Ventura News

TEMECULA The Wine Town Rollers , Temecula's first and only roller derby league, recently announced the creation of three home teams.

As the Powerball jackpot grows to an estimated $600 million before Saturday night's drawing, Southern Californians are talking about the dream of owning the sole winning ticket.

You'd be forgiven if you thought a red carpet gala involved a long red walkway, but the 2013 Ventura County Music Awards' red carpet affair is a modest red square - a mat, really, on which the people in attendance stand to have their photographs taken.

Ventura Racing Association Midget drivers take on USAC stars in Round 2 of Battle at the Beach at Ventura Raceway.

Sometimes, being on one of the busiest streets in town isn't the best way for a restaurant to be noticed.

A working artist for the past 30 years, Michele Chapin, owner of Stonework Studios in Ventura, has successfully devoted herself to the local art scene, determined to bring people together through art.

A tattoo memorializes a moment, place, time or person. It can also be a symbol of reinvention and starting anew, which is exactly what the new owner of Ventura's most notorious tattoo parlor hopes to do.

For the first time in four years, Ventura teachers aren't scheduled to have furlough days in an academic year, a circumstance that will lead to more classroom time for students.

The dissolution of the Ventura Redevelopment Agency took a big step forward Wednesday as local officials were told the state has approved their plans to pay off debts, sell properties and give parking lots to the city of Ventura.

The Fillmore City Council made itself whole again Tuesday night by appointing Diane McCall to the council seat left vacant when Eduardo Gonzalez resigned last month.

The Ventura County Community College District will spend up to $19,500 to see whether a move to Oxnard College makes sense.

Arlene Martinez/The Star Audra Lucas, a community gardener, works Tuesday to remove vegetables from South Seaward Gardens to take to other community gardens.

Highway 101, Conejo Grade: One lane was blocked on southbound 101 at the Conejo Grade after a two car collision.

The Port of Hueneme is preparing to pay 120 percent more for workers' compensation insurance, Manager of Financial Services Andrew Palomares said Monday.

A homeless Ventura man was arrested Monday night on suspicion of entering a closed pizza shop and trying to make food for himself, officials said.

The presentation will take place at 1 p.m. at the sheriff's office at 800 S. Victoria Ave.

The way he sees it, a homeowner renovates or converts their property without proper permits, even though they likely knew city approvals were required.

Focus on the Masters will feature "An Evening with Cindy Pitou Burton" from 6-7:30 p.m. tonight at the Comedy Club at the Harbor, 1559 Spinnaker Drive in Ventura.

The California Supreme Court vacated an appeals court decision that denied the lawyers for Joshua Packer an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a prosecutor should be disqualified from the case.

Today, the city of Oxnard is expected to ask the County of Ventura to amend the quit claim deed to College Park to allow facilities to be built other than public park uses.