Somis News

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors today appeared to finally close the book on an effort by a Somis-area couple to open a wedding venue at their home, by approving a permit that will allow them to hold only 10 weddings a year, and only in the daytime.

Four Ventura County cities are considering a partnership with a local water agency to build at least three desalination plants within five to seven years.

Daniel Leaman of Somis gives his daughter Noelle a taste of Greek pastry at the Ventura County Greek Festival at St.

Robert Waggoner, center, a fifth-grade teacher at Rancho Rosal School in Camarillo, is the winner of the California Federation of Republican Women's "My Favorite Teacher" competition for 2009.

DeVan A new manager has been named at Ventura County's regional food bank to bring in more protein-rich products for the needy.

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 14:24. Springtime, summertime, whenever. It's always Blueberry Muffin season.

Mourners poured into Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church in Ventura on Saturday to remember Brock and Davina Husted, who were both stabbed to death May 20 at their Faria Beach home.

Supporters of a failed effort to form a unified Camarillo school district say a new Grand Jury report offers little hope for achieving their goal, even though it confirms one of their arguments for the move.

Ventura County Sheriff's deputies arrested three Somis men on Thursday in connection with a large marijuana plantation along the Santa Clara River bottom about two miles east of Santa Paula.

Three Ventura County firefighters burned in the Santa Barbara fire were being treated today at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital, where their conditions were upgraded from serious to good.

The owners of the prospective wedding venue Villa Amodei will have to wait a little longer to find out whether they have the county permit they need.

Photos by Joseph A. Garcia / Star staff Mesa School sixth-graders, from left, Kyla Stanley, Valita Stoke and Samantha Bunker work on their "day in my life" project where students at the Somis school share their lives with kids in Helsinki through an online journal.

Doctors mentor middle school students in hopes they'll pursue medical careers. E-mail this gallery to a friend "You can't dream a dream you've never thought of," Dr.

Santa Barbara Channel Keeper education coordinator Penny Owens talks to 7th- and 8th-grade students from E.O. Green Middle School on Tuesday about the wetlands during a field trip to Ormond Beach in Oxnard.

Foothill Technology High School will hold its annual dinner and silent auction fundraiser, "Starry, Starry Night," from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Saticoy Country Club, 4450 Clubhouse Drive in Somis.

Jacob Kriese/Special to The Star--Somis, April 10th--Javier Larios and David Sulser, of H.D. Sulser Sons Construction, inspect damaged water pipes on Stockton Rd.

Crowning Glory Productions New Titleholders are: Shauna Libby, Miss Ventura County International 2009 and Sejal Thaker, Miss Teen Ventura County International 2009 CROWNING GLORY PRODUCTIONS has crowned two amazing young ladies to represent them at the State Pageant this September and throughout this next year -- The ladies who won the CROWN are: ...

A 44-year-old man was injured Saturday when the pickup truck he was driving overturned near Somis, officials said.

By Mark Storer, Correspondent Originally published 12:01 a.m., March 11, 2009 Updated 11:18 a.m., March 10, 2009 Reflecting the impact of the state's water shortage on local farmers and ranchers, an emergency ...

Archive video: Fantasy Balloons Limoneria takes first-timers and veteran on a local tour using one of mankind's oldest flight methods above Santa Paula.