On Thur. March 11, 2021, Simi Valley experienced its first snowfall in a long time. For the past couple of days, Ventura County has been hit with a thunderstorm that has left the ground wet.
On Wednesday, the county provided positive news at the COVID-19 press conference, which was held at Las Islas in Center Point Mall, one of the main vaccination sites.
Oxnard Man Arrested for Narcotic Possession & Animal Cruelty. Police detained an Oxnard resident on March 2, finding a four-foot crocodile and narcotics at his home located in the 2500 block of Peninsula Road.
President Joe Biden signed into law his proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill on Thursday, March 11, the one-year anniversary since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Stimulus checks are expected to be sent out to eligible Americans beginning this weekend.
The Senate voted 50-49 on Saturday to pass President Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill with amendments and no Republican support. The extensive legislation includes stimulus checks, unemployment extensions, small business assistance, funding for COVID-19 testing and vaccine distribution, funding for schools to reopen safely and more.
On March 3, Governor of California, Gavin Newsom was present in Wednesday’s press conference. The COVID-19 press conference was held in the Ventura County Office of Education vaccination site
MC and the BSU hosted a panel discussion with community leaders. In association with the Black Student Union, Moorpark College organized the Black Leadership and Identity panel in their monthlong celebration of Black History Month.
On Friday Feb. 26, Moorpark College's Black Student Union hosted a live discussion via Zoom and live streamed on YouTube with Dr. Cornel West. Dr. West is an African American philosopher and a professor at Harvard and Princeton universities.
The California Democratic Party and the CADEM Black Caucus discussed what it means to be a Black woman in politics and the progress that still needs to be made.
Local fashion design student Rae Dominick discusses the challenges of running a business during a pandemic. During the early stages of the pandemic, many dreams were put on hold for people all over the world. However, Simi Valley resident Raelyn Dominick used her passion to help others. Kichi Designs, Dominick's clothing line, made face masks for friends who were required to wear them for work and sold them on their website.
On Feb. 24, 2021, Ventura County held the weekly press conference at one of the open COVID-19 vaccination sites, Ventura County Office of Education, in Camarillo. Kelly Long, Ventura County Board of Supervisors began the conference with great news of things the community can begin to look forward to, such as teachers being able to receive the vaccination, as well as the county stepping closer to the red tier within the next couple of weeks.
Two suspects were arrested in Thousand Oaks for possession of narcotics and illegal firearms. Detectives from the Thousand Oaks Police Department’s Directed Enforcement Unit (DEU) seized over 40 firearms and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition during the service of a search warrant at the 1900 block of Rory Lane, Simi Valley.
