SIDEWALK SURFERS: Skateboarders who favor the sloping...

SIDEWALK SURFERS: Skateboarders who favor the sloping parking lots of Camarillo’s shopping malls are joining local activists to build a skateboard park (B6). . . . Using the name Place to Skate, a citizens committee of more than a dozen members has been meeting to raise cash and design the new park. . . . Ruben Miranda, 18, vice chairman of the committee, sees potential in the progress that has been made so far. . . . “Sooner or later, they have to look our way and see that we’re doing something good,” he said.

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JUST SAY NO: El Centrito de la Colonia, an Oxnard-based social service agency, has concluded an innovative campaign aimed at curbing drunk driving in the Latino community. . . . In partnership with Oxnard Adult School, El Centrito introduced the Spanish-language program to more than 2,000 English as a Second Language students this past week. . . . El Centrito representatives said the program is badly needed, noting that Latinos represent 80% of all drunk-driving arrests in Oxnard but make up only 54% of the city’s population. “That’s why we’re so pleased to provide this important information to the Latino community,” said Luann Rocha, El Centrito’s co-director.

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PLAY BALL: As Camarillo’s new mayor, Ken Gose has his priorities straight (B1). He wants to attract clean industries to the city and the skilled jobs that come with them. . . . But the 72-year-old, who won a seat on the council in 1990, said one of his biggest ambitions is to land a minor league baseball team. . . . “I guess it’s a dream more than anything else, but I want to get a sports complex big enough to house a professional baseball team,” Gose said. “You can do a lot more with a complex like that than just baseball.”

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MOLEST CHARGES: Ventura County prosecutors have charged a 48-year-old Camarillo business executive with using his position at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Camarillo to lure a 12-year-old girl into at least 10 sexual encounters earlier this year (B1).