Oxnard—The City Council, on Tuesday, September 15, approved its 19th substantial amendment to the FY 2021 annual action plan for CARES Act Funds.THE City receives three annual entitlement funds from HUD (United States Department of Housing and Urban Development), and Lorraine Mendez from the Department of Housing said they include Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), Home Investment (HOME...
Chris Frost · Sep 18, 2026
Oxnard—During his Tuesday, September 15, City Council meeting, Channel Islands High School student Haime Castro Martinez led the crowd in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and afterward told his story.COUNCIL Member Gabriela Basua introduced him, and the student-athlete asked everyone to take off their caps and recite the pledge.Mayor Luis McArthur asked for a moment of silence and noted that t...
Chris Frost · Sep 18, 2026
Oxnard—During his Tuesday, September 15, report to the City Council, Oxnard City Manager Alex Nguyen introduced Oxnard Fire Department Emergency Manager Candy Campbell, who said they are preparing a disaster preparedness event, called Prep in the Park, at the end of the month, on September 26, at College Park.“IT'S just in time for the projections for the Super El Niño that we are going to be h...
Chris Frost · Sep 18, 2026
Oxnard—During the Tuesday, September 15, City Council meeting, Manuel Herrera asked the dais to play a video and asked whether Council Member Aaron Starr recruited candidates to run in the 2026 City Council election.THE video voice said Starr had three hand-picked candidates to run in the 2026 election that would be part of his robust Libertarian agenda.“These three are John Barrick, running in...
Chris Frost · Sep 18, 2026
Oxnard—The 25th anniversary was solemnly remembered across Oxnard, Ventura County, and across the Nation, on Friday, September 11, as Flags flew at half-staff. Firefighters stood at attention in honor of those lost that day.IN Oxnard, people stood and honored those always ready to respond to the call to duty at Oxnard Fire Station 6 on Peninsula Boulevard.Captain Kyle Vondark said everybody’s l...
Chris Frost · Sep 18, 2026
Oxnard—The Public Works and Transportation Committee, on Tuesday, September 8, agreed to a deal with Blackpointe Group Construction and Management for Channel Cleaning Services.LUIS Ortega, on behalf of the Wastewater Division, presented the agreement, and the City recommends that the Committee approve and authorize the Mayor to execute a five-year agreement with Blackpointe Construction &...
Chris Frost · Sep 11, 2026
Oxnard—The Finance and Governance Committee, on Tuesday, September 8, heard a report about whether the Committee should continue and decided to table the item because Council Member Gabriela Rodriguez could not attend. She was absent.COUNCIL Member Aaron Starr asked for the report and cited its expense for things like security services at the meetings, agreed to wait, and said it's a big decisi...
Chris Frost · Sep 11, 2026
Oxnard—The Finance and Governance Committee, on Tuesday, September 8, considered its 2nd Quarterly Sale and Disposal of Surplus City Property.PURCHASING Manager Libertad Macias presented the sale and said the auctioned items are obsolete and no longer needed for City Operations.City Staff recommends that the Finance and Governance Committee recommend that the City Council authorize the Purchasi...
Chris Frost · Sep 11, 2026
Channel Islands—It was a rainy Sunday, September 6, but the Channel Islands Farmers' Market kept going and was full of jewelry, produce, fruit, human-grade dog and cat food, clothes, and more.FAMILIES were busy shopping, dodging the raindrops, and enjoying their Sunday shopping.Yvette Balzano sells human-grade Dog and Cat food and decided to call it an early day because of the inclement weather...
Chris Frost · Sep 11, 2026
Ventura—The Board of Supervisors, Tuesday, September 1, invited Commander Eric Tennessen from the Sheriff's Office, who said he oversees Police Services in the City of Camarillo, and with him is Commander Jeremy Paris, the City of Thousand Oaks Police Chief, and they asked the body to approve an agreement with Axon for drones as first responders.THE agreement will also add a Drone as a first re...
Chris Frost · Sep 11, 2026
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