CHP warns of donation scam
      The California Highway Patrol is advising California residents to be aware of people soliciting donations on behalf of the department's members. Numerous residents over the past couple of weeks reported receiving letters and phone calls requesting donations to the "American Association of S...
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'Freeze' funds available to farmworkers
      United Way of Ventura County and the Ventura County Community Foundation have established an emergency fund to benefit farmworkers in Ventura County displaced due to the recent freeze that damaged local crops. Each organization has agreed to contribute $20,000 as seed money for the "Freeze" fun...
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$50,000 grants offered to support social change
      The Ventura County Social Justice Fund will be awarding its first grants of $50,000 to seven local organizations whose work focuses on community organizing toward systemic social change. The awards will be presented during a reception for grantees, donors and interested persons on March 8...
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Trip to bring history to life
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      Russ Walker and Jessica Elliot's eighth-grade students will get a chance to see their U.S. history books come to life when they travel to the East Coast to take a weeklong tour of monuments, museums and battlefields. The Los Primeros Structured School history teachers and 59 of their stude...
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