Port Hueneme News

Ventura Star file photo Adrian Calleja and his sister Adriana Diego, of Oxnard, stand in support of the immigrant children who are being sheltered at Naval Base Ventura County on Tuesday..

A Port Hueneme shelter that's housing hundreds of unaccompanied children who have illegally crossed the Southwest border is operating near or at capacity, visitors say.

Karla Salazar, right, and Ellen Leonard on Tuesday joined nearly 100 demonstrators at the naval base in Port Hueneme, where hundreds of immigrant children are being housed.

As the border crisis continues, the Department of Defense is requesting that additional military bases make housing facilities and land available to accommodate a continued influx of illegal alien children.

Adrian Calleja and his sister Adriana Diego, of Oxnard, stand in support of the immigrant children who are being sheltered at a naval base in Port Hueneme, Calif., outside the base Tursday, July 8, 2014.

Adrian Calleja and his sister Adriana Diego, of Oxnard, stand in support of the immigrant children who are being sheltered at a naval base in Port Hueneme, Calif., outside the base Tursday, July 8, 2014.

Protester Darlene Mosser sits outside the Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme on Tuesday, when religious, community and legislative leaders toured the facility holding hundreds of unaccompanied minor detainees.

KCAL9's Jeff Nguyen reports dozens of people rallied Tuesday outside the Port Hueneme Naval Base, where 575 undocumented immigrants ages 13-17 have been detained since last month.

California lawmakers and religious leaders say they are pleased with the conditions of a temporary shelter in Ventura County for children caught crossing the border but, they're worried about the young immigrants' future.

Given the millions of dollars the port has spent to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, the potential for increased competition from ports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast via a widened Panama Canal and the changes that technology have wrought, it's smart for the Oxnard Harbor District and the Port of Hueneme to figure out if there is a better way ... (more)

Opening LOVE Organic Spa, Salon and Yoga opened at 2944-E. Tapo Canyon Road, offering skin, hair and body care as well as yoga classes.

Over the last few weeks, there has been somewhat of a panic over the recent relocation of Central American immigrant children to Naval Base Port Hueneme.

Commissioners of the Oxnard Harbor District who oversee the Port of Hueneme voted unanimously Monday in favor of a resolution that would cut certain payments it's been making to the city of Port Hueneme for nearly 30 years.

JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Malik Muriithi, of Ventura, has his mother, Brandy Hurd, take his photo with Civil War soldier re-enactors Jay Collins, his son Justin, Victor Williams and Clyde Phillips during Saturday's Juneteenth celebration at Plaza Park in Oxnard.

As a heel - wrestling-speak for a bad guy - Jake "The Snake" Roberts spent 30 years making crowds hate him.

ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Capt. Christopher Kurgan, incoming commander of Naval Construction Group 1, exits the change-of-command ceremony at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme on Friday after assuming his new role.

Parents whose children are registered at Child and Youth Programs at Naval Base Ventura County can now go online to sign up for hourly child care and make payments.

Photo by YN2 Paulyn Santiago / NOSC Ventura County As Rear Adm. Russell Allen, deputy commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, looks on, Capt.

Photo by Andrea Howry / Lighthouse Michael Joyce, left, a recreation aide for Morale, Welfare and Recreation, helps staff the Outdoor Adventure Center that Matthew Musser, right, now manages.

Photo by RPSA Paloma Gooch / NMCB 5 Lt. Matthew Riley, the chaplain for Naval Mobile Construction Battlion 5, carries the battalion flag as PSSN Wilbert O'Neill Baez carries the torch during the Law Enforcement Torch Run, the annual prelude to the Special Olympics of Southern California.