Tony Biasotti

Port Hueneme paid $24,000 in workplace safety fines stemming from a Feb. 8 incident in which a police sergeant accidentally shot a colleague.

Most of the winners of last month's local elections in Ventura County were clear by the day after the election, but there were a few races that remained up in the air until just before the results were officially certified on Wednesday.

A woman who was passed over for a job as a Ventura city firefighter is suing the city for gender discrimination, claiming that harassment, hazing and double standards prevented her from becoming the city’s only female firefighter.

The university already cut $11.5 million from its budget this year and plans to cut another $17 million next year. More than 100 jobs could be lost.

The dispute between former U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly and California Lutheran University is likely to go before a jury sometime in 2025.

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 County.

The median price of all existing single-family homes sold in the county in November was $912,000.

Fatal drug overdoses in Ventura County were down 30% in the first nine months of 2024, compared to the same period of 2023.

In the video, the suspect can be seen pointing a revolver at Oxnard police just before the officers shot him.

A nonprofit founded last year, with the same address as Patagonia's headquarters, gave $2.2 million to five political action committees.