Oxnard council to hear Measure O update
A Measure O study session at 6 p.m. Tuesday will precede the Oxnard City Council meeting. The city's half-cent sales tax is expected to bring in at least $11 million this year.
View ArticleOxnard candidate reports $5,000 contribution
One of Oxnard's 13 City Council candidates reported a $5,000 contribution from a Sacramento group dedicated to electing Latino Republicans in California.
View ArticleSpecial election
In the too crowded field of 13 candidates for Tuesday's special election, one stands out as best qualified to fill the vacant seat on the Oxnard City Council. I already sent in my absentee ballot for...
View ArticleCouncil candidate Perello reports latest campaign loan
Oxnard City Council candidate Bert Perello loaned more money to his campaign, a recent filing shows.
View Article'It's never over until you stop trying,' Santa Clara grads told
Santa Clara High School's graduation ceremony began with the 72 graduates of the private Catholic high school in Oxnard ringing the school's bell 13 times, a tradition that started in 1901 when the...
View ArticleBerry grower, union donate to Oxnard candidates
Oxnard council candidate Jo Ann Olivares reported a $1,000 contribution from berry grower Reiter Affiliated, in the final stretch of Tuesday's special election.
View ArticleLate filing shows fund spending more than $14,000 in Oxnard election
An eleventh-hour filing by CAUSE's new action fund shows a committee has spent more than $14,000 to support one of 13 candidates in Oxnard's special council election Tuesday - making it the biggest...
View ArticlePerello wins Oxnard special election
Bert Perello appeared headed for a win of the special election Tuesday to fill Oxnard’s vacant City Council seat.
View ArticleCouncil win puts Perello on other side of Oxnard dais
It was a win years in the making, and one likely to reshape Oxnard City Hall.
View ArticleEditorial: Oxnard's decision
In the special election to fill a vacancy on the Oxnard City Council, 13 candidates were on the ballot Tuesday but voters were scarce.
View ArticlePerello's Oxnard council victory finalized
Final results released late Friday afternoon seal Bert Perello's victory in Oxnard's special city council race. He had a strong showing, taking 25.9 percent of votes in the crowded race.
View ArticleBert Perello, the outsider, headed inside Oxnard City Council
Bert Perello, a longtime critic of Oxnard's operations, will soon be a councilman. During the day, he delivers mail in Santa Paula on rural routes that remind him of his days growing up on a lemon ranch.
View ArticleFire station financing to go to Oxnard council; Perello to be sworn in
The Oxnard council will consider a financing plan for the new fire station in College Park that involves a lease deal through outside entities.
View ArticleOxnard's newest councilman sworn in at lighthearted ceremony
Bert Perello, the mail carrier who won a decisive victory in Oxnard's special City Council election last week, received cheers and applause when he was sworn in Tuesday night.
View ArticleOxnard council meeting, with gavel clash, shows new dynamics in play
Before Oxnard's council meeting wrapped up at 3 a.m., chambers were jolted by a loud gavel strike from the mayor, who threatened to eject a colleague from the dais.
View ArticleOxnard favors utility subsidy for low-income seniors
Oxnard leaders favored estabilishing a subsidy program to help low-income seniors with city utility bills. The City Council is expected to consider a formal plan later this year.
View ArticleOxnard council to hear golf course report
A golf course loan, water program update, and $562 million capital improvement plan are on the Oxnard City Council agenda for Tuesday night.
View ArticleGroundwater program, coffee pot, top off Oxnard council meeting
Oxnard is about halfway through the $220 million first phase of water infrastructure projects.
View ArticleSeabridge school forum tackles agricultural spraying
Tuesday's meeting was the second community forum regarding the thorny topic of the proposed K-5 elementary school for 600 pupils in the Oxnard School District.
View ArticleOxnard council approves construction list, with caveats
The Oxnard City Council unanimously approved a five-year plan for $562 million of infrastructure projects Tuesday night.
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