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Ventura County Star
March 3, 2018
Also returning are corn burritos ($3.99), an only-in-Ventura County delicacy made by deep frying tightly rolled corn tortillas filled with refried beans. The tortillas are then stacked like miniature logs in a paper tray and covered in sauce and mounds of shredded cheese. "It's like a flauta, but not. There are noÃÂ ...
KABC-TV
March 3, 2018
A winter storm warning is in effect for the Los Angeles County and Ventura County mountains, with the exception of the Santa Monica range, until 4 p.m. Saturday, while a flash flood watch is still in effect in parts of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties until 9 a.m. Friday morning, and until 3 p.m. in the SanÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
March 3, 2018
Authorities responded to a gunshot victim Friday afternoon in Santa Paula, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The incident was reported at 4:11 p.m. in the 15600 block of West Telegraph Road. The victim was taken to Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura by ambulance in unknownÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
March 3, 2018
Kindergarten teacher Michele O'Connell reads to her class from a Dr. Seuss book "Hop on Top" on Read Across America Day. CHUCK KIRMAN/VENTURA COUNTY STAR. Read Across America Day 1 Buy Photo. La Mariposa kindergartner Aidan Yin enjoys listening to his teacher read from the Dr. SeussÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
March 3, 2018
9 debris flow,” said Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown. “On behalf of all public safety and emergency officials, we want to thank you for staying informed, being prepared and following the evacuation orders issued yesterday.” To the south, a voluntary evacuation in certain parts of north Ventura CountyÃÂ ...
KEYT
March 2, 2018
The storm is expected to move through Ventura County between midnight and 5 a.m. Friday morning. Officials say that this storm is expected to be less intense with no thunderstorms forecasted and with lower totals than the January 9 storm. The National Weather Service shows rainfall with the potential toÃÂ ...
KEYT
March 2, 2018
The storm is expected to move through Ventura County between midnight and 5 a.m. Friday morning. Officials say that this storm is expected to be less intense with no thunderstorms forecasted and with lower totals than the January 9 storm. The National Weather Service shows rainfall with the potential toÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
March 1, 2018
At approximately 12:28 a.m. Thursday, two male suspects entered an open station in the 1600 block of Ventura Boulevard in Camarillo and took cash, said the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. No weapons were seen and no injuries were reported. Sheriff's officials said the incident was similar to the VenturaÃÂ ...
KABC-TV
March 1, 2018
The rain is expected to move into the Santa Barbara area, Ventura County and some High Desert communities around 4 p.m. Thursday. By around 10 p.m., some light showers are expected to move through the Los Angeles valleys, downtown and the foothills. Around the same time, the rain intensity isÃÂ ...
Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com
February 28, 2018
Independent pharmacists complained Monday at a Medi-Cal commission meeting that reimbursements for prescriptions often do not cover their costs and could push them out of business. A consultant hired by the Ventura County Medi-Cal Managed Care Commission said data is being collected and aÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 28, 2018
President Donald Trump earlier this month nominated an Orange County lawyer to be the top federal prosecutor in California's Central District — a job Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten was being considered for but “never expected to get.” In an interview with The Star on Monday, Totten said heÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 28, 2018
... Ahoy volunteers bring food, friendship to homebound seniors in Ventura County. Robyn Flans, Special to Ventura County Star Published 12:06 p.m. PT Feb. 28, 2018 | Updated 6:15 p.m. PT Feb. 28, 2018. FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedIn. These folks bring food, friendship to those in need. Fullscreen. Post to FacebookÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 28, 2018
The Ventura County Office of Education announced the eight high school teams that advancing to the semifinals of the Ventura County Mock Trial. Westlake, Trinity Pacific Omega, St. Bonaventure, Adolfo Camarillo Blue, Newbury Park Gold, Oak Park Black, La Reina and Santa Susana Troubadours are theÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 28, 2018
According to the Ventura County Watershed Protection District, most communities in the county got less than one-tenth of an inch of precipitation between Monday night and Tuesday morning. The exception was in Thousand Oaks, where a Tuesday afternoon storm left the city with 0.31 inch of rainfall.
Santa Barbara Independent
February 27, 2018
On the fateful night of January 9th of this year, Patrick Maynard and other members of Ventura County's emergency services team watched their monitors as early morning rainfall totals streamed in from gauges measuring a storm cell passing over Santa Cruz Island. “Over Santa Cruz Island on that night weÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 26, 2018
Cold, potentially wet weather headed toward the Central Coast Monday night has the potential to cause problems in areas burned by the Thomas Fire. In Ventura County, showers are forecast to arrive around 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. Tuesday, said Kathy Hoxsie, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service inÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 7, 2018
A forecast of high winds and low relative humidity on Wednesday prompted the National Weather Service to issue a red-flag fire warning for much of the county. The warning will be in effect from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m Wednesday in the inland valley and mountain areas of Ventura County, according to authorities.
