Gretchen Wenner

• First day of new fee at Rincon Parkway nets no violators Updated 05/24/2012 at 6:52 p.m. 14 Comments

  New fines meant to root out seaside squatters at the Rincon Parkway kicked in Thursday, but park rangers didn't immediately nab any violators.

• Oxnard ready for return of Cowboys Updated 05/24/2012 at 5:01 p.m. 5 Comments

  As the Dallas Cowboys go through their first organized team activities (OTAs) this week in Dallas, preparations continue in Oxnard for the team's upcoming 2012 training camp at the Fields at River Ridge.

• Third Oxnard resident announces run for mayor Updated 05/24/2012 at 6:36 p.m. 2 Comments

  Don Thibeault is the latest to announce a run for mayor of Oxnard.

• Foy balks at dirt fee, but supervisors OK increases Updated 05/22/2012 at 6:13 p.m. 6 Comments

  Supervisors approved fee increases for building projects Tuesday.

• Secret details revealed about Oxnard probe Published 05/19/2012 at 3:54 p.m. 93 Comments

  Oxnard's mayor lied to protect his own interests, investigators say, and a department head's city-issued credit card showed charges for pornographic movies. Recently unsealed search warrants reveal behind-the-scenes details of the investigation.

• Measure O funds OK'd for Oxnard streets but not college Updated 05/16/2012 at 10:24 a.m. 9 Comments

  The Oxnard City Council unanimously OK'd $4.3 million in Measure O spending Tuesday night.

• Oxnard council eliminates retirement perk for top staffers Updated 05/09/2012 at 8:51 p.m. 16 Comments

  The Oxnard City Council voted unanimously to kill a $300-a-month retirement benefit for top employees.

• Oxnard business tax fails to make it out of starting gate Updated 05/02/2012 at 7:08 p.m. 19 Comments

  An all-city business tax in Oxnard died on the vine Tuesday night when the City Council didn't vote on what looked like a doomed proposition.

• Oxnard council to consider new fee on businesses Updated 04/30/2012 at 4:40 p.m. 22 Comments

  A proposal to have most businesses in Oxnard pay an annual fee to keep an economic development group afloat is headed to the City Council on Tuesday night to set hearing dates.

• Rodney King juror: 'My father was black' Published 04/28/2012 at 12:57 p.m.

  There was more diversity on the Rodney King jury than the public knows, one juror tells The Star.

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