OXNARD — Since the economic recession struck, nonprofit agencies throughout the country have struggled to stay afloat and sustain services at sufficient levels to meet the increasing demand. El Centrito Family Learning Centers, an Oxnard nonprofit that provides bilingual education services…
Commentary: Hispanic Electorate likely to double by 2030, impacting immigration reform
By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 It has been a very strange time since the Nov. 6 elections. All of a sudden, many of the die-hard NO DREAM Act, NO Comprehensive Immigration Reform, NO Amnesty folks in D.C. are singing a different…
Time running out to submit holiday events for our December print edition
Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday weekend, we will be moving up our deadline to include all your upcoming holiday and other calendar events in our Dec. 1 print edition of Amigos805. Please submit all your events, news, photos as…
MICOP seeks volunteers for monthly Mixteco community meeting on Nov. 17
Volunteers are needed support the monthly Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project community meeting from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at Harrington Elementary School, 2501 Gisler St., Oxnard. “We have a lot planned for this meeting, including giving out flu shots which…
Primera pelea profesional para el joven Daniel Covielles en California el 17 de noviembre
OXNARD — En el marco de la promoción al deporte y con el objetivo de apoyar a nuestros connacionales amateur o profesionales, el boxeador Daniel Covielles Ordoñez llevará a cabo su primera pelea profesional el próximo 17 de noviembre contra…
Guest commentary: Local Vulture Magic
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 Elizabeth Alvarez /…
$1.2 million in scholarships available through Ventura County Community Foundation
CAMARILLO — The Ventura County Community Foundation is accepting applications from Ventura County students for more than $1.2 million in scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year, the Camarillo-based organization reported on Tuesday. Applying for a scholarship at VCCF is a…
Guest commentary: The Latino Problem
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 Armando Vazquez / LULAC…
Inlakech Cultural Arts Center celebrates Día de los Muertos in Camarillo
Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory, along with the Inlakech Cultural Arts Center in Oxnard, presented the annual “Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)” celebration featuring “Comida, Altars, Prayer, Laughter and Tears,” on Saturday Nov. 3…
Café on A in Oxnard celebrates Día de Los Muertos
The Café on A hosted a Día de los Muertos celebration: “Community, Cultura y Conciencia” on Friday, Nov. 2 in downtown Oxnard. Presented by Union del Barrio and Café on A, the $5 donation benefited the KEYS Youth Leadership Academy.…
Pew Hispanic Center reports on Latino voters during 2012 election
Latinos voted for President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney by 71% to 27%, according to an analysis of exit polls by the Pew Hispanic Center, a Project of the Pew Research Center.1 The report was released Wednesday by the Washington,…
Commentary: Election season comes to a close. Hopefully, politics as usual will end as well
Highlights of local races in the 805 By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 When the Fox News anchor said something to the effects that we only have about a 1,000 days until the next Iowa caucus, I was pretty sure…
Visit our slideshow to see highlights of the Museum of Ventura County’s Día de los Muertos celebration
“Night of the Living, Day of the Dead!” was the theme for this year’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Friday, Nov. 2 at the Museum of Ventura County in Ventura. The museum’s Las Contemporaneas Committee presented an evening of…
Visit our new slideshow of recent Ventura, Oxnard College events
Amigos805 has launched a new blog site that will feature slideshows and videos of recent events. Visit our site at www.amigos805.wordpress.com Our latest sideshows featuring the opening of two Latino-theme exhibits at Ventura College and Halloween-related activities at Oxnard College. Upcomimg…
Oxnard College to present ‘La Flauta Latina’ performance on Nov. 7
The Oxnard College Literature, Arts and Lecture Series will present “La Flauta Latina: A Flutists Musical Journey” from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Oxnard College Performing Arts Center, 4000 So. Rose Ave., Oxnard. Thousand Oaks Philharmonic Flutist Niccole Modell will perform…
Bilingual commentary: Queen Melisende of Jerusalem
