URGENT CARE: For the past 18 years,...

URGENT CARE: For the past 18 years, Roberto Juarez has guided the efforts of Clinicas del Camino Real, a nonprofit provider of health care to poor people from Ojai to Oxnard. . . . Now he’s broadening his efforts to helping the medically underserved nationwide. Juarez, executive director of Clinicas, has been named to head the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health. . . . The committee, appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, advises federal officials on the health conditions and medical needs of migrant farm workers. Juarez will serve a four-year term, starting later this year.

CAREER CHANGE: Randy Clark, who has an inoperable brain tumor, is suing his life insurance carrier after the firm canceled his policy (B1). Clark, a paving contractor, says he finds his background in biology a help in understanding his condition. . . . Clark planned to become a doctor himself, but he made $90,000 one summer paving driveways and decided to go that route.

UP THE COAST: East Ventura County resident Tom Selleck will be heading north this week when his newest film, “Ruby, Jean and Joe,” is shown at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The salute to Selleck, set for Thursday, sold out quickly, even faster than the programs featuring Sigourney Weaver and Brian Dennehy. . . . This is Selleck’s first appearance at the 11-year-old festival. His movie, which co-stars JoBeth Williams, is described as a contemporary western.

AND DOWN SOUTH: Dave Alan Johnson, another east Ventura County resident, has been busy in a different medium. He’s writing and producing “High Incident,” which debuted last Monday on ABC. The show, which garnered some critical applause, is the story of cops in the little city. . . . Is it based on life in Ventura County? “It’s more the San Fernando Valley,” Johnson says. The 40-year-old Johnson acted for a number of years and has a small part in the show’s fourth episode.