@@Booer Because television was nicer. Radio was nicer. Communicating was nicer. Today and since television is cruddier. Radio is crud. Technology is promoting massive information crud. People are cruddy to each other as a result of media going ape-shit commie.
Things usually seem nicer because were perceiving something through an idealistic view. People often rather remember what was great about something and not what was mediocre or bad. In 1961 the town was most likely segregated so take that how you like :/
Raised in Oxnard and moved, but still love the place. I bring my kids often ...back then, now I still come to visit with my wife all the way from Am. Samoa annually..
I was born 1960 in Oxnard I love looking at this kinda stuff 62 yrs later I'm still here left Oxnard a couple of time but came back never leaving again this is my home town then know & forever 💯🇺🇸
Thanks for this great documentary, my family moved here from Texas in 1965, it was a great place to live back then there was, no bad people we could leave the house door open and windows open at night without worring that someone would come steal or do harm. Everything changes with growing towns it attracts people from different parts of the world and with that comes trouble.
That was amazing! Born and raised there in the 60's & 70's. Still get homesick now and then. Thank you so much for posting. Gotta go and share this now with my siblings - they'll be glad to see it too!
4:15 I can proudly say the Pagoda is still standing! We moved to Oxnard in 1964. I had no idea we could have gone up the water tank! The ominous prediction of the farmland being lost has only partially come true. It’s a tribute to the city that the vast majority of farmland is still productive. I’m now 64 and recognize most of these sites. What a trip.
Raised in Oxnard this video makes me feel happy cause I was born in the 80s and lived most of my life in Oxnard and I see beauty in the whole city. I now stay in Ventura but as soon as I can back to Oxnard I Go
Wow that’s so crazy and haunting because Social Media that we have now didn’t exist back then. Also I am from Oxnard, California and The Collection was built in 2011 I think and now new places are built in Oxnard which is crazy. I either ride my bike or ride in a car to The Collection in Oxnard.
43:14 When the only remaining structure of the Colonial House was the dilapidated fireplace I helped myself to a chunk of a red brick. I had no idea those bricks had such a history in themselves. Martin V Smith deserves his own video here, considering Colonial House helped launch his career which shaped northeast Oxnard.
They did a better job now in that area creating the collections! I do miss the Mall tho. I remember Derick Fisher from the Lakers was there signing autographs 🥰 in the mid 90’s.
During this time my family was living in Port Hueneme. As nice as it seems my family despite being from the country surrounding areas Of Santa Paula and Ventura where not treated very well for decades.
Was your family mistreated for being latino? I feel like alot of comments saying its not the same and how they dont like it now dont like that its multicultural and latinos own property and business we dont just work in there fields and clean there houses.
@@aleadalopez1127 We must remember it was them who came here and pushed us out. Yes there are many people with the mindset that they want these areas to go back to being white . I would not want that for my kids. Yes we are Latino Native American
Moved to Oxnard in 1962 and from there to Port Hueneme in 1963. I lived there until the end of 1974. The area changed so much during the time I was there and now I don’t know if I could recognize it?
1960s Oxnard back when it was only 40k people. Now we're at 200,000+ hahaha! I Love My Hometown, if they only made it less car-centric and city gov. showed some love to the East and Southsides of town it would be a much better place!
@@kentduryea1741 lol get over it old fart. Whites are the reason Oxnard is so shitty now. Thanks to white racist people now Oxnard has bad things going on !
When the Colonial House Restaurant closed down in 1986, the empty restaurant was transformed into an indoor gym cuz my dad was the last manager at the Colonial House Motel right next door to it. Wished that I knew Robert Garcia a little better back then as we're about the same age. We could of turned that place into a real boxing gym. The good ol memories of growing up in La Colonia. Oxnard's old boxing gym is located right next to my old elementary school Juanita Elementary but it's been changed to Caesar Chavez Elementary now.
I remember the Colonia area being a bad part of town. Lots of Hispanics looking for trouble. I lived in the Park West area on the beach side of Ventura Rd. When I played for Beck I scored a flag football touchdown against Colonia at Kamala School. So proud we beat them that day. Made me feel brave.
