COMPUTER TUTOR: A child of La Colonia...

COMPUTER TUTOR: A child of La Colonia himself, 53-year-old Jose Figueroa now teaches youngsters the magic of computers in English and Spanish in a converted school two blocks from his childhood home (B1). . . . Retired as a computer systems analyst at the Seabee base in Port Hueneme, the lifelong Oxnard resident said his new job at El Centrito de La Colonia is a nice fit. . . . “I like to think I still have some feel for the area,” he said. “I’ve come full circle.”

OVERCLASS CLASS: Where have all the Yuppies gone? Some have become the nation’s new Overclass--the influential of the Baby Boom generation. . . . Chosen among the Overclass 100 this week by Newsweek was Ventura’s Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia clothing firm. . . . A spokesman said Chouinard, who was mountain climbing, wouldn’t mind the magazine’s elite designation because it “mentioned that 1% of our annual gross goes to environmental causes. That’s certainly something he’d want other companies to follow.”

HEY JC: Tell me whatsa happenin’. The young actor playing Jesus Christ at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza this week has a surfer’s cut (B4). . . . “It’s not your standard angelic portrayal of Jesus,” said Justin Lees-Smith, a 19-year-old from Newbury Park who plays Jesus. “It’s a nice twist. This play is about forgetting stereotypes.” . . . The Young Artists Ensemble presentation of “Jesus Christ Superstar” opens Thursday and runs through Aug. 5.

DESERT DINGER: As promoters pushed Tuesday for a minor league baseball stadium in Ventura (B2), the Lancaster City Council approved a $10-million stadium (B9). . . . When the Lancaster park opens in the spring, it will be the fourth new Class-A complex in the region since 1991. . . . Ventura’s $70-million baseball stadium/aquatic center/raceway was touted as an attraction that would bring $10 million a year to the city. “That’s serious revenue,” race-car driver Sterling Taylor said.