Piru News

After two years of scant rainfall, strawberries may topple from their spot as the top crop in Ventura County as growers battle severely limited water supplies.

Re: your May 7 article, "Water agency puts growers on notice": In an effort to notify the people of Ventura County of some of the real facts regarding the lack of water in Lake Piru, I'll start by saying don't believe what United Water Conservation District officials claim are the reasons for the low water level in the lake We're sorry.

On 4/29/2013, patrol deputies from the Santa Clara Valley Sheriff's Station responded to a report of a home invasion robbery on East Telegraph Road in the unincorporated community of Piru.

A resident of the home said three people entered, threatened him with serious injury and hit him with a baseball bat before stealing some property.

Tuesday, a respected judge in Santa Barbara will make a complex legal decision that could determine the future of agriculture and the unique quality of life and benefits it provides all of us in Ventura County.

Anglers are carting home ice chests full of one-pound tilapia, and there have been more of the better quality fish over the past week.