Port Hueneme News

There will be a members-only workshop Wednesday about creating a portrait using raw-edge appliquA©.

More of the beach at Port Hueneme is washing away. A new report shows an additional 14 feet of sand washed away in the past month.

Along the Pacific coast of Ventura County, local officials are pleased by this week's news about the prospect of federal funding for dredging that is essential to keep Ventura Harbor and Channel Islands Harbor operating normally and reverse the alarming shoreline erosion in Port Hueneme.

SOUND FINANCIAL PROFILE; FUNDING BOOST: The district continues to maintain structural balance and a sound general fund reserve level.

Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne holds his son during a Christmas cruise aboard the Cutter Halibut in this undated photograph.

Ten days before the filing deadline, a new candidate emerged Monday in what is expected to be a highly contested race for the 44th Assembly District in the heart of Ventura County.

JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Amber Huskonen , of Port Hueneme, holds the hand of her son Alex as her husband, Kevin, also holds on Saturday during Skate for Free Day at the Channel Islands Ice Center in Oxnard.

ANTHONY PLASCENCIA/THE STAR A sharp drop-off traverses Hueneme Beach as a high tide washes away sand on Friday.

Required delivery will be in 12 weeks. The North American Industry Classification System for this procurement is 334118 with a Size Standard of 1000 employees.

ROB VARELA/THE STAR Most of the Fox Canyon aquifer is deep underground - nearly 2,000 feet, in some places - but you can see what it looks like on a stretch of Highway 23 outside Fillmore, where it bends up and is exposed along the roadway.

Photo by Andrea Howry / Lighthouse Army retiree Paul Petersen of Weldon, along with his 5-month-old Doberman named Bingo, enjoys the newly expanded Fairways RV Resort at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme.

A security exercise is taking place at Naval Base Ventura County in Port Hueneme this week, all part of an effort to be prepared for possible terrorism on or near the base as well as other violent crimes.

Candles and flowers were left Saturday at the site where a male was found shot dead in Port Hueneme.

Senior Airman Andrew Lampman and his girlfriend, Joanne Chan, created a circle of private sadness as they held each other close, saying goodbyes with tears brimming in their eyes.

This was the scene Friday night in Port Hueneme after a male was found shot dead in a car near Myrna and Joyce drives.

Two ordinary people of average intelligence from our time awaken hundreds of years in the future from a suspended animation experiment gone awry.

TROY HARVEY/THE STAR Classmates Bryan Gammad and Madison Joyce, of John C. Fremont Intermediate School in Oxnard, work on the alignment of their launch device during the 14th annual Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Engineering Challenge Thursday afternoon.

TROY HARVEY/THE STAR Mentor Bill Powell and Anna Heath review her thank-you speech.

JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Robert Pierce , a Navy veteran who served from 1961 to 1965, gets Petty Officer 1st Class Reina Reyes and Petty Officer 2nd Class Amber Glessner to laugh during Tuesday's celebration at some of his stories about his experience in the military.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Singled out among several outstanding local youth, 17-year-old Anna Heath has been named 2014 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme.