Somis News

Joel Mier, a seventh-grader at Somis School, plays trumpet during advanced band class.

Debra Ann Updike, a licensed massage therapist, says Camarillo is unfairly preventing her from getting a city permit to practice.

From staff reports Originally published 07:38 a.m., October 14, 2009 Updated 07:39 a.m., October 14, 2009 Rain soaked much of Ventura County overnight, but no major problems were reported, authorities said.

A rose named for the Coachella Valley will make its debut next month at the American Rose Society's Conference and Rose Show in Cathedral City.

The horse's owner, who did not want to be identified, comforts the animal after it fell into a barranca along Highway 118 in Somis.

Chris Sayer, owner of Petty Ranch citrus and avocado farm in Saticoy, looks over his 57-acre orchard in Somis.

The 9,700-acre Guiberson fire that broke out Tuesday in rugged terrain near Fillmore and moved toward Moorpark and Somis is proving difficult for firefighters.

Firefighters battling the 16,400-acre Guiberson fire in Ventura County took advantage of relatively light windstoday to attack flare-ups emerging on the northeast edge of the three-day-old blaze.

A Ventura County wildfire is threatening five 220-kilovolt power lines that supply Santa Barbara with electricity, authorities said Wednesday.

Cindy Harris and Doug Fieg run what they believe is the largest alpaca ranch in California.

Firefighters guarded rural homes, ranches and orchards Wednesday as a wind-driven wildfire grew to more than 25 square miles on a march through rugged land between small Southern California communities.

A wildfire stoked by the notoriously hot and dry Santa Ana winds has burned some 8,500 acres in the hills of Ventura County, where airtankers -- including a DC-10 jumbo jet and big helitankers -- have bombarded flames with retardant and water.

Bill Locker, Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo A fundraising executive from Northern California has been named president of the Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo at a time when the agency is trying to build its finances.

Tomas "Tito" Gonzalez sits in the 1937 Cadillac Fleetwood, owned by son Pepe, that he will ride in during Monday's parade.

The Camarillo-Somis Pleasant Valley Lions Club will hold its 10th annual Lion Run and Cub Run this month.

Susan Wilson pets her horse, Relax I'm Good, on Monday before competing in the Select Showmanship at Halter competition during the Bayer Select World Show at the Amarillo National Center .

Trustees of a small, K-8 school district in the Somis area have given a former colleague her position back on the board.

Ventura County sheriff's detectives Mike Powers, left, and Scott Peterson recently earned Investigator of the Year honors.

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.