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Funding is in place to install memorial signs dedicating a section of the 101 Freeway in Camarillo to a deputy killed by a drunk driver last year. Now it's up to Caltrans to determine when the signs will be installed.

Officials estimated the cost of the project at around $7,000. Since then, Camarillo, Ventura County and an organization representing Ventura County deputies have stepped up to pay for the memorial to Ventura County Sheriff's Dep. Eugene Kostiuchenko, who was struck and killed on the freeway near Lewis Road last October.

OXNARD, Calif. - Farmers could hook up to Oxnard’s recycled water output this summer if a proposal to temporarily use another agency’s pipeline is approved by regulators this week…

That the plan got to the board at all is credited to the efforts of Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, the Thousand Oaks Democrat. Irwin got the parties to sit down together in April after the idea initially fizzled because of permitting clashes.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - A water conservation expo hosted by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, will take place on Saturday at Civic Arts Plaza, a space that might look different to the former councilwoman.

Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, has received strong bipartisan support for her bills introduced to the Assembly that would help veterans rejoin the workforce and access key services, improve community-college retention rates, address cybersecurity threats and assist disabled persons in creating savings funds.

Assembly Bill 931, also known as the “Hire a Hero Tax Credit,” increases incentives for employers who hire veterans, while AB 171 creates assistance for veterans to apply for federal benefits.

SACRAMENTO — Buried deep within the $117.2 billion state budget both houses of the Legislature are expected to approve Monday is a $500,000 line item to provide start-up funding to launch CSU Channel Islands first engineering degree program.

SAN FRANCISCO — The same Chinese hackers who breached the records of at least four million government workers through the Office of Personnel Management appear to have been responsible for similar thefts of personal data at two major health care firms, Anthem and Premera, according to cybersecurity experts.

The multiple attacks, which began last year and were all discovered this spring, appear to mark a new era in cyberespionage with the theft of huge quantities of data and no clear motive for the hackers.

Ventura County Star
By: Gretchen Wenner

"…Earlier this year, a simple proposal for ferrying ultrapure recycled water from a new facility to drought-stricken growers was tripped up by regulatory tangles.

But on Thursday, a meeting in Los Angeles convened by Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, revived the idea and left attendees feeling positive..."

OUT OF THE NO-SPIN ZONE – Freshman Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin of Thousand Oaks may have set some sort of record for longest time served as an legislator without promoting herself. She was sworn into office on Dec. 2, and it was not until last week that her office issued its first press release.