Ventura County Star
February 6, 2018
Crews knocked down a fire in Ventura early Tuesday that was growing within the walls of a residence. Residents of a home in the 2000 block of Vista Del Mar Drive were awoken by smoke detectors at approximately 1:38 a.m., Ventura fire officials said. The residents evacuated the home, which was filledÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 6, 2018
An 18-year-old Garden Grove resident who died in a rollover accident on Highway 101 north of Ventura Saturday evening was identified Monday by the Ventura County Medical Examiner's office. Lucille Lu sustained fatal injuries as a passenger in a 2004 Ford SUV that flipped and rolled after the driver lostÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 6, 2018
One victim was not discovered until the morning of May 17. Sometime before 9:15 p.m. May 16, Aaron Austin, 29, of Oxnard, was shot while he was in the 300 block of North G Street in Oxnard, authorities said. Austin was taken to Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, where he was pronounced dead.
Ventura County Star
February 6, 2018
Ventura County escaped the worst of that storm, but February typically is one of the rainiest months of the year. “We're in what is traditionally our wettest part of the season,” said Kevin McGowan, who manages the Ventura County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services. Even one storm could cause majorÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 6, 2018
Calabasas High School's decathlon team took home the top prize from the Ventura County Academic Decathlon. This marks the second win for the high school, following its win last year with the school's first-ever team in the competition. “We're very excited, we worked so hard and this was a great finish forÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 5, 2018
Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Special to Ventura County Star Published 5:22 p.m. PT Feb. 4, 2018 | Updated 12:56 p.m. PT Feb. 5, 2018. CLOSE. The crowd enjoys the show as Kevin Costner and Modern West, Olivia Newton John, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and others perform during the Thomas Fire Benefit Festival to raise moneyÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 5, 2018
One person died in a rollover crash along the highway north of Ventura on Saturday afternoon, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The crash was reported at 5:28 p.m. along northbound Highway 101 just north of Padre Juan Canyon Road. One person was pronounced dead by emergencyÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 5, 2018
The project is Ventura County's first veterans' housing development in Oxnard. It has received full funding for construction by Thousand Oaks-based nonprofit Many Mansions, as a joint venture with Los Angeles Family Housing. The project, located on Saviers Road in Oxnard, will also get funding from theÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 29, 2018
"We want to stand here and say: Pay attention. Pay attention. These are our neighbors." This year, organizers counted at least 63 homeless people who died in Ventura County over the past year. That's up from 53 people in 2016 and is higher than any previous year since the services began, Worsnop said.
Ventura County Star
January 28, 2018
An inmate in the process of being booked into Ventura County jail was pronounced dead early Saturday after he was found unresponsive in a cell, authorities said. In a news release issued Saturday night, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office said Keith Brian Welbourne, 31, of Moorpark, was not breathingÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 28, 2018
Gusty, dry winds expected to blow into Ventura County on Saturday night will set the stage for dangerous fire conditions as well as warmer temperatures Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service. “We have a red-flag warning in effect for much of Ventura County beginning at 10ÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 28, 2018
Before arriving in Ventura County, he had assignments throughout the state with CHP, including in Los Angeles County and most recently Sacramento in a special assignment with the California State Lottery. In Ventura, Goulding will oversee a staff of 90. During his tenure as a CHP officer, GouldingÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 27, 2018
He also cited programs at Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital where everyone given a blood test in the emergency room is tested for HIV. People can opt out. Ornelas also worried that social networking online sites that target gay and bisexual people contribute to high-risk sexualÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 27, 2018
Two people were arrested in Ojai after the Ventura County Sheriff's Office received reports of a male seen with an assault rifle, authorities said. Deputies responded at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday to the 1200 block of Tico Road, where they found a female allegedly holding an AR-15. The woman reportedlyÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 27, 2018
A Ventura man was convicted in a case involving the kidnapping and rape of an unconscious 17-year-old, the Ventura County District Attorney's Office said Friday. Gabriel Munoz-Hernandez, 19, of Ventura, was convicted of one charge of rape of an unconscious person and one charge of kidnapping toÃÂ ...
Government Technology
January 27, 2018
(TNS) — Information technology chief Mike Pettit has been promoted to assistant executive officer in the top office overseeing the Ventura County government. County Executive Officer Mike Powers announced Thursday that he had selected Pettit after a nationwide search that drew almost 200 applicants.
