Oxnard News

AT&T customers throughout the county will now have the ability to stream, download and upload faster as the company opened it 4G LTE network throughout the area, officials said.

In an effort to fix the flooded campgrounds at McGrath State Beach, county supervisors have directed managers to convene a meeting with state and local agencies.

An Oxnard teen's bicycle was taken from him after he was pushed into a parked car there Tuesday night, police said.

On Saturday, May 18, 2013, crowds lined up an hour early to be a part of the 30th anniversary celebration of the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard, CA.

An investigation of Oxnard Mayor Tim Flynn has been completed by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, authorities said, and has been submitted to the District Attorney's Office, which will decide what to do next.

The fire was reported about 1 p.m. near Wooley Road and Rose Avenue. Initial reports indicated pallets on a truck caught fire, said county fire Capt.

Images of Canadian astronaut Cmdr. Chris Hadfield playing its Vancouver-made Parlor guitar sparked enough interest for the company to put the model back into production for a limited edition.

State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson , D-Santa Barbara, has selected Oxnard-based Agromin, a soil product manufacturer and composter for more than 50 California cities, as the 2013 Small Business of the Year for her Senate District.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will miss the team's upcoming OTAs after undergoing surgery last month to remove a cyst from his back.

Fatima Lopez leans in as her mother Graciela Reyna gives her older sister, Noemi Lopez, a student at Oxnard High School, a kiss for the $400 she has been given on Monday night for her education at California Strawberry Scholarship Program's awards ceremony.

A native of Norfolk, Virginia, he was the son of the late Chandler Valgene and Billie Maxine Roman Merrell.

Juan Carlo/The Star Winona Krieger , of Agoura Hills, high-fives Larissa Nelson , of Fillmore, before announcing that Nelson was the winner of the Berry Blast-off cook-off at the 30th Anniversary California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard.

More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than its big cities, new research shows, but Ventura County isn't particularly affected by the trend.

Three Ventura residents were sentenced to federal prison Monday for fraud that cost hundreds of investors across the U.S. more than $27 million, federal prosecutors said.

A man who fell asleep while driving and caused an accident that killed a 45-year-old Oxnard woman was sentenced to four months in jail Monday.

One suspect was arrested and two remain outstanding following a chase that ended with the suspects fleeing on foot in Ventura Friday.

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Food - specifically strawberries - took center stage at the 30th California Strawberry Festival, where Larissa Nelson, of Fillmore, narrowly beat out the returning champion in the annual Berry Blast-off Smack-Down finals, Nelson and Winona Krieger faced off using only hot plates to create gourmet treats for a panel of five judges in the cook-off.

Isabelle Massey, 2, holds her mom Sarah's hand as they make their way around the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Oxnard police recommend visitors to this weekend's California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard take a shuttle to get there, since it is expected to attract a crowd of about 70,000 Saturday and Sunday.