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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 07:23 am

Ventura County News

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14 hrs ago | www.insurancejournal.com | LadyIsREAL

C.M. Meiers, Fireman's Fund Donate $33,000 to Ventura County Fire Department

The C.M. Meiers Co. of Woodland Hills, Calif., and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. of Los Angeles have teamed up to donate more than $33,000 to the Ventura County Fire Department for the purchase of mobile communications equipment that will make information available to the public and media during emergencies. Click on the news link for further details...

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Related Topix: Woodland Hills, CA, University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles, Insurance

15 hrs ago | www.venturacountystar.com | LadyIsREAL

Pilot program in county focuses on advance directives

No heroic measures. The words may mean no ventilators and no resuscitation to terminally ill people who plug the phrase into advance directives dictating how they want to die.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA, Medicine, Emergency Medicine

15 hrs ago | www.venturacountystar.com | LadyIsREAL

Ventura residents sue over health clinic

Ventura hillside residents have filed a lawsuit to stop construction of a clinic they claim is being sprung on the community without adequate notice and environmental review.

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Related Topix: University of Nebraska System, Medical Center (University of Nebraska System), Ventura, CA

21 hrs ago | Ventura County Star

Peace runners on their way to Panama pass through county

Chuck Kirman / Star staff Runners in the Peace and Dignity Journey to Panama pass through Ventura on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Ventura County Star

Hearing continues for two in alleged murder conspiracy

A preliminary hearing is scheduled to continue today in Ventura County Superior Court for two people accused of plotting to kill a Ventura County prosecutor more than three years ago for a payment of $50,000 to ...

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

www.venturacountystar.com | LadyIsREAL

College district will pay $370,000 in traffic fees to county

The Ventura County Community College District will pay the County of Ventura nearly $370,000 in traffic fees in exchange for the county's settlement of a four-year-old lawsuit against the district. Read the news link for further details...

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Related Topix: The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay

www.venturacountystar.com | LadyIsREAL

Newbury Park family still grappling with death of 15-year-old son in a May Highway 23 collision

Playing soccer and basketball with friends and in sports leagues kept 15-year-old Lester Turcios on the go. The Westlake High School freshman was on the go May 2, heading to Conejo Valley Days with his father, sister and brother, when a freeway collision shattered their lives. Lester died the next day. Read more at the news story link...

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Related Topix: Moorpark, CA, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay, Park University

www.venturacountystar.com | LadyIsREAL

Struggling county farmworkers find assistance at fair : Oxnard : Ventura County Star

Ventura County farmworkers getting hammered by the current economy attended this year's Farmworker Fair in record numbers, organizers said. The third annual fair, known in Spanish as the Feria Campesina, drew 800 participants Sunday to the West Oxnard Job and Career Center. Last year, 600 attended, and 500 the year before, said Mary Navarro-Aldana, the center's work force services manager. "It's the economy. They need the services," she said. Read more details at the news story link...

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA, World News, Mexico, Ventura, CA

www.kcra.com | LadyIsREAL

2 Massive Pot Gardens Found In Forest

More than 68,000 pot plants have been found in two marijuana gardens hidden in the Los Padres National Forest. For further details, click on the news link...

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Related Topix: Kern County, CA

www.vcreporter.com | LadyIsREAL

Coastal communities still bring in tourist dollar

The summertime blues won't be getting Ventura County down anytime soon, according to industry representatives who say the tourist trade here is still thriving during a season defined by poor economics and the high cost of travel. Read more...

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Related Topix: University of California System, Los Angeles (California State University System), California State University System, UC Los Angeles, Big Sur, CA

Ventura County Star

Cardiac arrhythmia killed jail prisoner

The Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office released an autopsy report this week that says a 37-year-old Ventura man died from cardiac arrhythmia while in county jail on May 1. Joel S. Wood had "severe fatty ...

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Related Topix: Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Behind The Blue WAll

Jury Selection Begins in former Oxnard Officer's Trial

Jury selection began Tuesday afternoon in the trial of a former Oxnard police officer who allegedly armed and barricaded himself in his Ventura home for about five hours last year. Police have said that Robert Perez used a firearm to keep his then-girlfriend, Denise Shadinger, also an Oxnard police officer, from leaving. Read more at the link for further details...

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA, Oxnard, CA

Airport Business

Ventura County planning $2 million worth of airport work; Paved area for planes to expand

The county of Ventura will spend about $2 million to repave portions of the Camarillo and Oxnard airports and cover a potentially dangerous drainage ditch at the Oxnard Airport. Three separate contracts for work at the airports will go before the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. They are on the board's consent agenda, which means they are scheduled to be approved without debate. Read more at the link for further details...

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Related Topix: Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA, Camarillo, CA, Oxnard, CA

Ventura County Star

Fire burning near Wheeler CanyonUpdated

Ventura County firefighters today are battling a one-acre fire near Wheeler Canyon Road east of Ventura.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Thecalifornian.com

Additional fire restrictions for Los Padres forest

In response to increasing fire danger, Forest Service officials announced July 15 they will impose additional fire restrictions in Los Padres National Forest beginning Friday, July 18.

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

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Mudslides hit Calif. town near Sequoia forest

A mudslide near an area scarred by fire poured into this small town near the southern end of the Sequoia National Forest, shortly after officials urged people to evacuate low-lying areas.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Mudflow, Flood, Santa Barbara Metro, Kern County, CA

Chico Enterprise-Record

Ventura County dropped from La Conchita suit

Residents and relatives of some of the 10 people killed in the La Conchita landslide have dropped the county of Ventura from their wrongful death lawsuit.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA

Ventura County Star

Fire department granted mobile-equipment funds

The Ventura County Fire Department has received more than $33,000 in grants to buy mobile communication equipment, which will allow it to quickly alert residents of road closures, evacuations and other dangers ...

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

Ventura County Star

Fight outside party leaves Camarillo man dead, 1 injured

A man was stabbed to death and another was injured after a fight broke out at a party in Camarillo early Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Camarillo, CA, Oxnard, CA

Ventura County Star

2 men arrested after armed robbery

Two men robbed a man and a woman at gunpoint Sunday morning near Marina Park in Ventura, according to police.

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Related Topix: North-Hollywood, CA, Ventura Metro, Ventura, CA

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