Channel Islands High School security administrator, Peter “Petey” Rivas, will be the first to tell anyone that he considered himself “one of those homies,” before moving to Oxnard, California when he was sixteen years old. Through his job and his experiences, Rivas is convinced that Oxnard is not the bad…

Reporting by Elvin Gonzalez, Video by Anthony Lopez, Photos by Damaris Galeano, Editing by Melanie Guerrero The transition back to on-campus learning can take a toll on students’ mental health, as it is not always about studying. The return to in-person learning comes with students taking classes on campus and…

Oxnard has been called many things throughout my years growing up there. “The Nard,” or “The 805” (the area code of Ventura County) have been its most recent, nicer, nicknames. Eventually, those will pass and someone somewhere will find another name to call my town. Yet, in all my years…

All my life, I have been a part of the Oxnard, California community. At least, I thought I did. As a child, I spent my summer afternoons riding my bike around my neighborhood with the other neighborhood kids. On the weekends, my family and I went to church and spent…