Oxnard mother convicted of torturing and murdering her 3-year-old daughter
An Oxnard mother who had twice lost custody of her young daughter tortured and murdered her three-year-old girl in 2015, a Ventura County Jury decided on Monday. Read More …
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Northern California fire becomes deadliest blaze in state history
As fires ravage Northern and Southern California, an unusually high death toll is mounting, and one of the blazes has become the deadliest in state history.
The Northern California Camp Fire has killed at least 42 people, Read More …
Wildfires ravage Ventura County hours after mass shooting
Just hours after a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks left 13 people dead, two wildfires broke out in Ventura County, resulting in numerous evacuation orders, as well as burned or damaged structures and Highway 101 closures. Read More …
Gunman kills 13 people at Ventura County dance bar
A gunman stormed into a popular dance venue in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday night, shot and killed 13 people and injured others. The shooter, identified as Ian David Long, also died. Read More …
Southern California Edison admits its equipment may have sparked Thomas Fire
The utility Southern California Edison has released a statement acknowledging that its equipment may have helped sparked the Thomas Fire that devastated Ventura and Santa Barbara counties late last year and led to the deadly Montecito mudslides in early 2018. Read More …
Driver crashes car into living room of Oxnard home, then gets away
The residents of house in Oxnard awoke to an unpleasant surprise early Monday morning. A person drove a car directly into their living room. And while the car remained wedged against the living room sofa, the driver was nowhere to be found. Read More …
Southern California Edison battling lawsuits over Thomas Fire
Multiple lawsuits in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties accuse utility Southern California Edison of negligent activity that caused the Thomas Fire and ultimately led to numerous deaths in the Montecito mudslides. Read More …
Armed suspects caught in Montecito disaster zone
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives caught three men driving through the Montecito disaster area on Tuesday in a possibly stolen vehicle carrying a large amount of ammunition and a spent handgun Read More …
Central Coast mudslides: One person found, three remain missing
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that one of the persons missing in the aftermath of the Montecito mudslides has been located. Authorities found John “Jack” Keating, 53, in Read More …
Storm prompts new evacuation orders in Thomas Fire burn area
Following a year of raging wildfires, officials are ordering some Central Coast residents to evacuate in anticipation of storms expected to produce flooding and mudslides in burn areas. Mandatory evacuations are Read More …