Oxnard News

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department is requesting the public's assistance to help locate a fugitive who escaped after stealing several vehicles and then went the wrong way on the freeway to avoid being arrested.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star All American Ballet dancers performed excerpts from The Nutcracker ballet to a large crowd of people on the opening night of Christmas Tree Lane in Historic Oxnard.

Oxnard, CA - On December 21, 2013, the Ventura County Rescue Mission and will hold their annual Christmas Celebration and Toy Give-Away.

VINIT SATYAVRATA/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Brian Matthews with the Bikers for Christ South Bay Chapter in Torrance exchanges high-fives with children from Rio Del Mar School.

Jerry Decius of Pleasant Hill took a moment at the annual All Seabee Reunion at Port Hueneme near Oxnard in September to have his picture snapped by his wife Kathy as he caught up on the community news in the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record.

What started out ten years ago as an intimate gathering to celebrate the life of motorcycle lifestyle artist David Mann at one of his old haunts has grown into an event people now mark on their calendars months in advance to attend.

Nonleague: At TBA, Westlake at Ralph Brandit Tournament; At 3:15 p.m., Ventura at Oxnard, Moorpark at Hart; At 5 p.m., Pacifica at Carpinteria; At 4:30 p.m., Grace Brethren at Fillmore; At 3:15 p.m., Ventura at Oxnard.

VINIT SATYAVRATA/SPECIAL TO THE STAR A boat with Christmas lights sails through the harbor Saturday in the Channel Islands Harbor Parade of Lights in Oxnard.

Three authors with ties to Ventura County have whipped up a new batch of cookbooks just in time to help with holiday gift giving - or, if you decide to keep them for yourself, with holiday meal planning.

The 101 Church will hold a Christmas service Dec. 22 at 9 a.m. at The Roxy Theatre, 5001 Verdugo Way, Camarillo.

One person suffered a minor injury when two vehicles collided Friday along northbound Highway 101 near the Central Avenue exit between Camarillo and Oxnard, officials said.

The victim, whose identity has been withheld, was discovered in the 1500 block of Alturas Street about 9:19 a.m. Friday.

Vegetation is so dry that humidity levels could hit single-digit percentages, according weather specialist Scott Sukup of the National Weather Service Oxnard office.

We received some great comments regarding the Robert Redford Indian Ocean survival film, All is Lost .

ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR Fatima Jasso, 10, shops for gifts for her family with the help of Officer Mike Wood, of the Oxnard Police Department, during the Heroes and Helpers holiday shopping spree at Target on Thursday.

Entrenched as a key holiday decoration in vivid red and green, the plant is a good mover for nurseries while providing critical income for growers at a time of year when few other flowers can be picked and sold.

Over 500 homeless people in the Oxnard Community gathered at Lion's Park in Oxnard for a free Thanksgiving dinner.

Fridays through Sundays through Dec. 22, the Elite Theatre Company of Oxnard is offering a new musical production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as adapted by A.D. Hasselbring, directed by L.J. Stevens and produced by Stevens and Kevin Kahm.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Left to Right: Future Leaders of America, G. Rodriguez-Director FLA, M.Elena Cruz, PhD-LULAC, and LULUC Youth Council #2094 members.

Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard. For more information, visit www.channelislandsharbor.org.