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Multiple Ventura County teens arrested in connection with shooting at Nyeland Acres party
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (354+ words) VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) " An 18-year-old Camarillo man and four juveniles are facing charges in connection with a Nov. 25 shooting at a party in Nyeland Acres. On Nov. 25, around 11:15 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a shots fired call in the 3600 block of Orange Drive in the unincorporated community of Nyeland Acres stated a press release from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. Arriving deputies located the crime scene, confirmed that a shooting had taken place, and were given the description of a vehicle that had fled the scene after the shooting detailed the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. According to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, deputies located the vehicle in Camarillo with an 18-year-old Camarillo man and five juveniles -two 17-year-olds from Oxnard, two 16-year-olds from Oxnard, and a 16-year-old from Port Hueneme- inside as well as a loaded high-power rifle discovered after…...
Search Underway for Missing 13-Year-Old Girl Last Seen in Oxnard
5+ day, 57+ min ago (128+ words) OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) " The community is asked to be on the look out for a missing teen last seen in the city of Oxnard on November 21st. 13-year-old Emiliana "Emi" Casarez was last seen wearing a black jacket, black tank top, blue jeans, and black Vans brand shoes in the River Park area of Oxnard around 7:21am on Nov. 21st. The California Department of Justice describes Emiliana as a hispanic female, weighing roughly 100-110 lbs, 5'1, with brown eyes and pink hair. The teen has one stud nose piercing, and may have been carrying a Jansport brand backpack, unknown color blanket, and stuffed animal when she was last seen. Anyone with information Emiliana's whereabouts can contact the Oxnard Police Department at (805) 385-7600....
“Drive-thru Distribution” feeds over 300 families at Oxnard College, volunteers turn down 50 families
1+ week, 1+ day ago (108+ words) OXNARD, Calif." Bags full of milk, eggs, bread, and vegetables are now a luxury for many. Volunteers with VC Defensa'say this is the highest number of people they've served since mid-summer. " You see people's faces. You can see the need and you can see the fear and you can see the relief and the gratefulness and the thankfulness when they receive food," said Oxnard College Sociology Professor Dolores Ortiz. "It's not a number. It's a person right here. It's a family," said Oxnard College Volunteer Jessica Vargas Ruiz. The next food distributions at Oxnard College are'planned the mornings of'Friday December 5th and Friday December 12th....
Oxnard man arrested for attempted carjacking after crashing into a pole on Ojai Avenue
1+ week, 3+ day ago (333+ words) VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) " A 27-year-old Oxnard man was arrested after crashing his vehicle into a utility pole and attempting to carjack another vehicle nearby. On Nov. 18, around 8:54 p.m., deputies responded to the area of Ojai Avenue and Del Norte Road for a traffic collision where the a witness shared that the driver had fled the scene on foot toward a nearby bike path stated a press release from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office Thursday. Arriving deputies found a white Volkswagen Tiguan that had crashed into a utility pole at the intersection and shortly after their arrival, a man approached the deputies and told them that a man, later identified as a 27-year-old Oxnard resident, had attacked him and tried to take his car detailed the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. The 51-year-old Ojai man said he was near his vehicle parked…...
Oxnard man arrested for robbery after multi-hour standoff on Spruce Street Wednesday
1+ week, 3+ day ago (247+ words) OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) " A 25-year-old Oxnard man was arrested in connection with a robbery after barricading himself inside a residence on Spruce Street for several hours Wednesday. On Nov. 19, officers responded to the 1400 block of Spruce Street for a reported robbery at knifepoint in the area stated a press release from the Oxnard Police Department. Arriving officers found that the suspect, later identified as a 25-year-old Oxnard man, had barricaded himself in a nearby residence and members of the local SWAT team, a K-9 unit, a crisis negotiations team, an unmanned aerial vehicle unit, and deputies with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene detailed the Oxnard Police Department. Responders attempted to communicate with the barricaded man for several hours, but he did not comply and ultimately, chemical agents were deployed into the residence before the 25-year-old was taken…...
Police records confirm federal agents provided false statements during violent October encounter
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1030+ words) OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) " Oxnard Police have released documents about the response of officers to a violent incident involving federal agents in October that reveal federal agents provided multiple accounts of the interaction that do not match videos from the scene and accounts of what happened. The newly released documents detail the accounts of two Oxnard Police Department personnel, Officer Wood and Officer Flannery, who responded to the scene and were provided by the local law enforcement agency in compliance with a request filed by Your News Channel through the California Public Records Request Act. According to the partially redacted documents listed as "ASSIST OTHER AGENCY DEPARTMENT" type of incident in both accounts, officers were dispatched to the area of Mountain Avenue and Pacific Avenue for a road rage incident around 7:48 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2025. The response was triggered by an uninvolved person…...
Farms work to reduce storm impacts
1+ week, 6+ day ago (79+ words) OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) Farm owners and workers are trying to prevent rain damage. People driving along Harbor Blvd. between Oxnard and Ventura can see OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) Farm owners and workers are trying to prevent rain damage. People driving along Harbor Blvd. between Oxnard and Ventura can see flooding. One farm is using a pump to try to protect crops. Some strawberries have washed out of the fields and into the mud and more rain is in the forecast....
Amid heavy rain and flood watch, Ventura County Fire Department urges driver safety
2+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) VENTURA COUNTY, Calif." Slick roads have created dangerous driving conditions resulting in multiple accidents in Ventura County. Fortunately, no fatalities or injuries have been reported. But the Ventura County Fire Department is on high alert. Andrew Dowd says the Ventura County Fire Department has staffed 80 firefighters this evening lasting into tomorrow. Safety experts warn that six inches of moving water can sweep a person away, and 12 inches can wash a vehicle away. Andrew Dowd highlights the most vulnerable areas in Ventura county....
Skeletal remains recovered on Oxnard beach in 1984 identified as Donald Scott Reich
3+ week, 3+ day ago (464+ words) OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) " Skeletal remains discovered on Silver Strand Beach in May of 1984 have been identified as 33-year-old Donald Scott Reich, a professional organist who worked at the Wagon Wheel Junction entertainment complex. On May 10, 1984, the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office collected a human jawbone with teeth from Silver Strand Beach for identification stated a press release from the Ventura County Sheriff's Office Thursday. The Medical Examiner was unable to verify the remains and in 2006, a DNA profile was entered into the FBI's Combined DNA Index System(CODIS) which yielded no matches and the unidentified remains were documented as John Doe (1984) shared the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. Recently, the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office provided forensic evidence of the remains for submission to Othram Labs in The Woodlands, Texas, for advanced DNA testing and scientists there were able to successfully…...