides, COO and Acting CEO of the League of United Latin America Citizens (LULAC): “People across the nation and beyond have heard our voices, forcing President Trump to reverse the injustice of his Administration’s own making:…
Carnegie Art Museum update for June 21
Click here for the entire e-newsletter Farmers Market Art Booth FREE Summer Art Fun with the Carnegie Art Museum and Downtown Farmers Market. Look for the Art Booth at the Downtown Farmers Market where Isabel Gonzalez, Oxnard College Intern…
Registration is Now Underway for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley 2018 Sports Camp
AGOURA HILLS — Registration is now underway for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley’s Sports Camp. The Boys & Girls Clubs offer a choice of three camps. Street Hockey takes place from June 25-29 at the Anderson Club…
Oxnard Housing Authority Resident Services Program to Receive NADC Arts and Accessibility Grant
National Arts and Disability Center at University of California Los Angeles to award the Oxnard Housing Authority Resident Services Department at La Colonia Village funds from the Arts and Accessibility Grant to expand community based art programming. OXNARD — The…
Graduating senior Noe Galvan proves that hard work, compassion and genuine ambition are the keys to success
By Suzanna Ackroyd • UCSB Noe Galvan knows what it means to forge his own path. Born in the United States, the UC Santa Barbara senior moved to Mexico with his parents when he was only three months old. Now…
Jackson Applauds Passage of State Budget with Historic Investments in Wildfire Prevention and Recovery, Schools
SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), released the following statement June 14 about the passage of the California State Budget, which includes significant funds for wildfire prevention and recovery as well as the highest level of school funding in state history,…
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara Inc. opens doors for Summer Spectacular Camp
SANTA BARBARA — The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara (BGSB) on June 11 opened its doors for the first week of Summer Spectacular Camp and the line was around the block. With the help of grants from local foundations…
Dean’s award and other prizes recognize scholastic achievement in the sciences, social sciences, humanities and fine arts
Ana Guerrero Gallegos, who is graduating with bachelor of art degrees in Chicana/o studies and in sociology, will receive the Luis Leal Social Sciences Undergraduate Award for outstanding interdisciplinary achievement in the social sciences. By Suzanna Ackroyd • UCSB Four…
More than $1 Million in Scholarships Awarded by Ventura County Community Foundation
VENTURA COUNTY — Hundreds of local students have been awarded a total of $1,165,750 in scholarships in the 2018 Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF) scholarship program, which is now in its 25th year. The 352 scholarships are provided by scholarship funds…
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura Honored as Top Nonprofit of the Year
Nonprofit honored by Assemblymember Monique Limón on California Nonprofits Day VENTURA — Boys & Girls Club of Greater Ventura (BGCGV) has been selected as a 2018 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Monique Limón, 37th District. Patti Birmingham, BGCGV CEO…
United Way of Ventura County launches Stuff the Bus Backpack Drive
We need your help! We need your help! We are in need of your support to provide backpacks for our Stuff the Bus drive. Can you make a donation?It’s easier than ever this year – all you need to do is click HERE and…
SBCC STEM Students On Their Way to Cal Poly
Daniel Gonzalez Celina Lazaro Fernando Estevez Three good friends and Santa Barbara City College engineering majors gave each other the support they needed to get into their dream school, Cal Poly. Daniel Gonzalez, a twenty-three year old chemical and environmental…
UCSB announces winners of Thomas More Storke Award and other top university prizes — Christian Ortiz Gonzalez, Cynthia Marin and Yucheng (Stephen) Chih
By Jim Logan • UCSB SANTA BARBARA — For their scholastic achievement, their extraordinary service to the university and the community, and their personal courage and persistence, three graduating seniors at UC Santa Barbara have been named winners of the university’s…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Santa Barbara County Names Donald Bock ‘Big Brother of the Year’
Little Brother “Ciano” Joins Celebration at Lion’s Club SANTA BARBARA — It’s fitting that Donald (Don) Bock was presented with the “Big Brother of the Year” award at today’s meeting of the Santa Maria Sunriser’s Lion’s Club. This is where he…
Ventura County Office of Education update for June 6
Summer 2018 Stanley C. Mantooth, Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Graduating seniors inspire hope in uncertain times As thousands of Ventura County high school students don their caps and gowns and receive their diplomas this year, they’re graduating into a…
The Arts Collective Studio update for June 5
PACIFIC VIEW MALL | 3001 E. Main Street | Ventura | 2nd Floor next to SEARS Come for the art . . . Stay for the shopping! More fun for all ages ___________________________________________________________ NEW! Fabulous FREE class for creative teens and adults! ~ …
LULAC announces ExxonMobil/LNESC Scholarship Program Opportunity for students in Oxnard. See more LULAC news here
Deadline is June 29 OXNARD — The League of United Latin American Citizens this week announced the ExxonMobil/LNESC Scholarship Program Opportunity for students in Oxnard and elsewhere nationwide. Sponsored by the Exxon Mobil Corporation, the LULAC National Educational Service Centers (LNESC)…
Oxnard and Port Hueneme Youth Invited to Attend Fun and Exciting Summer Camps
OXNARD — Registrations are now open for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme’s Summer Camp program, where kids can have fun with friends and learn at the same time. The summer program runs June 18…
Oxnard School District announces Summer Nutrition Program offered at select locations
OXNARD — The Oxnard School District’s Child Nutrition Services department will offer a Summer Nutrition program at five school sites and three community beginning on Monday, July 2, 2018 and ending on Friday, July 27, 2018. Studies show that children are…
Jackson Bill to Teach Students How to Spot Fake News Passes off Senate Floor
SACRAMENTO –Legislation by State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) to ensure students in California’s public schools learn how to read media sources critically, and act ethically, responsibly, and safely online passed off the Senate Floor today with 22 votes in support. Senate Bill…
Jackson Urges Congressional Courage to Stop Gun Violence
SJR 24 calls on Congress to reauthorize and strengthen the federal assault weapons ban and urges CalPERS to divest its gun holdings SACRAMENTO – A resolution by State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) urging Congress to reauthorize and strengthen the federal assault weapons…
Bonita C. McFarland and Forum of the Arts 2018 Scholarship Winners
VENTURA — The Museum of Ventura County announces the recipients of the Bonita C. McFarland and Forum of the Arts 2018 scholarships. This year’s scholarships as recommended by the Museum’s Fine Arts Committee are awarded to: Kyle L. Cobian, who…
San Marcos High School Students Ignite Passion for Foster Youth Through Student-Organized Foster Program
SANTA BARBARA — Students at San Marcos High School are creating excitement and bringing awareness to the ongoing needs of foster youth and it’s causing a ripple effect throughout the community. Not only that, but it’s having a huge impact…
Carnegie Art Museum update for May 25
Click here for the entire e-newsletter CAM STUDIO GALLERY The first exhibit of photography and lens-based art by The Oxnard Plain Collective will open with a Reception on Thursday, June 7th from 5:30-7:30pm at CAM Studio Gallery beside the Carnegie Art Museum. The Oxnard Plain Collective…
Global T Program Offers High School Teachers Interactive Lesson Plan on International Trade and Logistics
CENTRAL COAST — The T-Shirt that Travels the World™ module is a fun and interactive Global Trade & Logistics module for high school curriculum High school teachers looking to get an early jump on fall lesson planning may want to consider…