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Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub, head Public Defender Claudia Bautista and the county's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Phin Xaypangna, will be among the speakers at an online Community Forum titled Public Safety and Local Police Reform on Thursday, May 19 at 7 p.m. via Zoom.

Also participating will be Vanessa Valdez, President of the Ventura County Latinx Bar Association. The forum will be moderated by Cynthia Salas, President of the Santa Paula Latino Town Hall.

The forum will serve as a progress report on actions that the county has taken to enhance public safety and racial equity in its workforce, programs and services, focusing on local police reforms, and what more might be needed.

Last year, the county established the Public Safety Racial Equity Advisory Group. Xaypangna will report on the formation and mission of that group, and Public Defender Bautista, who is the advisory group's co-chair, will speak about its progress and future plans.

Sheriff Ayub will discuss local police reform efforts and Valdez will talk about experiences and perceptions from the community. Spanish interpretation of the program will be available.

Links in English and Spanish to register for the online forum are available at forum.chaliceuu.org. The forum, a program of Chalice Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Conejo Valley, is free; donations are welcome to support future events.

For information, visit the Community Forum website or contact Randall Edwards via e-mail at forum@chaliceuu.org or by phone through the church office at (805) 498-9548.

The Good Good Show is a monthly stand up comedy show featuring up & coming and established comics that you've seen or heard on Comedy Central, Showtime, HBO MAX, Adult Swim, Jimmy Kimmel Live, BET, Amazon Prime, Sirius XM and more.
FEATURING: Frank Castillo, Sharelle Pierce, Julie Weidmann, Sammy Mowrey and Will Burkart.
Come have a laugh with us and enjoy a delicious craft beer!
7:30pm
Show is 21+ and $10

The Museum of Ventura County has been partnering with the Ventura County Library to bring bilingual (in English and Spanish) in-person Story Time every first Friday of the month at 3pm. This month's theme is SPACE. That way kids will have time to come right after school. Join us for stories, then play and learn in the Evelyn and Howard Boroughs Chumash Children’s Garden, a fabulous and FREE outing for ALL!

SISTERS SECOND SATURDAY - Come join us every Second Saturday in beautiful downtown Los Alamos (population 1634) at our carefully curated open air artisan + farm market! Great vintage finds, handwoven + hand dyed textiles, hand-spun yarn, organic body care products + locally grown organic eats.

Next market is Saturday, May 14, 11 AM to 4 PM.

SISTERS GIFTS + HOME, 439 Bell Street, Los Alamos.

Vendors interested in joining us pls call 805-722-4338

Pierre Claeyssens ​​Veterans Foundation invites you to join them and local First Responders as they pay tribute to those who died serving our country on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. sharp at the Santa Barbara Cemetery (901 Channel Drive., Santa Barbara, CA 93108).

Representatives of local first responders attending include:
The California Highway Patrol, Santa Barbara Area
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
Santa Barbara Police Department
Santa Barbara City Fire Department
Santa Barbara County Fire Department
Montecito Fire Protection District

They will also be joined by the University of California, Santa Barbara ROTC, the Santa Barbara Choral Society and the Gold Coast Pipe Band ending with a thrilling flyover of the Condor Squadron's four T-6 Texan airplanes.

This is a free event and there will be free parking on site. To learn more, please visit https://www.pcvf.org/2022-memorial-day-ceremony

The average American accumulates 4.4 pounds of waste a day. According to the EPA, nearly 42% of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the production and use of goods, including food, products and packaging.

What if we could go to zero waste: reducing what we use, reusing what we can, and sending nothing to our landfills?

Join CMATO for Driving Through Landfills, a special presentation by Matt Trouts of Athens Services, and learn how to reduce waste, conserve resources and create a healthier community for everyone. This presentation complements the Museum's current exhibition, Landscape Through the Eyes of Abstraction.

Admission to is free but pre-registration is required.

Dr. Noelle Nelson is the featured speaker at Unity of Ventura, Sunday, May 15. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. and are at the Santa Paula Room in the Poinsettia Pavilion (3451 Foothill Rd., Ventura). Dr. Noelle’s topic for Sunday is “You matter. You count. You are important!” She will discuss how the act of appreciating oneself and others is critical to successfully navigating through these chaotic times.

A long-time member of Unity of Ventura, and Vice-President of its Board of Trustees, Dr. Noelle knew from the first service she attended back in 2010, that she’d found her spiritual home and has never wavered since. A clinical psychologist, consultant, podcaster and author of over a dozen best-selling books, Dr. Noelle focuses on how we can all enjoy happy, fulfilling lives while accomplishing great things in love, at home and at work, through the appreciation of ourselves and our world. Two of her most recent books are "Phoenix Rising: Surviving Catastrophic Loss: Fires, Floods, Hurricanes and Tornadoes" and “The Longevity Secret: How to Live Happy, Healthy & Vibrant Into Your 70s, 80s, 90s and Beyond."

Music during the service will be provided by Smitty and Juljia, Ojai-based artists known for their uplifting sounds and sensational vocal harmonies. Unity of Ventura celebrates diversity and honors our Oneness. All lifestyles, faiths, genders and ethnicities are welcome. Following the service is an informal gathering for coffee/tea/snacks on the Poinsettia Pavilion patio with its panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. For more information, contact Jana Rector at 805-794-5787 or go to www.UnityofVentura.org.

Join author and plant educator Lanny Kaufer for the second in a series of leisurely evening strolls on the historic wetland that is now the Ojai Meadows Preserve on Wednesday, May 18, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. He’ll identify native plants that have been used for centuries by the Chumash and other Indigenous people of California for food, medicine, fiber, housing, ceremony and much more. Gardeners will see how these plants can be used in home yard and garden landscapes. Participants will view first-hand the many benefits of the preservation and restoration of this special piece of land by the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC). In the pond at the low spot in the wetland, the group will likely see waterfowl and typical wetland plants such as tules. This walk is presented under a Special Use Permit from OVLC.

Before the walk, Kaufer will have copies of his book, Medicinal Herbs of California, available for sale and signing. A number of plants that the group will meet can be found in the book. He’ll also have Milt McAuley’s classic Wildflowers of the Santa Monica Mountains which includes every plant they’ll see.
Paid registrants will receive a confirmation email with parking directions, what to bring, weather forecast, etc. Afterwards, they will get a follow-up email with a list of all plants and wildlife seen. No dogs or smoking, please. Light rain will not cancel. Heavy rain will.

The cost for the walk is $25/person. Senior, student and child discounts are available by request. Register now at HerbWalks.com or by calling 805-646-6281.

The Elite Theatre Company is excited to welcome audiences to our next main stage production, ‘Night, Mother, directed by Brian Robert Harris. April 22, 2022 through May 22, 2022, Fri-Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Marsha Norman’s astonishing play explores a mother’s and daughter’s lives, relationships and up-to-the-minute life-defining choices with unblinking honesty, raw humor, and suspense. The Elite Theatre Company is located at 2731 Victoria Avenue, in Fisherman’s Wharf at the Channel Islands Harbor in Oxnard, California.