Click on the image above to see a slideshow from the celebration. Hover over each image to see a description. The Comité Cultural Mexicano introduced the Fiestas Patrias 2013 contestants on July 26, 2013 at Casa Lopez Mexican Restaurant in…
Bilingual commentary: A more perfect union
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Guest commentary: Love the kids. Hate gangs. Changing culture
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De Colores Music to hold fundraiser on Aug. 10
SANTA PAULA — De Colores Music will present a musical fundraiser from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 at Casa Del Mexicano, 218 So. 11 St., Santa Paula. Entertainment will include performances by about 40 students of Xavier “Big…
Bilingual report: Community forum on labor rights to be held Aug. 11 in Santa Paula
SANTA PAULA — Lideres Campesinas’ (Farmworker Women Leaders) Ventura Chapter and Poder Popular from Santa Paula in collaboration with partner agencies that include Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB), the California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) will host a roundtable…
Tickets still available for MICOP’s ‘Night in Oaxaca’ on Aug. 3
OXNARD — Tickets are still available for the Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) annual “Night in Oaxaca — Education is Liberation” program which begins with registration at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way,…
Cover story: Migrant students introduced to college life
CSU Channel Islands hosting its first Migrant Summer Leadership Institute By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 Building multidimensional shapes out of plastic tubing and using Mentos and soda to propel race cars. While at first glance the exercises seem like children’s…
Commentary: Oxnard honors those who seek peace, healing
By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 Following a police shooting earlier this year in La Colonia neighborhood of Oxnard, residents faced the situation with anger, fear and frustration. But group decided to take the situation and use it as one…
Local briefs
Aspiranet will hold an informational meeting for prospective foster parents who would like to learn more about the program from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8 at 1838 Eastman Ave., Suite 100, Ventura. Aspiranet, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charity, supports…
Travel commentary: They keep coming back for more — Rancho de Chimayó, New Mexico
By Stacey Wittig / Vagabonding Chica – Travel Writer Pale pink, lighter than the color of ballet slippers, is not a color that I expect to find in a Mexican restaurant. Yet I am sitting outdoors at a table dressed…
Teatro de las Américas inaugurates new theater in Oxnard with two short plays
OXNARD — Teatro de las Américas inaugurates its new theater in Oxnard with two short plays by Oscar Liera: “El gordo / The Big One” & “La pesadilla de una noche de verano / Midsummer’s Nightmare.” Teatro de las Américas…
Bilingual commentary: The language of flowers
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Guest commentary: The Inconvenient truth — Erasure of memory
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Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara begins July 31
SANTA BARBARA — The 89th annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara will be presented from July 31 through Aug. 4 in downtown Santa Barbara. The event features the opening “La Fiesta Pequeña” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, musical…
CSU Channel Islands to host Migrant Summer Leadership Institute
More than 100 students and 40 parents from all around California will learn about college in multi-day residential institutes CAMARILLO – CSU Channel Islands will host its first Migrant Summer Leadership Institute (MSLI) for migrant high school students and their parents from Friday,…
Growing share of Latinos get their news in English
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The language of news media consumption is changing for Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from television, print, radio and internet outlets, and a declining share are doing so in Spanish,…
Oxnard writers earn fellowship, awards
OXNARD — Two Oxnard writers received fellowships and an award from “A Room Of Her Own,” (AROHO) Foundation. Florencia Ramirez received the Gift of Freedom $5,000 award for her creative non-fiction work. Mona AlvaradoFrazier received the Courage Fellowship Award. These…
Bilingual commentary: Careers and jobs in a technical world
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Guest commentary: Sometimes you have to shout to be heard
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Tito Puente Jr. to kick off Oxnard Salsa Festival entertainment on July 26
OXNARD — Tito Puente Jr. will kick off the Oxnard Salsa Festival’s line up of entertainment with a Friday Night Concert from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, July 26 at Oxnard Plaza Park, 500 So. C St., Oxnard. The son…
Guest commentary: Legal justice and morality
Editor’s note: Amigos805 welcomes guest columns, letters to the editors 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 Mona AlvaradoFrazier/ Guest contributor The…
Trula Breuninger named new interim CEO at Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) has announce the appointment of Trula Ann Breuninger, MPH, MBA, as interim CEO, the organization reported Thursday in a media release. Breuninger’s extensive experience as a leader of community health, as well as…
Bilingual commentary: Sunshine: Friend or foe?
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Ventura County Community College District hosting welcome reception on July 29 for new Ventura College president
VENTURA — Ventura County Community College District invites the community to attend a welcome reception for Dr. Greg Gillespie, new Ventura College president, on Monday, July 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the District Administrative Center, 255 W. Stanley…
Ventura County Veterans Funds awards first grants
Program to ease transition to civilian life for returning warriors CAMARILLO — The Ventura County Veterans Fund at the Ventura County Community Foundation has awarded its first grants to local nonprofits that serve veterans as they adjust to civilian life,…
Guest commentary: Por eso estamos como estamos
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Celebration to honor Public Health Director Vargas set for July 18 in Oxnard
OXNARD — A Celebration to honor recently appointed Ventura County Public Health Director Rigoberto Vargas will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 18 at Downtown Sol, 328 W. Third St., Oxnard. Sponsored by the League of United Latin…
Leslie Paula & the Latin Soul Band to perform July 20 in Ventura
VENTURA — Music Under the Stars in Ventura will present Leslie Paula & the Latin Soul Band from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at the historic Olivas Adobe, 4200 Olivas Park Drive, Ventura. The entire series will be…
Old Spanish Days’ ‘La Fiesta del Museo’ set for July 20 in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara will present its annual “La Fiesta del Museo” from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 136 E. De La Guerra St., Santa Barbara. Dinner…
Flamenco dance performance to be held July 20 in Santa Barbara
SANTA BARBARA — The Marjorie Luke Theatre in Santa Barbara will present ‘Romeria de Verano 2013’ from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 20 at 721 E. Cota St., Santa Barbara. Students from the Linda Vega Dance Studio and ¡FLAMENCO! Santa…