> The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) will present its next “Hispano Mixer” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7 at the Heritage Cultural Center, 141 W. Fifth St., Suite E, downtown Oxnard. Patty Centurion of Surepath Financial will talk about “How to repair your credit and boost your business financing.”
Manuel Arriola of SCORE will talk about “How much Obamacare is going to cost your small business” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 at the same location. Contact Carlos Delgado at 805-816-7387, carlosdelgado@yahoo.com; or Armando Sahagan at 805-947-6075, sahagun007@gmail.com for more information.
> Bill Watkins, executive director of the California Lutheran University Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, will present the 2015 Ventura County Forecast during a seminar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at the Serra Center, 5205 Upland Road, Camarillo.
The event includes a panel of experts featuring Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters, who will discuss how the drought will impact agribusiness and the greater Ventura County economy. Walters has written about California and its politics for more than 40 years. His work has appeared in media outlets throughout the country including The Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor.
The other panelists are CERF economist Matthew Fienup, who teaches courses in econometrics as an adjunct professor at Cal Lutheran; United Water Conservation District General Manager Mike Solomon, who is a former member of the Association of California Water Agencies Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and environmental lawyer Tony Trembley, a partner in the Westlake Village office of Musick Peeler and a member of the company’s environmental and public law group. He has represented both public and private sector clients in wastewater and water quality matters.
Registration fees, which include lunch and access to the full forecast, are $175 in advance and $200 at the door. To register, visit www.clucerf.org. Contact Ashley Freas at freas@callutheran.edu or 805-493-3668 for more information.
> The Martin V. Smith School of Business and Economics at CSU Channel Islands will present author and speaker Kelsey Timmerman from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 at Malibu Hall 100. Fueled by passion and curiosity, Timmerman tells the story of the items we often take for granted and how they connect us to the world as global and local citizens, the university reported in a media release. His latest book, “Where Am I Eating?” (2013), confronted slavery in the Ivory Coast cocoa industry and explored Fair Trade coffee farming in Colombia, as he uncovered the realities of the global food industry that is supporting our “all-American” diet. The event is free of charge and includes a free lunch. RSVP by visiting http://business.csuci.edu/events.