I love Oxnard been here all my 30+ years it’s what you make of it. Don’t like it get out simple. It’s not the city its the people that make the city bad
If only Oxnards government actually cared about our communities that need the help. Our city is in huge debt so gentrification is the only way out in their eyes.
13:23 If you ever visit that harbor get the fish & chips at Andria's, trust me. It isn't cheap so come ready to spend 20 dollars a meal. It's worth it.
Do you remember a small Mexican restaurant on 800 Wooley Rd. called Taco Mio? The best tacos and toquitoes ever. Especially the tacos with the cheese incorporated into the meat topped by lettuce and tomatoes wrapped in orange paper with the grease seeping through. God how I wish I could taste those delicious tacos again. A pleasure never to be forgotten or not yearned for. Loved Taco Mio. Sure wish I could have gotten the recipe for their tacos before they went out of business.
At about 40:00 they talk about Eastwood park.. Isn't that Northside Little League and where Curren School is now?! I still have great memories of that place in the 90s and it's totally different. This video should be taught in every Oxnard school. However, my fear is that most people will only focus on the race of the people rather than the town that we shared and still love. Man, that racism is killing me inside!! Fuck the racism, this is about our OXNARD!!!
@@Booer Hey man. That's strange. I totally explained it in a comment to you, now that comment is gone. Anyhow, nards is slang for nads, which is slang for nuts, and an Ox is a giant bull-like animal, with big nards. I hope this comment doesn't get erased again.
I live in Oxnard and I can see what lack of education does to beautiful place. Now I can see the fruit of bad politicians money lover democrats that love money more than the city and it's people. I am Mexican but I understand the damage of giving financial benefits to irresponsible lazy people that don't know how to take care of their own city. The long term damage will be catastrophic. That's exactly what happened to Oxnard. We should spend money on educating people and teach them how to be a better person and good parents instead of giving them money. Its sad to see a beautiful city become a welfare hungry and ignorant city. When people spray paint the streets and leave their trash and old appliances and furniture in the the streets and alleys that is how you can tell the level of ignorance. Hope you can understand my English, but I'm trying to educate myself and think rational.
So sad, you couldn’t have a Nativity scene out like that anymore in Oxnard! So many human roaches everywhere who would probably steal from their own mother 4:35
Grew up in Port Hueneme and have lived all around Oxnard. I've mostly stayed around the beaches. Still my home to this day. Over 50 years and I still love it. Of course life was much better here before the Covid scam came around.
@@Booer what ? It’s true, I’m a Mexican myself and have lived since I was 9 months old in south Oxnard. Half of the police department can get outran by a 14 year old kid who smokes backwoods and lays in bed all day. I know from experience
Dr. Greathouse died in January 2019. RIP and Thank You Dr G. for this fine documentary.
May he rest in peace🙏
RIP 🙏🙏
Fuck that nigga
C S YOUR A MORON FOR SURE
@@kaiserr1263 fuck you
I am from there, seemed so much nicer back then.
Why do think it seemed nicer back then..
@@Booer Because television was nicer. Radio was nicer. Communicating was nicer. Today and since television is cruddier. Radio is crud. Technology is promoting massive information crud. People are cruddy to each other as a result of media going ape-shit commie.
@@Booer cause it wasn’t filled with crack heads who steal little kids bikes when you leave them outside
Things usually seem nicer because were perceiving something through an idealistic view. People often rather remember what was great about something and not what was mediocre or bad. In 1961 the town was most likely segregated so take that how you like :/
What an amazing documentation of history! I was born in Oxnard in 1961, raised in Port Hueneme and learned a great deal from this outstanding film.
So was I April 1961 at St. John's.
Born in 1959 in Oxnard. Lived in College Park. In 1959 our Dad started working the Press Courier & work there until it closed. What a ride.
Raised in Oxnard and moved, but still love the place. I bring my kids often ...back then, now I still come to visit with my wife all the way from Am. Samoa annually..
