Ventura County News

In the grand spirit of regifting, Rubicon Theatre Company has brought back its popular 2008 holiday production, "A Rubicon Family Christmas," and is spreading holiday musical cheer through Dec.

An elderly pedestrian struck by a car in Simi Valley this week has died, authorities said this morning.

A Moorpark couple who tracked an erratic motorist for about 13 miles and helped police stop him safely after he began driving the wrong way on a Simi Valley highway was honored this week by the California Highway Patrol, local politicians and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Channel Islands 4x4 Club and Chuy's Simi Valley West will host a fundraiser from 5 to 10 p.m. Dec.

On the first Christmas, Jesus was born homeless, in a stable manger, because there was no room at the inn for him, Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem.

For Wendi Castaneda-Torres, Thanksgiving means getting to be with family and doing for others.

Construction is expected to start early next year on the widening of the westbound Highway 118 in Simi Valley.

Two Simi Valley teens were arrested on suspicion of felony drug charges this week following an investigation into allegations they were selling and delivering heroin around eastern Ventura County, authorities said.

Veterans and their surviving spouses can learn how to apply for the VA-administered aid and attendance benefit during a free seminar at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at AlmaVia of Camarillo, 2500 Ponderosa Drive North.

Simi Valley: 660 E. Los Angeles Ave., Suite B-2 The temporary schedule for all public health clinics is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.

A trial that lasted three weeks ended today when jurors reached a verdict in about two hours in a civil case involving a Simi Valley police officer accused of negligence when his patrol car seriously injured a pedestrian.

Share + Nov 12, 2009 4:13 am US/Pacific Ventura County residents can get the H1N1 vaccine Thursday in a special one-day clinic provided by the Ventura County Health Care Agency's Public Health department.

Ventura County public health officials are encouraging pregnant women to get vaccinated for swine flu at a special vaccination clinic Thursday in Simi Valley.

Moorpark-area water customers could see their water rates go up by another 16 percent next year.

Camarillo Christian Women's Club will hold a Country Fair luncheon Friday at Spanish Hills Golf and Country Club.

Three people were injured this afternoon when two vehicles collided head-on in Simi Valley, authorities said.

Swine flu vaccinations will be given at an all-day clinic Nov. 12 in Simi Valley.

Police and Fire: Ventura County Sheriff's Department investigators launched a death investigation early this morning after firefighters extinguished a burning pickup truck near Camarillo and found a body inside, authorities said.

Beginning today, Ventura County's four public health clinics will be providing swine flu vaccine from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Both injectable and nasal spray vaccines will be given.

A Simi Valley motorcyclist who was fatally injured in a collision with a sport utility vehicle last week died from blunt force head injuries, authorities said Tuesday.