It was standing room only at Adolfo Camarillo High School's first evening graduation ceremony on June 13. "We don't use tickets," said Ray Senesac, assistant princi pal. "Everyone's welcome to attend." After the 6,500 stadium seats filled up, families and friends of the 517 graduating seniors sat on the stairs, walls or dirt hills in the school's football stadium. More...
Some 200 friends and family members cheered as 83 students graduated from Frontier High School in a Thursday afternoon ceremony last week at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. More...
Before the ceremony that would mark the end of four years of high school, Denise Zambrana yelled school cheers with fellow Rio Mesa High graduates in the gymnasium. More...
'It still may not happen. Quite frankly, this just gives staff an opportunity to work with the business owner.' - Jerry Bankston City Manager
Camarillo has moved one step closer to renovating a blighted area of Old Town. The Camarillo Community Development Commission, made up of all five members of the City Council, agreed last week to pursue the development of an owner participation agreement with Taft Corporation for a project along Ventura Boulevard between Cedar Drive and Oak Street. More...
KEEP GOING!- Haley Garcia, a 10-year-old Ventura resident, competes in the Kids Fun Duathlon Swim & Run event at Pleasant Valley Park and Aquatic Center in Camarillo on Sat., June 14. Boys and girls between the ages of 8 and12 swam between 50 and 200 yards and then ran one mile around the park area. More...
The Camarillo Chamber of Commerce plans to increase membership to at least 800 this year, president Tom Kelley told about 100 chamber members and elected officials at the annual membership meeting at Spanish Hills Country Club on June 13. More...
DIVE RIGHT IN- Teri Phillips, right, and her son Brett celebrate during the unveiling of the new Ed Phillips Rio Mesa Community Aquatic Center on June 9. Ed Phillips, who died in 2004, was the former principal of Rio Mesa High School. Current and past students as well as family and friends of the Phillips family celebrated the event. More...
SILVER TAKES GOLD- The girls' under-10 Silver Camarillo Softball Team took first place at a three-day tournament in Ventura earlier this month. The team includes, back row, left to right, coach Roger Apodaca, manager Jeff Berman and coach Gary Lauritson. More...
SWEET LITTLE FELLOW- Sylvester the rat is very friendly and loves to cuddle up in laps and on shoulders. To adopt Sylvester, ask for animal ID number A443106 at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, 600 Aviation Drive. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so call (805) 388-4341 or visit www.vcar.us before visiting the shelter. More...
Camarillo Sometime between June 7 and 9, someone stole $2,100 in property from a business in the 4700 block of Calle Alto. Someone set fire to a stolen car in the 150 block of E. Howard Road on June 9. A grapefruit thrown by vandals caused approximately $1,000 in damages to a garage door and a motorcycle in the 300 block of Avenida Valencia on June 10. More...
LoVEFest, a fundraising concert and silent auction benefiting AIDS-affected orphans at Lily of the Valley orphanages in South Africa, will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Sun., June 29 at Gardens of the World, 2001 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. More...
Jordan Sweeney hasn't let the disease he was diagnosed with three years ago slow him down. Instead, the Camarillo man uses the ailment- ulcerative colitis- as inspiration for his music. Sweeney, 23, will release his second acoustic rock album, "Road to Recovery," in two weeks and will play a rare live performance at UCLA's Perloff Quad at 4 p.m. More...
The Camarillo City Council's unanimous decision to consider giving a private out-of-city developer between $700,000 and $1 million to build a 15,000-square-foot commerical building in Old Town Camarillo is a dubious decision at best. More...
When people recognize Greg Chavez as the $1million winner of TV's "American Inventor," one of the first questions they ask is if Greg has quit his job. "Are you kidding?" his wife, Rozanne, asks them. "We live in Southern California and we have six kids. It doesn't go that far after taxes. More...
The Home Buying School.org has added additional classes to the current schedule of free classes. The next class will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Wed., June 25 at the Goebel Senior Center, 1385 E Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. The class is open to all ages. More...
Kids swim, run in competition