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Genetic genealogy leads to arrest in 2014 cold-case murder in Oxnard
2+ week, 4+ day ago (949+ words) (Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information about the suspect's arraignment.) Every weekday, Oxnard resident Labh Nigah would drop his son off at Sierra Linda Elementary School and then walk laps around the nearby Sierra Linda Park....
Jury finds Oxnard man guilty in Santa Paula double homicide
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (82+ words) An Oxnard man has been convicted of two first-degree murders by a jury and faces a mandatory sentencing of life in prison without parole. An Oxnard man has been convicted of two first-degree murder charges and other crimes by a…...
Oxnard police warn residents after mountain lion sighting
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (166+ words) A mountain lion was sighted on March 13 in a neighborhood north of Oxnard Airport and had been moving westbound, authorities said. Oxnard police updated on social media at 4: 24 a. m. March 14 that the mountain lion was no longer in the tree it…...
What to know as Southern California's record heat intensifies
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (656+ words) A heat wave blanketed California and much of the southwestern United States starting March 12 and is expected to calm down over the weekend before temperatures ramp back up and may break records. The March heatwave moved through the West Coast…...
Ventura County braces for heat wave, breaks record for warmest winter
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (585+ words) As Ventura County wraps up its warmest winter, a long, early heat wave could bring record high temperatures to local spots. The forecast calls for March 12-13 to be the hottest this week, with highs in the 80s through the mid-90s expected locally,…...
Oxnard woman arrested in death of her 1-day-old baby
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) (This story has been updated to the correct location and the date of the police response.) A 30-year-old Oxnard woman suspected of killing her 1-day-old child was arrested Feb. 8. The Oxnard Police Department said emergency personnel were called to the…...
Bicyclist killed in Oxnard ID'd, Camarillo man suspected of DUI nabbed
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (86+ words) Jacob Dildine, 23, died from multiple blunt force injuries. A driver, who allegedly crashed into a semi, is being held in jail for DUI causing injury. Bicyclist killed in Oxnard ID'd, Camarillo man suspected of DUI nabbed Bicyclist killed in Oxnard…...
Oxnard woman sentenced to two years for vehicular man slaughter
3+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
'My heart stopped': Missing baby girls found 36 years after mom's body dumped in desert
6+ mon, 4+ day 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…...
'These are arbitrary decisions:' Oxnard woman, her mother swept up by ICE
9+ mon, 2+ week 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…...