Ventura County News

Authorities say a 65-year-old resident returning from church services stumbled upon an apparent burglary attempt in his home on Friday evening.

A Westlake High School coach was arrested Thursday for having sex with a 15-year-old.

What was supposed to be a cheap bite at Del Taco turned out to be small fortune for some Southern California customers.

Authorities evacuated the area around the 200 block of North Montgomery Street in Ojai after a high-pressure gas line ruptured, the Ventura County Fire Department is reporting.

JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Han, a chaplain at Naval Base Ventura County, sits inside the unique A-frame Chapel of Faith at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu.

An unstable air mass moving across the Los Angeles region could bring a chance of thunderstorms to local mountains and the Antelope Valley on Friday afternoon, forecasters warned.

JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR F. Dino Inumerable is administered the oath as Ventura County Superior Court judge by Judge Bruce A. Young on Friday at the Hall of Justice in Ventura.

The board of trustees unanimously voted this week to approve Matt Baldwin as the school's next principal, beginning in July.

Gov. Jerry Brown , keeping with his tradition of offering pardons to convicted offenders on Christian holidays, announcing on Good Friday that he issued 63 pardons, including three for Ventura County cases.

Marsha Bailey, center, founder and CEO of Women's Economic Ventures, receives a $50,000 check for the WEV en Espanol Program from Rashi Kallur, vice president of Citi community development, and Ray Torres, branch manager/vice president of the Santa Barbara Citibank branch.

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Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) April 18--Thousand Oaks officials have seen a surge of applications for wireless antennas and modifications in city planning pipelines during the past 15 months.

My first visit to the Shanghai Beer Garden was a couple of days after the "soft opening" back in late January.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star The Ventura County Community Foundation will recognize five individuals and two organizations at its Fourth Annual Community Leadership Awards at the Los Robles Greens Golf Course on April 22.The Community Leadership Awards ... (more)

Roy was promoted from her position as director of the Ventura County Behavioral Health Department.

Four people were arrested early Wednesday as Oxnard police and other law enforcement agencies served search warrants in Oxnard, Camarillo and El Rio, authorities said.

Fillmore Fire Department assisted Ventura County Fire last Wednesday, with a fire in the 4400 block of Santa Paula Ojai Road, near Mupu School.

Tree removal in T.O. sparks anger The city of Thousand Oaks last week began removing trees along Pederson Road, a picturesque drive just off Highway 23. Eleven trees in total were scheduled for removal to be replaced with a more sidewalk- and road-friendly species, but area residents say they are not happy with the decision that was made in order ... (more)

It's easy to look around and assume that our local government, businesses, even our neighbors aren't doing much to make our planet a better place to be.

The panel's approval of an employment agreement with Greg Nyhoff echoed the vote tally a week earlier, when the council announced its decision to hire him.