Three major pest control companies will pay a combined $3.15 million to settle allegations that they illegally disposed of pesticides and other hazardous waste, prosecutors announced Nov. 19. The ...
In a matter of days, much of America will sit down for the feast of all feasts—Thanksgiving. Why do we do it? How did it come to be? Is it stuffing or dressing? We’ve put together a quiz about this ...
The City of Camarillo has agreed to pay a nearly $200,000 settlement to John a former senior management ana­lyst, who alleged he was fired after more than 20 years because he was too old. Fraser, who ...
Everyone is up in arms over the White House East wing project but did we Californians know about our own State Capitol renovation? In California, a $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion renovation of the state ...
NP Despite the economic challenges facing many households, Americans still spent almost $4 billion on Halloween candy this year, according to the trade publication Candy and Snack Today. Prices for ...
HALLOWEEN HIJINKS—Candy flowed, clockwise from above, at Halloween in the Park, Oct. 29 at Community Center Park in Camarillo. Lisa Martinez, a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office service technician, ...
Photos by MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers RENOVATION—Construction continues at the Pleasant Valley Historical Society and Museum’s expansion project in Camarillo. New education areas, expanded exhibit ...
Legislation targeting puppy mills authored by an Assembly member from Ventura County has been signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Three bills that backers say stop the “puppy mill pipeline” got the ...
BOOKWORMS— Literary agents Jim Averbeck, left, and Sally Kim and editor Kristie Choi critique authors’ first pages in front of an audience during Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ ...
Everybody loves a good scare. It helps control the danger we per­ceive around us while triggering a rush of adrenaline and dopamine. Ventura County is home to many places that offer a good scare—and ...
FREEWAY FRIGHTS—Along a spooky stretch of northbound 101 on the Camarillo side of the Conejo Grade, sit a dozen or so decorated pumpkins. There’s the late Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off a bat, Jack ...
NP Kristin McKay knows the toll of Hunter syndrome. The rare genetic dis­ease claimed her brother’s life at 19. Diagnosed at age 2 in 1998, her brother lost the ability to walk, talk and eat, becoming ...