Ventura County News

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Oxnard, CA - On December 21, 2013, the Ventura County Rescue Mission and will hold their annual Christmas Celebration and Toy Give-Away.

A suspect entered a Taco Bell restaurant on E. Avenida De Los Arboles at about 3:50 p.m. on December 3. The suspect ordered food, threatened the clerk with a hammer when the cash drawer was opened, and left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

After a couple of second-place finishes, Moorpark resident Landon Payton broke through to capture his first Ventura County Junior Golf Association MiniTour victory.

Ventura police said the woman was hanging from a railing at the Crowne Plaza hotel in the 400 block of Harbor Boulevard before she fell to the ground about 3:40 p.m. Although an autopsy is not scheduled until Wednesday, the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office has determined that the woman purposefully jumped and no foul play was suspected.

Joining dozens of other cities up and down the state, Ventura will soon ban plastic bags from grocery, convenience, liquor and other retail stores.

To the displeasure of a group of patients and their families, Cottage Health System administrators announced last week that a long-standing plan to relocate all of Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital's subacute patients - those with a debilitating injury or illness who require 24/7 care - to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has been scrapped.

The federal government is gearing up research on a subject of special interest in the Ventura County area - seniors' driving safety.

The Fillmore Fire Department and the Ventura County Sheriff's Office responded and the female was being transported to Ventura County Medical Center .

Pretrial interviews of a neurosurgeon accused of malpractice in several lawsuits may not be released to the public by the plaintiffs or their attorneys, a judge ruled Monday.

Police arrested 33 people over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence in Ventura County, authorities reported Monday.

The Oxnard City Council on Tuesday night will consider an extension of the city's agreement with Ventura County regarding Channel Islands Harbor that also allows negotiations for a new deal in the next year.

Ventura County deputies shortly located the vehicle on Los Angeles Avenue near Vineyard Avenue in the El Rio area and attempted to stop the vehicle.

JOSEPH A. GARCIA/THE STAR Brendan Witcher , along with his son Anderson and daughter Emmalia show their excitement as they catch a glimpse of Santa in Saturday's 52nd annual Camarillo Christmas parade.

A California Department of Transportation van was stolen from the department's maintenance station in Fillmore around 2 a.m. Sunday, which caused a short pursuit by Ventura County Sheriff's deputies ending in Nyeland Acres.

Red flag and high wind warnings are in effect for areas of Ventura and Los Angeles counties Sunday because of gusty offshore winds, low humidity and relatively warm temperatures.

JUAN CARLO/THE STAR Max Copenhagen, of Camarillo, lays a wreath on the grave of William Carberry, who was a Civil War Union soldier, during Saturday's Wreaths Across America at Nordhoff Cemetery in Ojai.

Ventura County firefighters responded to a blaze at a two-story house in the 200 block of Melrose Drive in Silver Strand around 9:20 p.m. Saturday, officials said.

" Que ves? " or "What do you see?" is one of Jazmn Gmez's favorite questions to ask Spanish-speaking visitors to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art .

Lockyer predicts the plan that pays benefits to retired public school educators won't exist in 30 years unless it's fixed.