I was born 1960 in Oxnard I love looking at this kinda stuff 62 yrs later I'm still here left Oxnard a couple of time but came back never leaving again this is my home town then know & forever 💯🇺🇸
Thanks for this great documentary, my family moved here from Texas in 1965, it was a great place to live back then there was, no bad people we could leave the house door open and windows open at night without worring that someone would come steal or do harm. Everything changes with growing towns it attracts people from different parts of the world and with that comes trouble.
Oh, what's your solution to a problem like this...yah nut
i live here all my life and still live here..i leave windows and door unlocked and nobody steals anything..
@@gsstilo57805 fr me too! We gotta look out for each other as neighbors
Ok Karen. Don’t be one is those.
@@Booer Deportation and strict enforcement of immigration law
That was amazing! Born and raised there in the 60's & 70's. Still get homesick now and then. Thank you so much for posting. Gotta go and share this now with my siblings - they'll be glad to see it too!
I don’t know if you wanna come back, crime rittled city, except the mid north, all suburbs there
Wonderful to look back and learn!
This is such a gem. I visited Oxnard a few times in the 1970's.
4:15 I can proudly say the Pagoda is still standing! We moved to Oxnard in 1964. I had no idea we could have gone up the water tank!
The ominous prediction of the farmland being lost has only partially come true. It’s a tribute to the city that the vast majority of farmland is still productive. I’m now 64 and recognize most of these sites. What a trip.
Thank you for uploading... it has changed so much..
Raised in Oxnard this video makes me feel happy cause I was born in the 80s and lived most of my life in Oxnard and I see beauty in the whole city. I now stay in Ventura but as soon as I can back to Oxnard I Go
I was born at St. Johns Hospital in April 1961. How cool to see this.
Can the current residents please stop lighting firecrackers at 1am? Thank you 🙄
No
@@anubisgodofdeath5992 You'll be cited and arrested someday. Good on the cops when they lay the law down on punks like you.
Lol, those are gunshots.
@@brandonspence8267 what an asinine statement, prove it Sherlock.
why didn't they show this in school
I love my home out here. But everywhere looked WAY more peaceful.
Wow! thank you for sharing. Take care! - Oxnard Native
It’s cool to see some buildings in this video now in 2022.
You could barely tell
As a current resident, this is amazing.
I grew up in cypress gardens, south Oxnard, the city never seemed this beautiful in all of my 14 years of living here
I grew up in squires drive projects. Good times
Wow that’s so crazy and haunting because Social Media that we have now didn’t exist back then. Also I am from Oxnard, California and The Collection was built in 2011 I think and now new places are built in Oxnard which is crazy. I either ride my bike or ride in a car to The Collection in Oxnard.
Fast forward. I worked with Dave on that switchboard. That must've been the switch room in the photo. A very nice guy.
43:14 When the only remaining structure of the Colonial House was the dilapidated fireplace I helped myself to a chunk of a red brick. I had no idea those bricks had such a history in themselves. Martin V Smith deserves his own video here, considering Colonial House helped launch his career which shaped northeast Oxnard.
I grew up in Oxnard (El Rio)...left for the service in '63...came back in '89....couldn't wait to get the hell out...it's a shame
What happened my dude
The woke era got started in Oxnard in the 70s.
I hope you left back to service you old shit
@@kentduryea1741 do you even hear yourself talk? "Woke era" how deeply unserious do you have to be to say this
Hi David long time no see - nice video thank you for posting
Thank you! I'm from there.
The little boy must be 65 today
I was Born in Oxnard 1960. My father was head of research and development for the Navy. Their first computer was a vacuum punch card system.
They did a better job now in that area creating the collections! I do miss the Mall tho. I remember Derick Fisher from the Lakers was there signing autographs 🥰 in the mid 90’s.
During this time my family was living in Port Hueneme. As nice as it seems my family despite being from the country surrounding areas Of Santa Paula and Ventura where not treated very well for decades.
Was your family mistreated for being latino? I feel like alot of comments saying its not the same and how they dont like it now dont like that its multicultural and latinos own property and business we dont just work in there fields and clean there houses.
@@aleadalopez1127 We must remember it was them who came here and pushed us out. Yes there are many people with the mindset that they want these areas to go back to being white . I would not want that for my kids. Yes we are Latino Native American
Mexicans never are treated well. Too bad. But that's life.
