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El Rio-area road to close for sewer project
Corsicana Drive between Balboa and Cortez streets in the El Rio area will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily for work on the area's sewer project.
Sheriff's Department seeks person who shot cat in El Rio
Investigators with the Ventura County Sheriff's Department are searching for the person who shot a cat in the El Rio area last week.
Searches net 24 arrests in El Rio, Saticoy, Nyeland Acres
Ventura County Sheriff's Department deputies arrested two dozen people during a series of gang-related probation searches Thursday night, authorities said.
Morning Report: Armed robbery suspect arrested in Oxnard
Police and Fire: A suspect in the armed robbery of an Oxnard convenience store was arrested early this morning, about five minutes after the crime, police said.
Juveniles accused of stealing stereo from El Rio nursery
Three juveniles were arrested Sunday on suspicion of burglarizing a business in El Rio, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
Ventura County Star Top Stories
County school board names new president
The Ventura County Board of Education on Monday night chose Ramon Flores to serve as its president for the next year.
Mixteco group's party draws hundreds
Richard Quinn / Special to The Star Looking at a room full of toys are, from left: Albaro Vasquez, his brother, Saul Vasquez, Luz Cruz and her sisiter Asurim Cruz.
Morning Report: Arson fire in Ventura, suspicious fire in El Rio
Local Shows - Ska, Metal and Electronic Dreams
Here's hoping you had a decent holiday. Loquat I'm currently tweaking on my gluttonous overindulgence and the sugar rush from the second helping of dessert.
11 Things: Arty institutions to be grateful for
Casting aside the crowd pleasers, you gotta love the substantial overview of Bill Viola, the walloping whaling ship mania of Matthew Barney and the psychedelic mind games of Olafur Eliasson.
Trash collection delayed for holiday
Customers of Harrison Industries who have their regular trash, recycling or green-waste pickup on Thursday or Friday will have it delayed one day this week because of Thanksgiving.
New families created as county marks adoption month
James Kirkland hugs his mother Tammy Kirkland of Simi Valley as she signs his adoption papers Friday during the public adoption day in Ventura County Superior Court at the Juvenile Courthouse in El Rio.
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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