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 David Magallanes / Guest…
Check out the November print edition of Amigos805
Politics, upcoming cultural events, tips on travel, food and personal finance — you can find all these in the latest print edition of Amigos805. Distributed throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, the 10,000-copy November print edition can be found…
Bilingual report: Control of the presidency, Congress will impact Latino community
DREAM Act, comprehensive immigration reform, education and jobs among top issues By Frank X. Moraga /Amigos805 Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A day to look forward to. Silenced will be the annoying “I approve this message” campaign advertisements on television, the…
Bilingual report: Latino community playing strong role in local elections
Campaigns mobilize get-out-the-Latino-vote efforts to compete in close elections By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 After months of meet-the-candidates debates and forums, registration walks, multi-media campaign advertisements and battling media releases, the long 2012 election campaign is coming into…
Bilingual report: Latinos will feel the impact of state education ballot measures
Amigos805 staff report The future of education in California will be drastically shaped by the passage or defeat of a pair of education measures on the Tuesday, Nov. 6 ballot. “Most Californians understand the value of education,” said José Alamillo,…
Bilingual commentary: The art of words, images comes to the community
By Frank X. Moraga / Amigos805 The 805 region is blessed with a number of talented Latinos/Latinas who fulfill our cultural needs through their music, artwork and their words. One such individual is Melinda Palacio of Santa Barbara, who has…
Bilingual report: Ventura College art galleries presenting Latino art exhibits throughout November
“Autonomy and Cultural Identity: 20th Century Art of Latin America” will be presented Nov. 1 through Nov. 30 at the Ventura College Media Art Gallery. Curated by Ann Bittl, the exhibit explores the art of Latin America and Mexico during…
Café on A to celebrate Día de Los Muertos on Nov. 2
The Café on A will hold a Día de los Muertos celebration: “Community, Cultura y Conciencia,” starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at 438 So. A St., downtown Oxnard. Presented by Union del Barrio and Café on A, the…
Bilingual report: Museum of Ventura County to hold series of Día de los Muertos events from Nov. 2-4
“Night of the Living, Day of the Dead!” will be presented from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at the Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St., Ventura. Join the museum’s Las Contemporaneas Committee as they host an…
Bilingual report: Teatro de las Américas celebrates Día de los Muertos on Nov. 2
“Come to the party celebrating ‘Día de los Muertos’ on Friday, Nov. 2 beginning at 9 p.m. Come hang out with our actors. We have appetizers, drinks, raffles and a prize for best costume. The actors from “La razón blindada”…
Bilingual report: Inlakech Cultural Arts Center to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Camarillo on Nov. 3
Conejo Mountain Funeral Home, Memorial Park and Crematory, along with the Inlakech Cultural Arts Center, will present the annual “Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)” celebration featuring “Comida, Altars, Prayer, Laughter and Tears,” from 10 a.m. to 6…
Bilingual commentary: “Gucci” camping on the Inca Trail
By Stacey Wittig / “Vagabonding Chica” Travel Writer The remote ruins of Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru, can be reached by train. However, the hardy – may I add fool-hardy? – prefer the road less traveled, the…
Business and community leaders kick off FOOD Share’s annual ‘Tackle Hunger’ campaign
VENTURA — From Oct. 30 – Feb. 3, more than 60 of Ventura County’s prominent business and political leaders will join forces to support FOOD Share’s most ambitious campaign endeavor of the year – “Tackle Hunger,” the organization reported in…
Rosary for Max Mora of Ventura will be held Nov. 1
Longtime Ventura resident Max Mora (Candelario Maximo Mora) 85, died on Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 at home, reports Moses Mora, community organizer of the Tortilla Flats historical program in Ventura. Max was born on Feb. 2,1927 in Colmor, New Mexico…
Bilingual commentary: Returning home, starting over
By David Magallanes /Guest contributor Many years ago, I tried to return home. I was going about separating from my wife, I was flat broke, and I felt that my life was going downhill—in flames. So I tried returning home — the…