Port Hueneme News

The Friends of the Bard Christmas Party will be at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Bard Mansion on Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme.

A 37-year-old man who was found dead in the ocean near the Port Hueneme Pier Monday committed suicide, officials said.

The Ventura County and Oxnard fire departments responded with paddleboards and jet skies and were able to pull the body out of the water, said Capt.

Ann's Bakery of Port Hueneme sells baked goods at the downtown Oxnard farmers market, as well as tamales in a wide array of flavors.

Political junkies eager for the next presidential race can already find candidates who have declared they're running in 2016 and not all of them are the cookie-cutter politicians you're used to.

A Port Hueneme teacher was arrested on November 20 for two counts of sexual assault on a child committed in Texas.

Doug Messmer, a military retiree who now works at Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, wears a turkey hat for the Turkey Trot.

At the start of this holiday season in Ventura County, The Star is kicking off its 34th annual Julius Gius Bellringer campaign in partnership with the Salvation Army.

Lorraine Shallenberger is one of a dozen volunteers who crochets baby blankets that are given away during the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Budget for Baby classes.

A split Oxnard Union High School District board has approved a tentative project labor agreement that would set a goal for local hires for the construction of a new Camarillo high school and require nonunion workers to pay union dues.

A 60-year-old Oxnard man has been arrested on suspicion of hitting and killing a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene last month in Port Hueneme, police said Tuesday.

Assemblyman Jeff Gorell , R-Camarillo, plans to challenge freshman Democratic Rep. Julia Brownley in the 26th Congressional District, foregoing a final term in the Legislature's lower chamber and putting his seat in jeopardy.

One of two former Navy workers recently sentenced in a travel voucher scheme in Gulfport has been ordered to prison for three years and restitution of about $55,000.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Kenneth Harris, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division supervisory electronics engineer, received the Black Engineer of the Year Award , Special Recognition category, on Oct. 28, at the BEYA Science, ... (more)

Are there funds in the Port Hueneme city budget to purchase sand for the beaches? When the City of Port Hueneme spent $500,000 for the first round of boulders at the beach earlier this year, it said it did not have the funds for such an undertaking.

The Ray D. Prueter Library will offer a basic Internet skills class at 10 a.m. this morning at 510 Park Ave. in Port Hueneme.

Port Hueneme police arrested a 21-year-old man on Monday after a patrol officer recognized the suspect from a wanted flyer and prior contacts.

With beach erosion at a minimum for now, the Port Hueneme City Council on Monday learned that the next tide event that could cause problems is forecast in early December.

Police said a man driving a motorcycle with a passenger lost control of the vehicle as he was heading east on Channel Islands Boulevard near Wheelhouse Avenue just before 1 p.m. After hitting the pavement, the driver and his passenger suffered major injuries and were taken to hospitals in Ventura County.

The Ventura County chapter of the Compassionate Friends will host a candle lighting in conjunction with Padre Serra Parish at 6:15 p.m. Dec. 8 at 5205 Upland Road.