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Ventura Star file photo Adrian Calleja and his sister Adriana Diego, of Oxnard, stand in support of the immigrant children who are being sheltered at Naval Base Ventura County on Tuesday..

Every day, 911 dispatchers field urgent calls from life-or-death situations and help save lives.

The contract calls for the Roseville-based firm to receive as much as $18,500 for its work and as much as $6,900 for expenses, such as travel, advertising and conducting background checks on candidates.

The first wave of trucks to make the 1,488-mile trek from Valley Ranch to Oxnard, Calif.

On Jan. 17, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought state of emergency, declaring the state's dwindling water supplies and lack of rainfall to be one of the worst droughts on record.

Alfonso Limon was shot and killed in the crossfire when officers exchange gunfire with two individuals after an Oxnard pursuit.

DUX Dental is a manufacturer and distributor of high quality dental products, including Zone Temporary Cement, Identic Alginate and Bib-Eze disposable bib holders, as well as its award-winning PeelVue sterilization pouches.

Adrian Calleja and his sister Adriana Diego, of Oxnard, stand in support of the immigrant children who are being sheltered at a naval base in Port Hueneme, Calif., outside the base Tursday, July 8, 2014.

Adrian Calleja and his sister Adriana Diego, of Oxnard, stand in support of the immigrant children who are being sheltered at a naval base in Port Hueneme, Calif., outside the base Tursday, July 8, 2014.

On May 17, 2014, the California Strawberry Festival opened the gates to strawberry fans from across the land.

Over 100 pro-amnesty activists from Southern California traveled to Naval Base Ventura County on Tuesday to stage a demonstration outside the gates to demand "humane treatment" for illegal aliens who have been transferred there from Texas by U.S. Border Patrol.

A group of legislators thatvisited Naval Base Ventura County in Oxnard said they saw youth who appeared to be in good spirits and were "extremely well behaved."

With water conservation on the minds of many California residents, especially in summer, a simple way to reduce the amount of water needed to maintain a healthy yard is to place a layer of mulch around trees, shrubs and gardens, say experts at Agromin , an Oxnard-based manufacturer of earth-friendly organic compost products.

After crossing paths at times over the last couple decades, the lives of two people in Oxnard, Calif., who hardly knew one another were changed forever after they discovered they were actually brother and sister.

As of mid-June, about 125 million pounds of Peruvian avocados are expected to ship in the U.S. in 2014, up from about 53 million pounds in 2013.

I purchased this car with insurance monies received from a stolen '85 Z28. It was 1994 and I was in the U.S. Navy, stationed at Point Mugu, California.

Given the millions of dollars the port has spent to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, the potential for increased competition from ports on the East Coast and Gulf Coast via a widened Panama Canal and the changes that technology have wrought, it's smart for the Oxnard Harbor District and the Port of Hueneme to figure out if there is a better way ... (more)

GoTek's detailed patent drawings make clear once and for all that its engine is definitively not a Wankel, or anything close to it.

In 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States took a particularly extreme liberty in interpreting the Constitution when the majority ruled in favor of Citizens United and deemed corporations and unions to have the same First Amendment protections as people, giving them unlimited spending ability as an exercise of free speech during political ... (more)

Spicy food, hot music and Oxnard's cool ocean breezes are on the menu for the 21st Annual Oxnard Salsa Festival.