The Oxnard City Council unanimously approved a plan for 990 residential units on about 150 acres of farmland during its meeting April 15. The massive Teal Club development is planned for property ...

A woman out for a jog in the city of Ventura found herself fighting off an alleged would-be kidnapper and escaping with the help of a Good Samaritan driving by late last month, officials ...

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Public safety, infrastructure and eco­nomic development took center stage last week at a town hall in which Ventura County Supervisor Janice Parvin and a panel of local officials tackled pressing ...

If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could ...

Over a week after thousands of homes were lost to the Palisades and Eaton Fires, another spread across Ventura ... Hughes Road area near Castaic Lake. You can find an interactive map of evacuation ...

This weekend in North Jersey enjoy live music including Gloria Gaynor and Let's Sing Taylor, comedy by Dane Cook, plus theater, art, magic and more.

400 Paramus Road. 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. $18; $12 for seniors (age 65+); $5 for all students. tickets.bergen.edu, 201-447-7428. Bergen County Players - 'Things My Mother ...

The missing 13-year-old whose body was discovered along a Ventura County road near a local beach has been identified by his family as Oscar Omar Hernandez. Investigators with the Los Angeles ...