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The La Quinta Inn in Ventura, which will be converted into permanent housing for homeless people or those at risk of homelessness. (courtesy photo) In the latest Homekey grant from the state to combat homelessness across the Central Coast, Ventura has received $32.1 million to convert a hotel into permanent supportive housing. The funding, announced
The Santa Barbara Foundation is putting its considerable weight behind a plan to restore a balance of housing supply and demand that has not existed on the South Coast for at least a generation. For 25 years or more the prevailing NIMBY attitude has confined poor families to housing stress and blocked many middle-class families
The state has declared a citrus tree quarantine in a portion of Santa Paula following the detection of the Huanglongbing disease in some of the trees. The five-mile radius quarantine, the first such one in Ventura County, was announced Oct. 3 by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Through routine inspections, the disease had
AgWest Farm Credit donated $73,500 to Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria to support the OB/GYN Residency Program Clinic, the hospital announced on Oct. 3. To celebrate the donation, AgWest Farm Credit presented a check and held a presentation event at the Marian Regional Medical Center on Oct. 5. According to a press release,
When I first wrote about the Amgen Biotech Experience, it was in the process of rolling out LabXchange, an innovative approach using virtual platforms to transform science education and open the field to a more diverse generation of students. This month the program took another step forward with new funding that will bring the Biotech