Port Hueneme News

Sean Leonard, board president of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme, is president of S.L. Leonard & Associates, a construction project management firm based in Camarillo The Children's Defense Fund recently released its 2014 "State of America's Children" report that details problems facing our nation's youth, mainly poverty ... (more)

JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Coco the Chihuahua kisses Naomi Alcaraz, 8 months old, at the American Cancer Society's Bark for Life event at Bubbling Springs Park in Port Hueneme.

Photos by JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Kyle Maynard, who was born with arms that end at the elbows and legs that end at the knees, poses for a group picture with the children of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme.

The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency is holding a special meeting Friday afternoon to consider emergency pumping restrictions and other drought-related actions.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme announces the addition of Marvelle Berry, human resources manager at the Oxnard Procter & Gamble site, and Rigoberto Vargas, public health director at Ventura County ... (more)

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Volunteer tutors are needed to help adults learn to read.

Investigators with the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office also had not been able to reach his mother, who lives in a remote area of El Salvador.

The Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency's special meeting to consider emergency pumping restrictions and other drought-related actions will be 1 p.m. Friday in supervisors chambers at the Ventura County Government Center, 800 S. Victoria Ave. The Fox Canyon board drew what was believed to be a record crowd when it first took up the issue at ... (more)

Port Hueneme City Councilwoman Sylvia MuA oz Schnopp announced Wednesday that she has decided not to run for the Assembly seat being vacated by Jeff Gorell.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division celebrated Black History Month by hosting a mock game show on African American history Tuesday, Feb. 25 - an event that was co-sponsored by the command's African American Focus Group and the command's Civilian Morale, Welfare and Recreation group.

Photo by Andrea Howry / Lighthouse Brittany Barton, a financial educator with the Fleet & Family Support Center, chats with CWO2 Ken Ingle of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 as he picks up information to take back to Seabees.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme listen to a presenter Monday during the Healthcare Career Exploration at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard.

The 2014 Active Duty Fund Drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is being conducted through April 27. NMCRS provided assistance to more than 870 local Sailors, Marines and their families in Ventura County last year.

Photo courtesy NMCB 4 Ensign Brian Douglas of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 briefs other students on his company defense plan through use of his terrain model during an annual Tactical Unit Leadership Course.

A man was arrested in Port Hueneme late Sunday after allegedly being involved in a stabbing that injured another man, officials said.

KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Sarah Ziff with the Conejo Open Classroom Leadership Magnet School is congratulated Thursday for representing the millionth student to attend a live theater performance at the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

Born with a disability known as congenital amputation, Kyle Maynard has never said no to a challenge.

Most folks don't even know they exist, but the Channel Islands are a chain of eight moderately sized mountains poking through the Pacific Ocean along the coast of southern California, between Santa Barbara and San Diego.

There will be a members-only workshop Wednesday about creating a portrait using raw-edge appliquA©.

More of the beach at Port Hueneme is washing away. A new report shows an additional 14 feet of sand washed away in the past month.