Ventura County News

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento listens on the day that Sen. Kevin de Leon was chosen to replace him on Monday, June 16, 2014.

California Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday his state is willing to shelter more migrant children from Central America if needed but reiterated that the United States needs to find a long-term solution to the immigration crisis.

A retired Oxnard police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 83 years to life in prison for molesting two girls, officials said.

An exotic-animal trainer told repeatedly that she can't keep tigers on her Ventura County property has filed suit in Superior Court.

Over the month of July, Ventura County water is hosting a dirty car contest to send a messy message about water usage across the state.

'A Country Fair with Ocean Air' The 2014 Ventura County Fair, 'A Country Fair with Ocean Air' runs from July 30th through August 10th at the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

San Miguel Island was used for ordnance testing during and after World War II and at least two politicians are urging the U.S. Navy to step up a timeline to clear the from possibly dangerous ordinance so the island can be opened up for tourism.

Remember all those stories about a new bowling center being planned for Janss Marketplace in the east Ventura County city of Thousand Oaks? The last flurry of stories reported that there was hope that the facility could be open by early next year.

The Ventura County Transportation Commission awarded a nine-year contract to Camarillo-based Roadrunner Management Services for the operation of its popular inter-city bus service.

Ralph Fernandez, an incumbent councilman, and John Demers, who serves on the Planning Commission, respectively took out nomination papers Thursday and Friday, said Deputy City Clerk Lucy Blanco.

Thrin Short, 16, of Ventura County, Calif., told FoxNews.com she was pushed at least three times by associate professor Mireille Miller-Young during a March 4 anti-abortion outreach event at the University of California in Santa Barbara.

The Porterville-based parent company of Bank of the Sierra said July 17 that it is purchasing Santa Paula-based Santa Clara Valley Bank in an all-cash deal that includes three branches and $105 million in deposits.

The pipeline is located near the city's eastern border with Los Angeles, according to the Mirror.

Children at the White House earlier this month protest President Obama's response to the immigration crisis.

The following story was reported by Capital and Main and published here in collaboration with The Huffington Post.

Brussels is a city of many contrasts. The United Nations calls Brussels home, and so do countless vagabonds and world travelers.

At the age of 10, I became a self-elected member of the anti-smoking campaign in my house.

No protests. No children in the schools. No effect on city services. Two children with pneumonia treated at a local hospital and paid for by the federal government.

Will the City of Fillmore continue to attract tourism to town without the Fillmore and Western Train is a question many Fillmore residents are asking.

A fresh and powerful new voice on the contemporary jazz scene, Cheryl Barnes - whose new full-length album Listen To This is scoring airplay everywhere from KCRW in Los Angeles to WNVW in Cleveland - will be sharing a "Hot Night of Cool Jazz" with renowned R&B/Jazz singer Johnny Britt on Saturday, August 16 in Port Hueneme, Calif.