New principal hired at RMHS
Gonzales has been an administrator for eight years
      Oxnard Union High School District trustees appointed Ray Gonzales on Monday to head Rio Mesa High School. Gonzales has been the school's assistant principal for five years.
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Community colleges are emergency prepared
County's community college district first in state to meet government requirements
      The Ventura County Community College District, including Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges, became the first of the state's 72 community college districts to be fully compliant with the established federal and state training requirements for emergency preparedness.
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Library tours available
      Docent-led architectural tours of the recently opened John Spoor Broome Library at California State University Channel Islands are available at 10 and 11 a.m. Mondays and noon and 1 p.m. Fridays. The tours begin in the main lobby and traverse the 137,000square-foot facility, focusing on the architectural features of the building.
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Train rides provide students with on-board field trips
Historical rail car travel is year-round
      Teachers can provide their preschool and elementary classes with a historical educational experience onboard the Fillmore & Western Railway Co. school field trip trains. The vintage trains depart at 10 a.m.
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Join in transforming lot into neighborhood playground
Children designed the play area
      Volunteers are invited to assist Amgen Foundation, Rio School District, and KaBOOM! representatives, as well as residents of the Nyeland Acres community in building a new playground from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sat., Aug. 2 at 3334 Santa Clara Ave., Oxnard.
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