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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 01/08/2026 > oxnard-ricki-newton-sentenced-crash > 88086310007

Oxnard woman sentenced to two years for vehicular man slaughter

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (167+ words) A 24-year-old Oxnard woman was sentenced to two years in state prison for felony vehicular manslaughter in Santa Barbara Superior Court Jan. 8. The charges stem from a crash on Aug. 13, 2023, when Oxnard resident Ricki Newton crashed into a car, killing…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > nation > 10/20/2025 > cold-case-missing-girls-arizona-california-marina-ramos > 86485476007

'My heart stopped': Missing baby girls found 36 years after mom's body dumped in desert

'My heart stopped': Missing baby girls found 36 years after mom's body dumped in desert2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1193+ words) In the vast and lonely Arizona desert about 50 miles south of Las Vegas, tourists who took a wrong turn stumbled across a woman's naked and bloodied body on Dec. 12, 1989. Two days later and nearly 400 miles to the west, good Samaritans…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 07/06/2025 > oxnard-family-ice-deports-mom-judge-orders-daughters-release > 84294390007

'These are arbitrary decisions:' Oxnard woman, her mother swept up by ICE

'These are arbitrary decisions:' Oxnard woman, her mother swept up by ICE6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1448+ words) Araceli Bravo-Solano sat in a parked car outside a Camarillo field office when a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocked on her window. She had been waiting for her mother who was at a routine immigration appointment inside. The agent…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 07/05/2025 > oxnard-sixth-grader-learned-mother-father-were-deported > 84454010007

Godmother steps up after Oxnard sixth-grader's mother, father deported

Godmother steps up after Oxnard sixth-grader's mother, father deported6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (101+ words) On June 10, the day immigration agents raided farms and packing houses in the fields surrounding Oxnard, she sat with her 12-year-old godson at his parents" home. She told him she just wanted to visit ... Godmother steps up after Oxnard sixth-grader's…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 06/10/2025 > protests-hit-oxnard-as-ice-reports-spike > 84141149007

As ICE reports spike, protesters respond in Oxnard

As ICE reports spike, protesters respond in Oxnard6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (731+ words) Close to 1,000 demonstrators crowded into downtown Oxnard the evening of June 10 to protest increasing reports of federal immigration agents operating in Ventura County. The protest, announced on social media on Tuesday, began in front of Oxnard City Hall at 7 p.m. with…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 05/16/2025 > ventura-county-ice-arrests-appear-to-rise-in-may-exact-counts-unclear > 83589748007

Immigration arrests appear to surge in May in Ventura County; exact numbers remain unclear

Immigration arrests appear to surge in May in Ventura County; exact numbers remain unclear7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1628+ words) Leaders of the 805 UndocuFund group that helps run an immigration hotline contend at least 53 people in Ventura, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties have been arrested by U.S. Immigration ... As reports of May immigration arrests " at an Oxnard gas station,…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 04/28/2025 > public-health-forum-in-oxnard-focuses-on-tobacco-cannabis-policies > 83327554007

Public health forum in Oxnard focuses on tobacco, cannabis policies

Public health forum in Oxnard focuses on tobacco, cannabis policies8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (154+ words) The town hall event called "Tobacco Old & New: A Community Health Conversation" will focus on tobacco and cannabis policies designed to safeguard public health. It is open to the public and is aimed ... Flavored vapes, cannabis and tobacco will be…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 04/21/2025 > pope-francis-death-mourned-ventura-county-california > 83198701007

'An ardent proponent of peace': Ventura County residents mourn Pope Francis

'An ardent proponent of peace': Ventura County residents mourn Pope Francis8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (528+ words) Francis elevated Father Junipero Serra, founder of California missions including Mission San Buenaventura, to sainthood in a Washington, D.C., ceremony in 2015. The Rev. Tom Elewaut, pastor of the ... Hours after Pope Francis died at age 88, people across Ventura County mourned his…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 04/15/2025 > port-hueneme-hotel-fire-critically-injures-1-occupant > 83096964007

1 critically injured in Port Hueneme motel fire

1 critically injured in Port Hueneme motel fire8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (114+ words) A fire at a Port Hueneme motel critically injured one person and sent a second to the hospital on April 15, officials said. 1 critically injured in Port Hueneme motel fire A person was transported to a local hospital in critical condition…...

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usatoday.com > story > news > local > 04/09/2025 > trump-tariffs-haas-automation-oxnard-california > 82983555007

Oxnard's Haas Automation is one firm that could be hit hard by tariffs

Oxnard's Haas Automation is one firm that could be hit hard by tariffs9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1582+ words) New tariffs could cost Oxnard's Haas Automation tens of millions a year, even though it makes all its products in the U.S. At Haas Automation in Oxnard, one of Ventura County's biggest manufacturing companies and biggest private-sector employers, there's a lot…...