El Rio, CA

SUBJECT: DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoints and Saturation Patrol Results. Six impaired drivers arrested during two simultaneous DUI checkpoints and saturation patrol. On January 26, 2023, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., the Oxnard Police Department collaborated with the California Highway Patrol – Ventura Office and held two simultaneous DUI/Driver’s License checkpoints and a city-wide saturation patrol. The first checkpoint was held at Wooley Road and A Street, and the second location was held at Saviers Road and Iris Street. The operations resulted in six arrests for impaired driving and forty-one citations.

A mountain lion found dead Sunday on Pacific Coast Highway near Las Posas Road may mark the ninth such death in less than a year. The National Park Service identified the cougar as P-81, a 4-year-old mountain lion tracked as part of a long-term study on how the population in Ventura and Los Angeles...

Moorpark, Ventura County, CA: A pursuit was initiated for a stolen vehicle by the Los Angeles Police Department in the early morning hours of Friday, Jan. 27, that took units around the Los Angeles area starting in Sun Valley through Glendale and Burbank, then ending in the city of Moorpark in Ventura County.

Oxnard police say that during the month of January, officers from their Traffic Division conducted a number of enforcement operations aimed at reckless drivers involved in street demonstrations or racing. They say three vehicles were impounded and one driver was arrested for reckless driving. Officers say they observed the drivers...

First of all have you ever heard of Oxnard, California? It’s an area just about 60 miles northwest of LAX and we went to visit because I heard it would be an excellent home base to explore the Channel Islands. It turns out, Oxnard is also a really great foodie destination- my family tried to conquer the Oxnard taco trail and barely made it 1/5 through so we’ll have to come back again. We were hosted by Visit Oxnard at the Hilton Zachari Dunes at Mandalay Bay and had a fantastic time at this beautiful resort. We would definitely stay here again.

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the California Strawberry Festival will return May 20-21 at a new venue, the Ventura County Fairgrounds. “We are thrilled to relaunch the California Strawberry Festival in 2023 at the Fairgrounds,” said Dean Kato, chair of the California Strawberry Festival Board of Directors.

High school students peeked into the world of medicine on Thursday, piloting a surgical robot through simulations at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard. More than 60 youths from high schools in Oxnard and Camarillo took turns at control consoles putting the da Vinci Xi Surgical System through its paces. The system has been used at St. John’s for more than a decade and is currently employed for surgeries ranging from hernia repairs to gynecological procedures.

On Monday, January 23, Congresswoman Julia Brownley presented a check for $640,000 to the County of Ventura to expand crime victim services and resources in Oxnard and Port Hueneme. The money will help with the expansion of the Ventura County Family Justice Center, a program administered by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office, at a new location in Oxnard.

Here's a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County and regional agencies: Wind gusts reach 60 mph at Camarillo Airport Santa Ana winds produced notable gusts around Ventura and Los Angeles counties Thursday morning, including a 112 mph blast registered along the Magic Mountain Truck Trail in the LA County mountains, the National...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Central Coast, CA – January 26, 2023 – People’s Self-Help Housing (PSHH) has received over $475,000 in funding from the California Public Utilities Commission to bring new, high-speed internet access to 10 of their affordable housing sites.

The latest COVID update for Ventura County shows continued improvement. There were just 350 new cases reported during the past week with the total number of currently active cases remaining at a low 326. The number of COVID patients in local hospitals also continued to decline and was at just...

The evidence of what we all knew would be true has become plain: The disruption of the COVID pandemic on schools has substantially set back children academically, and children from families with the least resources have been set back most of all. A sobering report in The Star last week...

About 375 volunteers searched city streets and unincorporated areas of Ventura County Tuesday for homeless residents as part of an annual survey. The point-in-time homeless count, as it's called, is part of nationwide effort by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Communities use that information to secure state and federal funding for housing and outreach projects.

Authorities today identified a Ventura County man who was fatally struck by a vehicle on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway near downtown Los Angeles.

Update--The last of three Santa Ana wind events raked Ventura County Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Wind gusts ranging from 35 to 70 mph were reported, especially Thursday morning, before the winds started to slowly diminish. By Thursday night, all of the wind-related advisories and warnings had been allowed to...

Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star at The Elite Theatre Company. Two one-act plays are connected in surprising ways at The Elite Theatre Company in Oxnard. James McLure’s Laundry and Bourbon and Lone Star, onstage through Feb. 12, take place in the deep heart of Texas in the wake of the Vietnam War. Laced with humor, they deal with parallel worlds: girlfriends chatting on a porch in the heat of the afternoon and good ol’ boys shooting the breeze under the stars outside a dive bar. On the surface, it’s just friends talking but, as it so often happens, truths come out in jest and, like pulling a thread from a sweater, one revelation leads to another and another until everything starts to unravel.

The Santa Ana winds in Ventura County will progressively taper Thursday evening, following the peak overnight and into this morning. The Wind Advisory for the Central and Southeastern Ventura County Valleys remains in effect until 5pm Thursday. Temperatures remain above average into Friday, with sunny skies and highs primarily in the mid to upper 60s. The post One more day of pleasant temperatures before a cooling trend begins appeared first on News Channel 3-12.

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Severe winter storms earlier this month destroyed three Ventura County homes and damaged dozens of others, officials said Tuesday. Rain pummeled the region Jan. 9-10, filling streams and rivers and causing mud and debris flows. Areas north of Ojai reported 18 inches of rainfall in just over 24 hours. Highways...

The Ventura County community showed an outpouring of support for Katie Meyer, a Stanford University soccer player who died by suicide last year.