Ventura News

On July 20, 2008, DogExplorer.com attended the annual Pooch Parade held in Ventura, California, by CARL, the Canine Adoption & Rescue League .

A wedding reception brawl in Ventura involving more than 100 people has left three men facing charges and the mother of the groom with a knife wound.

VENTURA, Calif. - The ex-chief of an Oxnard anti-domestic violence organization has pleaded not guilty to felony embezzlement charges.

Ventura hillside residents have filed a lawsuit to stop construction of a clinic they claim is being sprung on the community without adequate notice and environmental review.

Most know actor Kevin Costner is in town Saturday for the premiere of "Swing Vote." But before fans crowd into downtown Ventura for the fun events and free concert, they should first hit the Crowne Plaza ...

A defense attorney on Tuesday hammered Oxnard police officer Denise Shadinger about details surrounding an incident last year when her then-live-in boyfriend, a former Oxnard police officer, barricaded himself ...

Chris O'Meara / AP Kevin Costner, performing recently with his band, Modern West, will play at a free concert Saturday.

An emergency request to temporarily stop construction of a Ventura County outpatient clinic was denied Wednesday by a judge who will revisit the possibility of stopping the work in about two weeks.

Authorities seized more than 68,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $306 million during two eradication operations this week in the Los Padres National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service ...

Dana Rene Bowler / Star staff Roya Klaidman, operator for 211 Interface Children Family Services, answers a recent call in Camarillo.

Police and Fire: A man with a gun robbed an Oxnard sandwich shop last night, police said.

James Glover II / Star staff Joseph Anthony was able to withdraw about $100,000 of the $350,000 that he has at IndyMac Bank in Ventura.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday announced the appointment of Ellen Gay Conroy to a judgeship in the Ventura County Superior Court.

A Ventura drug store was robbed Monday, but no one was injured, police said. A man wearing a black baseball cap, dark jacket and jeans walked into the Longs Drugs at 50 N. Ashwood Ave.

A bicyclist and a motorcyclist were injured in a crash outside Camarillo this weekend, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Police officers apprehended two armed robbers on Greenock Lane near Marina Park on July 13 after they had robbed two victims that same night.

Residents of beach communities north of Ventura will pay $4.27 more per month in sewage fees in the coming year, under a rate increase approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors.

Ventura police have arrested three people in what they said was a fight at a wedding reception inside the Knights of Columbus Hall involving 100 to 150 people.

Fueling Planes View photos>> Photos by Rob Varela / Star staff Ryan Townsend, with Cardinal Air Center at Camarillo Airport, fills a plane with gas from his truck.

Joseph A. Garcia / Star staff Former county YMCA Director Bill Hammaker, a longtime and outspoken advocate for peace, turned 100 on June 5. Photo courtesy of Sue Hammaker Pictured are Bill and his younger ...