County News

Sen. Sharon Runner, elected last year in a special election in the district that includes Santa Paula and Fillmore, announced Wednesday that she will not seek re-election next year.

Applications are available to Thousand Oaks residents who want to fill the City Council seat being vacated by Councilman Dennis Gillette on March 1.

A wind advisory is in effect in the coastal valleys of Ventura County until noon today, the National Weather Service reported.

Dr. Charles Hair is stepping down as chairman of the board of the Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association after almost 30 years.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum’s latest temporary exhibit is "Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon."

An off-duty Ventura County sheriff’s deputy feared he was going to be run over when he opened fire at a sport utility vehicle on his property near Moorpark after a confrontation with some suspected thieves, authorities said Tuesday.

Island View Enterprises,the city of Ventura's first shooting range, is scheduled to open in March.

Ventura County sheriff’s deputies searched part of Somis after a man was slashed Tuesday with a knife during a fight, officials said.

Average pensions for Ventura County public safety officers rank among the highest and those for civilian workers among the lowest, according to a Stanford University study of independent pension systems released Tuesday.

A campfire in a homeless encampment along the Ventura River grew into a small brush fire Tuesday, causing road closures and snarling traffic, officials said.

An off-duty Ventura County Sheriff’s deputy fired shots Monday night after a thief allegedly tried to hit him with a vehicle on his Moorpark property, but no one was injured, authorities said.

Highly trained police K-9s can be invaluable — with their superior sense of smell and hearing — in locating a suspect far more quickly than officers.

Assemblywoman Julia Brownley's decision to run as a candidate in the 26th Congressional district was met with disappointment from some of her Democratic rivals.

Three guilty pleas entered last week close the book on nearly all of the 14 federal mortgage fraud cases filed two years ago after local real estate agents reported shady business practices.

A shoe store outside Ventura was burglarized Sunday night, authorities said.