Look at all those classic cars 😮
Moved to Oxnard in 1962 and from there to Port Hueneme in 1963. I lived there until the end of 1974. The area changed so much during the time I was there and now I don’t know if I could recognize it?
It’s a horrible place to live now
@@jlg5798 depends what area
Maybe cus your a straight up racist my dude
@@jlg5798 fuxking brain lit
They only speak Spanish there now.
1960s Oxnard back when it was only 40k people. Now we're at 200,000+ hahaha! I Love My Hometown, if they only made it less car-centric and city gov. showed some love to the East and Southsides of town it would be a much better place!
How it should still be
Viva Oxnard!
Yea back in 61 . Today’s Oxnard is a cesspool
It's long live Oxnard. But seeing that only Mexicans now live there it's Viva Oxnard. Not the Oxnard I grew up in. More diversity back in the 60s.
@@kentduryea1741 lol get over it old fart. Whites are the reason Oxnard is so shitty now. Thanks to white racist people now Oxnard has bad things going on !
I'm so happy they mentioned Saticoy:)
You can tell this was in the 60s by the font on all the billboards and wow the price of homes was so low 😭
When the Colonial House Restaurant closed down in 1986, the empty restaurant was transformed into an indoor gym cuz my dad was the last manager at the Colonial House Motel right next door to it. Wished that I knew Robert Garcia a little better back then as we're about the same age. We could of turned that place into a real boxing gym. The good ol memories of growing up in La Colonia. Oxnard's old boxing gym is located right next to my old elementary school Juanita Elementary but it's been changed to Caesar Chavez Elementary now.
I remember the Colonia area being a bad part of town. Lots of Hispanics looking for trouble. I lived in the Park West area on the beach side of Ventura Rd. When I played for Beck I scored a flag football touchdown against Colonia at Kamala School. So proud we beat them that day. Made me feel brave.
You must be an old geezer with that racist mentality. You never changed your mindset.
Oxnard is a high income area . Average house here is 500k. They just have a lot of people living in 1 house to pay rent
1:07:16
Colonia in the 60’s
Oxnard 20 years before I was born..
I love Oxnard been here all my 30+ years it’s what you make of it. Don’t like it get out simple. It’s not the city its the people that make the city bad
Wish we can turn back the clock
Fr
If only Oxnards government actually cared about our communities that need the help. Our city is in huge debt so gentrification is the only way out in their eyes.
No gentrification
13:23 If you ever visit that harbor get the fish & chips at Andria's, trust me. It isn't cheap so come ready to spend 20 dollars a meal. It's worth it.
Born in Oxnard in 1965
I grew up in Oxnard in 1946. Have a lot of happy memories growing up there. Moved out of the area in 1967.
How is your heart still beating?
HazardousTV don’t be a lame . He is 74. It’s possible. He did not say 1900 🤦🏽♂️
Do you remember a small Mexican restaurant on 800 Wooley Rd. called Taco Mio? The best tacos and toquitoes ever. Especially the tacos with the cheese incorporated into the meat topped by lettuce and tomatoes wrapped in orange paper with the grease seeping through. God how I wish I could taste those delicious tacos again. A pleasure never to be forgotten or not yearned for. Loved Taco Mio. Sure wish I could have gotten the recipe for their tacos before they went out of business.
Remember when they wouldn't let Mexicans and African Americans buy in Northside? I do.....
Awesome
Being a 2002 this is amazing
This is neat! So much still similar
oxnard used to be a fishing paradise back then
VERY COOL!
At about 40:00 they talk about Eastwood park.. Isn't that Northside Little League and where Curren School is now?! I still have great memories of that place in the 90s and it's totally different. This video should be taught in every Oxnard school. However, my fear is that most people will only focus on the race of the people rather than the town that we shared and still love. Man, that racism is killing me inside!! Fuck the racism, this is about our OXNARD!!!
Where's David Now?
You gotta Love a place called "Ox's Nards"..
