Oxnard News

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star The Ventura County Community Foundation will recognize five individuals and two organizations at its Fourth Annual Community Leadership Awards at the Los Robles Greens Golf Course on April 22.The Community Leadership Awards ... (more)

A Ventura County sheriff's deputy detained three people Thursday morning on suspicion of spray painting a pedestrian walkway under Highway 101 north of Ventura, authorities said.

JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Stone Cuevas, of Oxnard, holds onto candy he found while participating in an Easter candy hunt at the downtown Oxnard farmers market at Plaza Park on Thursday.

Gourmet versions of favorite childhood dishes will be served during an April 28 fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme.

The Migrant Education Speech/Spelling & Debate Winners of 2014 were presented by Diana Vides and Coach Marisela Gomez.

It's unclear whether the Oxnard Police Department will set up a community center at Chavez School, a proposal by the police chief that was discussed at a school board meeting Wednesday.

30. The Oxnard City Council selected Nyhoff last week and on Tuesday approved a three-year contract with him at an annual salary of $265,000.

Four people were arrested early Wednesday as Oxnard police and other law enforcement agencies served search warrants in Oxnard, Camarillo and El Rio, authorities said.

An Oxnard woman on Wednesday pleaded guilty to felony gross vehicular manslaughter while being under the influence of alcohol or drugs for hitting and killing a popular Ventura educator while he was jogging.

World history is full of great dreamers. The United States has certainly prospered from some of the greatest dreamers.

NEW YORK, April 15, : It bucks, it mists, it hurtles. It smells. No this is not an amusement park ride and yes, the smells part is accurate.

Oxnard: Blake Redman pitched a complete game, allowing no earned runs with two strikeouts.

Junior lightweight titleholder Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia, declaring that his promotional agreement with Top Rank is illegal and also expired, sued the company in California State Court in Riverside County on April 8. The suit, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN.com, says that the reason for the action is because of "Top Rank's unlawful attempt ... (more)

GARRETT COMBS/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Oxnard Mayor Tim Flynn and Port Hueneme Mayor Jonathan Sharkey present an award for public safety to Port Hueneme Officer Josemelito Valles during Monday's ceremony.

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday to consider raising rents and fees at the county's airports in Oxnard and Camarillo in fiscal year 2014-15.

A day after a fire gutted parts of an Oxnard medical plaza, doctors, dentists and firefighters hauled out paper records, scorched computers and medical equipment Monday.

Authorities said police found a 25-year-old man had been stabbed several times when they arrived in the 1800 block of Pericles Place about 5:45 p.m. Witnesses told police the men asked for the victim by name and that a struggle followed, leaving the man with stab wounds.

He thinks about it before going to sleep. He has dreams about it, and it's the first thing on his mind when he wakes up.

The first total eclipse of 2014 is poised to show itself Monday night in the form of a dark red "blood moon."

For the second year, the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project, an Oxnard-based nonprofit group serving the Mixteco community, is offering scholarships for college-bound students.