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Community meetings to cover El Rio septic tank plans
Ventura County officials will go over the next phase of the plan to convert 1,300 homes in the El Rio area from septic systems to a sewer line at a community meeting tonight.
Halloween marred by violence in Ventura
Ventura had six violent incidents Halloween night, one of them gang-related and one police suspect was gang-related. Two took place at or near large Halloween parties.
Local Shows - Punk Rock Halloweenies
Death Valley High , Friday @ Annie's Social Club. $7. 9 p.m. A great line-up tonight at Annie's features Perfect Machines , Killola and Pinky Swear .
Police blotter: Truck driver taken in for immigration hold
Joey Hernandez, 21, of the 1400 block of Amber Court, 5:14 p.m. Friday, at Wal-Mart, 7150 Camino Arroyo.
County wants drug users to pay for Prop. 36 rehab
Jose Cuervo Sosa, a drug counselor for Alternative Action Programs, studies to become a state-certified counselor.
Broken glass triggers justice facility lockdown
California Highway Patrol Officer Frank Parmo guards a closed section of Central Avenue on Monday after reports of shots fired at the Juvenile Justice Center in El Rio.
Suspect arrested in burglary, attempted sexual assault at Oxnard home
Police late Thursday night arrested a man suspected of attacking and attempting to sexual assault a woman during a burglary in her Oxnard home that morning, authorities said.
A window broke Monday at a juvenile courthouse in Ventura County.
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Shots Fired At Ventura County Juvenile Courthouse
Ventura County sheriff's deputies were searching for a suspect who shot at a juvenile courthouse Monday.
Cops searching for person who shot at juvenile hall - Updated
By From staff reports Originally published 10:10 a.m., October 19, 2009 Updated 10:10 a.m., October 19, 2009 The Ventura County Sheriff's Department this morning is searching near the Juvenile Justice Center in El Rio for a person who fired shots in the area, including one into a window of the facility, authorities said.
Voters to decide Oxnard city limits question - Updated
The Oxnard City Council approved a move Tuesday night to give voters a chance to decide whether to redraw the city limits and open the possibility of building 2,500 homes at Jones Ranch, a 160-acre area of strawberry fields to the north of the city.
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4 arrested in Santa Paula meth probe
Investigators with the Ventura County Sheriff's Department arrested four people on Wednesday in connection with methamphetamine, including a Santa Paula man, Michael Chavez, suspected of selling the drug.
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School official accused of shoplifting
A Ventura County school superintendent has been accused of shoplifting at a local department store.
San Francisco Bar Tries to Make Friends With Free Oysters
One Bay Area bar has figured out how to convince people it is a community center.
In memory of my grandfather, Robert S. McCombs
In celebrating Discardia this time I was going through some old boxes, finding things that can be discarded and re-discovering things that are important and which should never have been buried in a box.
Teen gets 6 years in prison for shots fired at school - Updated
By From staff reports Originally published 10:51 a.m., October 2, 2009 Updated 10:51 a.m., October 2, 2009 An Oxnard teen who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a shooting incident at an El Rio school was sentenced this week to six years in prison, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department reported.
Gang members attack, rob man outside Gilroy nightclub
Three gang members attacked and robbed a Watsonville man early Monday morning as he left an oft-troubled downtown bar, police said.
Local Shows - Classic punk to new folk
No Alternative , Saturday @ El Rio. $8. 10 p.m. Classic punk rock San Francisco style.
13 for Ariella Ben-Dov's MadCat Women's International Film Festival, an annual event that brings experimental films by women directors to local and - via an energetic touring schedule - international audiences.
Adam Hartzell: SF Shorts Festival
After an August with comparatively few film festivals here on Frisco Bay, September is bringing the beginnings of an Autumn onslaught of them.