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The Port Hueneme City Council votes 4-0 to approve a new budget, with Councilman Tom Figg abstaining because the budget "doesn't meet the smell test."

A second Ventura County resident has died of West Nile virus, according to a county official.

Los Padres National Forest officials have designated Wednesday as a “Fee Free Day” for visitors.

A veteran forensic pathologist was appointed Tuesday as the chief medical examiner in Ventura County.

A man delivering newspapers for The Star was carjacked at gunpoint in Ventura Tuesday morning, officials said.

Oxnard's new fire chief will take over a department roiling with tension amid budget cuts, labor negotiations and conflict with the new city administration.

For some Republican presidential candidates, the party's first three debates have been pivotal, giving their campaigns a quick boost or shaking their supporters.

Three bodies were found inside a burning SUV in a Southern California neighborhood, authorities said.

A heated Port Hueneme City Council meeting Monday ended with the council majority removing two council members from their spots on committees and commissions.

Oxnard police early Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Santa Paula woman after a pursuit in a stolen SUV, officials said.