Editor's note: This is the second story in a series for The Star's annual year in review and focuses on business in Ventura ...

Even though Christmas tree recycling is an annual ritual, differing rules, dates and deadlines in various parts of Ventura ...

The official start time is 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 5. The state has delayed the start of the commercial crab fishing season for the sixth year in a row. The reason is to protect endangered humpback whales ...

Darin Schindler, Ventura's chief of police, looks back at 36 years in local law enforcement ahead of his upcoming retirement.

The law doubles the time tenants have to respond after receiving an eviction notice from five business days to 10.

The Mountain Fire holds the year's top spot for page views, but basking sharks, rocket launches and other topics also ranked ...

Madame Leota's Somewhere Beyond is decorated with a crystal ball, fainting couch and the chandelier Leota used in séances.

Camden Kocur led Oaks Christian to an undefeated Marmonte League campaign and into the semifinals of CIF-SS Open Division ...

Two people and two dogs died in a head-on crash on Highway 126 east of Fillmore Tuesday afternoon. Others were injured.

Adventist Health Simi Valley leaders closed an eight-bed birthing center in May, citing falling delivery numbers at the unit ...

Ventura Unified School District has received a $650,000 grant to fund electric vehicle repair programs at Buena and Ventura ...

The Ventura Pier was closed early Sunday morning and is expected to remain off limits through Christmas Day due to a high ...