CAMARILLO — Who do engineering and physics researchers turn to when they have an on-the-job ethical dilemma and why? CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Communication Megan Kenny Feister, Ph.D., was recently awarded a $398,510 National Science Foundation Grant…
OXNARD — It’s the time of year for spicy fun, spirited events and family adventures. Oxnard celebrates the fall season with a variety of events taking place throughout October. The month kicks off with the 24th Annual Multicultural Festival on…
VENTURA COUNTY — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County (BBSVC), a one-to-one youth mentoring organization, announces the appointment of two new officers to its Board of Dihttps://bbsvc.org/rectors. The new appointments are President Eric Mandell, VP, Senior Commercial Lender at…
Santa Barbara City College’s Community Newsletter September 2019 SBCC’s 2019-2020 School Year Begins! Students interested in joining instructor Blake Barron’s Biology Club filled the Bio Lab during the first week of classes. Fall semester off to rousing start SBCC’s Main,…
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. David Magallanes By David…
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 The…
VENTURA COUNTY — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff, in partnership with Genesis of Glendale, will provide a $1,000 donation for each touchdown thrown during the 2019 season to support California Strong. California Strong launched in response to the devastating…
Click here for the entire e-newsletter President’s Message Dear Friends, Next week, on Saturday, September 28, we celebrate our 30th Annual Day of Caring. Volunteers from across the community will spend a selfless Saturday morning helping others. It’s one of my…
SANTA BARBARA — Whether it was gardening, painting or maintenance, nearly 1,000 volunteers made the South Coast shine brighter during United Way of Santa Barbara County’s (UWSBC) 28th Annual Day of Caring on Saturday. Teams, friends, families and individual volunteers…
VENTURA — El Secretario-Registrador, Registrador de Votantes del Condado de Ventura Mark Lunn anuncío planes de organizer un evento el 24 de septiembre de 2019 en el Día Nacional de Inscripción de Votantes, con el fin de inscriber a votantes en…
Santa Paula Art Museum Jeanette Cole Art Center & Cole Creativity Center This Week at the Museum While we were installing our new exhibit Beyond Function inside the Museum’s Jeanette Cole Art Center this week, a great many things were…
Click here for the entire e-newsletter Banana Fun this Saturday! The Port of Hueneme’s 8th Annual Banana Festival Saturday, September 28 10:00am-6:00pm FREE admission & parkingCelebrate the world’s funnest fruit at the Port of Hueneme. From boats & barges to…
VENTURA — The Ventura College Foundation has unveiled its new website designed to make it easier for students to engage with the foundation and explore scholarship opportunities, tuition relief and textbook lending options. It also provides a simple process for…
SANTA MARIA — Lady golfers at SMHS will be able to swing away from the sand traps thanks to the Southern California PGA Foundation. The Saints recently received seven complete sets of golf clubs from Ultra Golf after three of them…
THOUSAND OAKS — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley (BGCGCV) is taking reservations for reliable after school van transportation to five local Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the Conejo Valley Unified School District and Las Virgenes Unified School…
VENTURA COUNTY — Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture (SEEAG) was selected to receive a $4,000 grant from the Foundation of Ventura County Credit Union. The grant funds will go towards SEEAG’s “Ventura County Child Wellness Initiative,” a program that is…
CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Economics Miguel Delgado Helleseter, Ph.D. has been appointed to the board of Housing Opportunities Made Easier (HOME). HOME addresses the need for balance between jobs and housing in Ventura County and works…
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CAMARILLO — CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) Assistant Professor of Mathematics Cynthia Flores, Ph.D., is proud to have been a PUMPkin, and thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, she can now welcome other PUMPkins. PUMP is short for “Undergraduate…
OXNARD — Students at Rio Mesa High School (RMHS) can now walk safely to school with the completion of a new sidewalk in El Rio, located near Strickland Acres and along Central Avenue. The 8-foot-wide sidewalk, which was designed and overseen…
CAMARILLO — After becoming the only university in California to receive the 2019 Seal of Excelencia from Washington D.C.-based Excelencia in Education, CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) has also had two of its initiatives named as “Examples of Excelencia Programs to Watch.”…
VENTURA COUNTY — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme invites the community to the 14th Annual “Day for Kids” celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at1900 W. Fifth St., Oxnard The…
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 •…
SACRAMENTO –Two bills authored by State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (Santa Barbara) to address the needs of California’s growing senior population have passed off the Assembly floor. Senate Bill 280, which passed with a bipartisan, 66-0 vote, addresses home building standards to help aging…
Four local stations of Cumulus Media (KHAY, KBBY, KRUZ-FM, and The Vibe), General Mills, and Local PODS® moving and storage collected school supplies for fundraising effort. VENTURA COUNTY — The first ever Tools for School drive along with local PODS® Moving…
CAMARILLO — US News & World Report has once again named CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) among the best undergraduate universities in the western United States. In the U.S. News annual Best Colleges report, CSUCI was 18th among Top Public Schools in…
United Way Creating Positive Change in the Community at 30th Annual Day of Caring VENTURA – Each year for the past 29 years, United Way of Ventura County’s (UWVC) Day of Caring (DOC) has connected hundreds of volunteers to community…
California Club kicks off the reopening of the Museum and the latest exhibit, California Cool, on September 20, 2019 from 6 p.m.—9 p.m. This special opening reception cannot be missed! Guests will be transported to an exciting era of Mid-century modernism…
VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Public Works Agency’s Stormwater Program Manager, Ewelina Mutkowska was invited by the federal government’s Stormwater Infrastructure Financing Task Force to be an expert consultant to the Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB). Joining a total of 20…
Car shows (Sept. 14-22) highlight cost-saving and environmental benefits of electric cars SANTA BARBARA — The Los Padres Chapter Sierra Club and the Community Environmental Council (CEC) are proud to sponsor two local events during National Drive Electric Week (September 14-22).…
