For more than 45 years, a woman found dead in a Westlake High School parking lot had no name. Now, investigators say, Maricela Rocha Parga is no longer “Jane Doe Ventura County,” but a mother whose ...

Even having survived a combat tour in Iraq, George Retes Jr. says he wasn’t prepared for the three days he spent in federal custody—shackled, pepper-sprayed, and held incommunicado while his family ...

After more than a decade of planning, redesigns and rising construction costs, Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District leaders have taken a major step toward turning a former industrial building into ...

The Ventura County Office of Education announced the winners of the 2026 Ventura County Academic Decathlon, a rigorous and celebrated academic competition that showcases the knowledge, teamwork and ...

The theater is meant to be an escape from reality, a place you can go to set aside the travails of contemporary society and travel to someplace exotic, whether a fantasy world or a different place or ...

In the 2800 block of E. Cochran Street a man, 37, was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. A 64-year-old man was arrested on bench warrants in the 100 block of W. Cochran Street. A ...

High in the oak-studded hills above Simi Valley, scientists have confirmed infestations of the goldspotted oak borer—a tiny beetle no larger than a small grain of rice—that has already killed hundreds ...

When people think of the public library, the first image that comes to mind is rows of books with their spines neatly aligned; the quiet rustle of pages turning; the soft thud of a return bin closing.

In last week’s edition we inadvertently removed from an article about a human trafficking awareness program that Soroptimist International of Simi Valley was host of the event.

I recently had a routine dental visit turn into something much bigger. What began as a simple replacement of an old filling quickly escalated into a crown ($450 out-of-pocket) followed by pain when I ...

In its day, the sloth-like Paramylodon only had to worry about saber-toothed cats and the apex predators of the Pleistocene. But the 7-foot-tall recreation Brian Engh sculpted recently in Camarillo ...

If politics fills a vacuum, then California’s 42nd Assembly District, which brings an open seat to the 2026 election, has become a magnet for candidates. To date, five men and women have thrown their ...