Ventura County Star
January 27, 2018
School districts throughout Ventura County are saving tens of thousands of dollars a year by switching to solar power — a trend mirrored across the United States. The switch to solar is happening at a rapid pace and by switching, schools and districts are able to reduce electricity bills and free up resourcesÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 26, 2018
A hazardous materials team determined that a gallon of a strong acid had been spilled onto the roadway. Authorities were attempting to neutralize the substance, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. Investigators closed the off-ramp, as well as Wagon Wheel Road and northbound lanes ofÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 26, 2018
One person died and two more were taken to local hospitals after a crash Wednesday on Highway 126 near Piru. The collision between a pickup and a sedan was reported at 4:30 p.m. on Highway 126 or Telegraph Road and Sharp Ranch, said Capt. Stan Ziegler, a spokesman for the Ventura County FireÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 26, 2018
Do you use Facebook to stay informed about Ventura County news and to read or watch interesting stories? You're not alone — the Pew Research Center says about two-thirds of adults get their news from social media. But there are changes coming to Facebook that could mean fewer news stories fromÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 26, 2018
Ventura County supervisors are opposing new oil drilling off California's coast, calling for the same type of exemption Florida may get from a federal proposal to dramatically expand exploration offshore. Supervisors Linda Parks, Steve Bennett and John Zaragoza passed a resolution opposing theÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 26, 2018
The jury deliberated for about a day after three days of hearing arguments and testimony, according to Ventura County Superior Court records. The victim was walking through Oxnard when Navarro, whom she did not know, began making unwanted sexual advances, prosecutors claimed. "After beingÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 25, 2018
Ventura police arrested a woman after an alleged assault in a local liquor store on Wednesday. Police said the incident occurred around 5:22 p.m. at Red Barn Liquor, 1285 N. Ventura Ave. According to police, a woman, later identified as Elisabeth Vera, 37, of Ventura, was reported to have caused aÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 25, 2018
Franzblau and about 80 other volunteers teach English as a second language to adults as members of Laubach Literacy of Ventura County. The nonprofit began as an international organization founded by a missionary, Frank Laubach, in 1955. Today, the local branch is affiliated with ProLiteracy, an adultÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 25, 2018
A flu season that has packed emergency rooms and caused ambulances to be sent to less-congested hospitals has contributed to at least 30 deaths in Ventura County. The fatalities are by the far the most in at least a decade for Ventura County. They are double the 15 deaths during the swine flu outbreakÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 24, 2018
Ventura County's agricultural industry sustained more than $170 million in damages from the Thomas Fire, according to data presented to county supervisors Tuesday morning. Henry Gonzales, the county's agricultural commissioner, presented his office's preliminary Thomas Fire disaster report, whichÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 13, 2018
On Monday, Ventura County's 32nd annual King Day celebration will take place in Oxnard, beginning with a Freedom March at 8 a.m. from Plaza Park at 5th and C streets to the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way. An observance program will take place at the center beginning at 9 a.m. TheÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 13, 2018
The Ventura County District Attorney's Office announced the sentencing Friday of a 27-year-old Ventura man convicted of killing a recent high school graduate during a DUI crash last June. Mario Adan Arjon, 27, of Ventura, was sentenced to seven years and eight months in state prison for one count ofÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 12, 2018
You had two New Year's Resolutions: #GoOutside and help make the world a better place. We've rounded up five weekend events to help you tackle both at the same time. From beach cleanups and lemon tree picking to Thomas Fire recovery work and a Martin Luther King Day March, here are someÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 12, 2018
At least 16 people in Ventura County have died in flu-related deaths this season, public health officials said Thursday as they urged vaccinations. The county's death total continues to rise, with 11 deaths reported this week by public health officials. The actual dates of the deaths were not available. VenturaÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 12, 2018
A chief issue for Ventura County renters and homeowners is that wage growth is generally outpaced by the region's high cost of living, according to Daren Blomquist, senior vice president at ATTOM Data Solutions. Blomquist noted that although the area's affordability issues are not new, they are worseningÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
January 11, 2018
As a California Department of Public Health official said the flu season could become among the state's worst in a decade if it maintains its early pace, Ventura County officials reported two more flu deaths Tuesday. The new deaths linked to the flu bring the county's total to 11, all reported by public healthÃÂ ...
KQED
January 10, 2018
Cory Iverson, the Cal Fire engineer killed during the historic Thomas Fire in Ventura County last month, died after a rapidly spreading fire cut off his escape route, forcing him to run for his life through head-high vegetation before becoming trapped in a dead-end gulch. Cal Fire's preliminary report on the DecÃÂ ...
