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Police: Stabber Likely Targeted Ventura Woman

Authorities say the June stabbing death of a 61-year-old woman in a Ventura home was likely a targeted killing and not the result of a bungled burglary.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Ventura County Star Top Stories

Woman killed in drive-by shooting

Family members and friends gather at a house on Mead Avenue in Ventura where a drive-by shooting took place Friday.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Ventura County Star

Ventura woman killed in drive-by shooting - Updated

By Scott Hadly, shadly@venturacountystar.com Originally published 11:40 a.m., July 3, 2009 Updated 11:45 a.m., July 3, 2009 A 46-year-old Ventura woman died early Friday morning after her home was hit by gunfire in what police said was a drive-by shooting, the third at the home in less than a year.

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PhillyBurbs.com

Newspaper columnists give Gov. Palin dubious honor

The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at the most ridiculed newsmakers in the United States.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Ventura County Star

Fire documentary will be shown at film festival - Updated

By Gareth W. Dodd Correspondent Originally published 10:50 a.m., July 2, 2009 Updated 10:50 a.m., July 1, 2009 A documentary by a Santa Barbara filmmaker featuring behind-the-scenes interviews of firefighters battling the four-month-long Zaca wildfire during the 2007-08 fire season will screen Friday at the Ventura Film Festival.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Ventura County Star

Steve Lopez kicks off Ventura columnist summit

Prize-winning columnist Steve Lopez said the work of newspaper columnists has become more important than ever in the wild and wooly frontier of digital communications.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Ventura County Star Top Stories

Officer testifies about brawl at Ventura bar

A police officer testified in court Thursday that a fight broke out between three defendants and several police officers in a Ventura bar after one of the defendants, Hugo Hernandez, kept "pursuing" a woman who wasn't interested in him.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

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Several Small Fires Shutdown Southbound 101 In Ventura

Several small vegetation fires have caused the shutdown of the southbound lanes of Highway 101 in Ventura, just south of Victoria.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Ventura County Star Top Stories

Grass fire in Ventura closes lanes on101

By From staff reports Originally published 04:45 p.m., June 24, 2009 Updated 05:08 p.m., June 24, 2009 The California Highway Patrol closed the southbound lanes of Highway 101 in Ventura this afternoon as thick dark smoke from numerous fires blanketed the highway.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Ventura County Star

Motorcycle crash in Ventura kills county man

A 27-year-old Ventura County man was killed Saturday when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a vehicle at the intersection of Victoria Avenue and Avocet Drive, authorities said.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

Ventura County Star

Ventura poker room finds new location

The Players Club, the only live poker room in Ventura County, has settled on a freeway-fronting business in the Ventura Auto Center to relocate and expand, according to documents released Wednesday.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

San Francisco man guilty to causing death of Brit

LONDON - A San Francisco man pleaded guilty Friday to causing the death of a woman in a head-on car crash when he veered onto the wrong side of the road in England.

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Ventura County Reporter

Bad timing for Ventura tax measure

I would like to express my strong opposition to the City of Ventura's proposed half-cent sales tax measure.

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Ventura County Star Top Stories

1 injured, 1 arrested in Ventura park attack

A homeless man was arrested in Ventura early this morning on suspicion of an attack that seriously injured another homeless man, police said.

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Tue Jun 16, 2009

Ventura County Star

Morning Report: Man, 23, killed in Ventura shooting - Updated

Police and Fire: A 23-year-old man was killed late Monday night in a drive-by shooting in Ventura, police said.

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WORC-FM Worcester

Joan Jett Lends Talents to New Film

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are offering up their take of the Missing Persons' classic "Destination Unknown" to the soundtrack for the upcoming comedy Endless Bummer .

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Ventura County Star

Classic Ventura location housing classic ice cream parlor

People walk to the front door of McConnell's Fine Ice Cream Yogurt in Ventura recently.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Ventura County Reporter

Ventura eyes state water sale

The City of Ventura remains in discussions to lease a portion of its allotment of state water, with hopes not only to aid local districts saddled with low water supplies, but to assuage the city's own budgetary problems.

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Thu Jun 11, 2009

Ventura County Star

Man pleads guilty in Ventura train collision that killed friend

A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing his best friend Jack Mabee last year during a car accident that resulted in an Amtrak train shearing the car in two.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

Ventura County Star Top Stories

Two arrested in Ventura gas station robbery

Oxnard police arrested two suspects Tuesday in connection with an early morning robbery at a gas station in Ventura.

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