Can u explain yourself, just curious
@@Booer Hey man. That's strange. I totally explained it in a comment to you, now that comment is gone. Anyhow, nards is slang for nads, which is slang for nuts, and an Ox is a giant bull-like animal, with big nards. I hope this comment doesn't get erased again.
This is my city
Is it?
Wowzers
Are they using a GoPro camera 😮?
I live in Oxnard and I can see what lack of education does to beautiful place. Now I can see the fruit of bad politicians money lover democrats that love money more than the city and it's people.
I am Mexican but I understand the damage of giving financial benefits to irresponsible lazy people that don't know how to take care of their own city. The long term damage will be catastrophic. That's exactly what happened to Oxnard. We should spend money on educating people and teach them how to be a better person and good parents instead of giving them money.
Its sad to see a beautiful city become a welfare hungry and ignorant city. When people spray paint the streets and leave their trash and old appliances and furniture in the the streets and alleys that is how you can tell the level of ignorance.
Hope you can understand my English, but I'm trying to educate myself and think rational.
Completely understood what you said and completely agree.
Don't worry about your english you'll get there!
Well ventura county is a democratic county. But cool name lol where's panfilo
@@robertozuniga5230 lol imagine hiring someone named "celestino". Dude I barely noticed that ha
You are 100% correct. Now it’s all welfare people and transients.
🏡my husband and my forever childhood town 🌴🙏❤️memory’s🦋✌️ 😊😌🌴
A documentary about CHIQUES,……
COOL!!
Old Timers Grill 1903
So sad, you couldn’t have a Nativity scene out like that anymore in Oxnard! So many human roaches everywhere who would probably steal from their own mother 4:35
Human roaches? What r u going on about
maybe at your house
You pose a conundrum. For the very premise of a "human roach" is a contradiction all unto itself & I assure you, biologically impossible.
Keeps religion out of our public spaces. Separation of church and state.
Diatemetrus soil? What is that?
ok imma recomment
curren looks so ghetto now
Imagin if a happy 1960s woman saw how the world would change
Happy 1960s women? What does this even mean, is this a dog whistle
@@Booer I mean the reaction people would have from that time seeing society today
@@supremedanks9612 I mean...thats loaded my dude
😭 wait what did y’all say I deleted the comment
who hurt me? it’s the truth😭😭😭
😅I thought he said grayhound
COLONIA
Plaza park is like a small sewerage area now
Hobo town
Born and raised in Oxnard... great memories, but Florida is now home. Do not miss the Shit Hole of California !
I doubt your missed here to 🤣
What does he mean by babies is still the best product
Interesting, before the contaminates took over and ruined the area.
Grew up in Port Hueneme and have lived all around Oxnard. I've mostly stayed around the beaches. Still my home to this day. Over 50 years and I still love it. Of course life was much better here before the Covid scam came around.
Lololol can you stoppp
Colonia is still a slum 😅
I'm glad that the Oxnard Police Dept. was ready to break up the Mexicans having a dispute...
Why
Too bad they don’t know how to do that anymore
Mask off rascist
@@suzeme can you stop ✋ you need to sit down little bud
@@Booer what ? It’s true, I’m a Mexican myself and have lived since I was 9 months old in south Oxnard. Half of the police department can get outran by a 14 year old kid who smokes backwoods and lays in bed all day. I know from experience
Spoiler alert the gangs ruin everything but things start loooking up in 2021 😂
So if you remove the practice of Fath in the family and the father you have the modern day man. 2020
Again, please, stop
Now it's just a ghetto
No 😂 It’s a safe and wonderful town.
Jose Martinez is from here. He's a homosexual but that's okay cause he's my friend. Homosexuals are friends not walking targets.
LA COLONIA CHIQUES CALIFORNIA 93030
IT WAS A BETTER LOOKING TOWN BEFORE US IGNORANT INHABITANTS STARTED DEPRECIATING IT DOWN WITH MINDLESS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
@@yorglassmane Agreed. My family left Oxnard 25 years ago because of this issue for one.
@@yorglassmane those people give us a bad name
YEAH THEY SHOULD BULLDOZE LA COLONIA AND BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY
LA COLONIA CHICAS