Kathleen Wilson

A man charged with the murder-torture of his girlfriend in Thousand Oaks took the stand Tuesday, testifying that he did not intend to kill the 24-year-old woman while admitting he caused her death.

A former public defender has moved up to a judgeship on the Ventura County Superior Court.

A Thousand Oaks man was convicted Tuesday of murdering his girlfriend but may have escaped a life sentence without parole when the jury rejected the allegation that he intended to kill her while torturing her.

Two die in unusual series of crashes on Highway 118.

Editor's note: Vote centers close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, and the first round of results are expected to be released by 8:30 p.m. This story will be updated as results are released.

Editor's note: Vote centers close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, and the first round of results is expected to be released by 8:30 p.m. This story will be updated as results are released.

A couple accused of kidnapping and murdering an Oxnard woman were bound over for trial Wednesday in a case in which prosecutors are seeking the state's maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.

A Yorba Linda woman faces commercial sex charges involving local brothels allegedly disguised as spas.

A project designed to bolster Ventura's water supplies won almost half the federal funding in awards announced this month.

A judge refuses bail for former school counselor charged with multiple counts of child molestation in Santa Paula.