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3 hrs ago | NBC Los Angeles

Jogger Sexually Assaulted at Knifepoint

A female jogger was sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Santa Paula, and Ventura County sheriff's detectives were searching for a suspect, authorities said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Santa Paula, CA

9 hrs ago | Ventura County Star

Ventura County Touth Track Conference athletes vie for meet records

Oxnard Star Isabella Beltran makes a jump of 12-feet, 4.5-inches in the Bantam division of the Ventura County Youth Track Varsity Finals at Moorpark College.

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA

13 hrs ago | Ventura County Star

Memorial recital in Simi Valley benefits New West Symphony

David Gatchel, a sophomore at Camarillo High School, plays a Rachmaninoff solo at "Notes to Remember - A Bill Israel Memory Rectial" on Sunday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Simi Valley, CA, Ventura County (Simi Valley, CA), Classical, Rachmaninoff, Ventura, CA

Mon May 20, 2013

Ventura County Star

Suburban poverty surges in some areas but not Ventura County

More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than its big cities, new research shows, but Ventura County isn't particularly affected by the trend.

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Related Topix: Simi Valley, CA, Ventura County (Simi Valley, CA), Oxnard, CA, Ventura, CA

Ventura County Star

Ventura County looks at land use permits to regulate fracking

Last month, the Board of Supervisors discussed land use permits as a way to regulate the oil industry practice known as fracking.

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Ventura County Star

After fiery debate, Medi-Cal commissioners approve arrangement with Kaiser

Ventura County Medi-Cal commissioners voted Monday to allow Kaiser Permanente to continue providing health care to nearly 3,000 area children, although one commissioner said the huge HMO is being given preferential treatment.

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Related Topix: August, CA

Noozhawk

Gina Jaeger Named CEO of Central Coast Girl Scouts

After a national search, the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast is pleased to announce the appointment of Gina Jaeger as chief executive officer.

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Sun May 19, 2013

FOX23

Wildfire in steep terrain near Los Angeles 80 percent contained

Crews continue to build containment lines around a wildfire burning for a fourth day in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Frazier Park, CA

Ventura County Star

1 arrested, 2 outstanding in vehicle pursuit ending in Ventura

One man was arrested and two males escaped Sunday after leading authorities on a pursuit through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, officials said.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Santa Barbara, CA

Ventura County Star

Victory is sweet for winner of strawberry cook-off

Food - specifically strawberries - took center stage at the 30th California Strawberry Festival, where Larissa Nelson, of Fillmore, narrowly beat out the returning champion in the annual Berry Blast-off Smack-Down finals, Nelson and Winona Krieger faced off using only hot plates to create gourmet treats for a panel of five judges in the cook-off.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Fillmore, CA, Recipes, Oxnard, CA, Camarillo, CA

Ventura County Star

Coffee, kisses, cellphones, tears all part of Ventura County commuter rituals

Erika Rosa, trauma program manager at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, and her son Caleb Rosa, 4, play a number-counting game on their way to school and work.

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Sat May 18, 2013

LA Daily News

Oxnard's Strawberry Festival provides a berry good time

Isabelle Massey, 2, holds her mom Sarah's hand as they make their way around the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard Saturday, May 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA, Life, Food, Food Festival, Los Angeles County, CA, Fruits

Ventura County Star

Minor injuries in crash near Lake Casitas

The traffic collision was reported about 10:40 a.m. at Santa Ana Boulevard and Santa Ana Road, according to the Ventura County Fire Department .

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Fri May 17, 2013

Ventura County Reporter

Otherness and togetherness

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.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA

Surgical Products

California Doc Promising Cancer Cure To Be Sentenced

Her parents, desperate to find alternative measures for their daughter who had undergone surgeries and chemotherapy, turned to Dr.

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Ventura County Reporter

Finding new Oxnard city manager a top priority after June election

Oxnard city officials say the search for a new city manager won't begin until later this year, but the four sitting councilmembers discussed what other steps could be taken in the meantime.

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA

Ventura County Reporter

Bring It

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.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA

Ventura County Reporter

The rebirth of The Ink House

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.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA, Australia, World News,

The Mountain Enterprise

Air officials issue health caution for Frazier Park area

A wildfire burning at the border of Kern and Ventura counties has prompted local air officials to issue a health cautionary statement for smoke impacts in the vicinity of Frazier Park in Kern County, including Lebec, Lake of the Woods and Pine Mountain Club.

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Related Topix: Frazier Park, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Kern County, CA, Lebec, CA, Lake of the Woods, CA

Thu May 16, 2013

Cal Fire

Grand Fire (Kern County/Ventura County) Started 5/15/2013, updated 5/16/2013

CAL FIRE, USFS, KERN CO FD, VENTURA CO FD, KERN COUNTY SO, VENTURA CO SO, LA CO SO, LAFD, CALEMA, BLM, KERN CO RD DEPT., CHP, CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS CAL FIRE Incident Management Team #6 has been activated to manage the fire that is burning in state lands and adjacent to the Los Padres National Forest.

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