Moorpark

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.

The Braille Institute's Mobile Solutions Van will be at the Fillmore Senior Center, 533 Santa Clara Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 29.

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.

A roundup of achivements by people with Ventura County ties.

A $9.3 million apartment complex, one of the latest affordable-housing projects in Moorpark, officially opened to much fanfare despite the controversy it encountered when it was proposed.

A memorial service was held on Wednesday for longtime Moorpark resident Lewis Barton Miller, who was considered one of the founding fathers in Moorpark.

Two people have been charged with real estate fraud in connection with the use of a "straw borrower" to get loans for a Moorpark home, prosecutors said.

The Moorpark City Council ranked almost $500,000 worth of countywide and Moorpark-specific projects Wednesday for federal Community Development Block Grant funding.

The board that oversees Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges intends to make some changes to get the three campuses off probation — and ultimately to do its job better.

The Moorpark Parks and Recreation Commission recommended that Moorpark youth sports organizations pay an hourly fee to use sports facilities as part of their new sports use agreements with the city.

Budget cuts have forced community colleges to eliminate many classes that don't lead to a degree, transfer or certificate — more than 2,000 in the past four years at Moorpark, Oxnard and Ventura colleges.

The city of Moorpark will host the third annual Moorpark Has Talent show at 7 p.m. March 24 at the High Street Arts Center.

A stretch of Highway 118 was closed for about an hour Friday afternoon after a car crashed head-on into a cement truck near Moorpark, authorities said.

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Songmakers, a nonprofit organization of beginning to professional musicians and singers, will holds its Agoura Hills song circle Tuesday in a private home.