10+ mon, 3+ week ago (22+ words) Oxnard boys basketball edges Santa Barbara in showdown of Channel League powers; and other local basketball and soccer results from Wednesday....

7+ mon, 4+ week ago (429+ words) Two men, 19 and 29, and two women, 21 and 51, were indicted for armed robberies Jan. 4 at the Oxnard Home Depot and Jan. 7 at an Oxnard Walmart. Four Oxnard residents were charged Monday in Los Angeles federal court for their alleged involvement in two armed robberies in Oxnard in January, authorities said. Two men, 19 and 29, and two women, 21 and 51, were indicted for armed robberies Jan. 4 at the Oxnard Home Depot and Jan. 7 at an Oxnard Walmart, according to a news release from the FBI. All four were charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and interference with commerce by robbery under what's called the federal Hobbs Act. Authorities said the 19-year-old brandished a gun in both robberies, and he and the others tried to leave the stores with items they planned to steal. He and the 21-year-old, who was identified as…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago (513+ words) An Oxnard-area clinic, a mental health initiative, cancer screenings and other health care programs in Ventura County are set to gain about $22 million in grants from a Medi-Cal program. The Gold Coast Health Plan is using its reserves to provide money over three years to providers and programs across the county in a new effort aimed at improving access to care for people covered by Medi-Cal. Gold Coast is the public entity that administers Medi-Cal for more than 240,000 low-income people across the county. It's tax funded and operates on a budget of more than $1 billion a year. Leaders of the plan said many of the grants will go to programs run by its health care partners, including the county Health Care Agency, the Clinicas del Camino Real network of health centers and Community Memorial Health Care. Others of the more…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago (390+ words) Multiple ongoing state and local projects along heavily traveled roadways in Ventura County are expected to cause some traffic delays over the weekend and into the week of Oct. 13. The California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, and the County of Ventura have several long-term projects. The road projects include construction on State Route 118 in Moorpark, State Route 232 in El Rio and Ventura Road in Oxnard, according to "Caltrans. Where can you expect some snags in your commute? Moorpark's State Route 118 pavement rehabilitation project will see work on a nearly 3-mile stretch of Los Angeles Avenue until fall of 2027, according to Caltrans. Daytime shoulder and sidewalk closures and nighttime lane closures will occur intermittently throughout the stretch of highway from Spring Road to Montair Drive. Overnight lane closures will occur from Oct. 13 to Oct. 16 between Tierra Rejada and Spring roads between…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago (433+ words) Ventura County immigration advocates plan to protest in front of Oxnard Police headquarters the night of Aug. 22 after federal agents allegedly arrested a woman at a bus stop in front of the station the day before. The 46-year-old woman, who Oxnard Police Chief Jason Benites said in an email to city leaders is on parole for arson, was leaving the station Aug. 21 after meeting with an Oxnard Police detective to comply with state requirements that arson offenders register with local police. Blurry video of the incident surfaced on social media on Aug. 21, showing a group of individuals in tactical gear surrounding a pink-shirted figure at a bus stop on C Street, then escorting her into an SUV in the police station's public parking lot. Leo Martinez, an organizer with VC Defensa, said the activist network has been in contact with…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago (575+ words) An Oxnard man evaded two spike strips and three attempts by authorities to push him off course with their own cars during an hour-long, high-speed chase up and down Highway 101 between Oxnard and the San Fernando Valley June 26. Driving a white work van, the 39-year-old electrician, was pursued for more than 70 miles by California Highway Patrol units from Ventura, Moorpark and the West Valley. The chase began around 7:09 p.m. when a motorist called 911 during an alleged road rage incident in Oxnard with the Oxnard man. It ultimately ended at 8:16 p.m. when units from the CHP's Ventura office took him into custody after following him off the freeway, north on Oxnard Boulevard and through a nearby mobile home park. The man was arrested June 26 on suspicion of felony evading an officer and several misdemeanors. He was booked into Ventura County jail and is…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago (674+ words) Highlights from Monday and Tuesday in boys basketball, girls basketball, girls soccer, boys soccer, girls wrestling, boys wrestling, and girls water polo. Top Prep Performers from Monday and Tuesday Highlights from Monday and Tuesday in high school sports: - Marcos Ramirez finished with 21 points, eight assists, four rebounds and four steals, David Giron scored 15 points, Josh Ullegue had 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals, Rohan Gregory Stankey had 10 points and seven rebounds, Mikey Duran-Morales had seven points, and D'aries Garrett added six points to lead Oxnard (11-4, 3-1) to an 81-34 victory over Pacifica in a Channel League game. Tommy Williams had 10 points, Anthony Calica had nine points and Julian Fuentes added six points for the Tritons (7-10, 0-4). - Jackson Knowles finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds, four steals and three assists, Gerardo Garcia had 16 points and three assists, and John Kaleb Moreno had 13 points, five assists and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago (604+ words) Angel Carrillo and Abraham Morales made the most of their opportunity on Aug. 15. Both Oxnard fighters defeated their respective foes at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez. In a clash of unbeaten junior featherweights, Carrillo defeated Damien Basurto by unanimous decision. Scores were 40-36, 40-36, and 39-37 for Carrillo, who improved to 5-0-1 with two knockouts. Basurto, who lives in Compton, fell to 3-1, KO." Fighting for the first time in more than 13 years, Abraham Morales dropped Haiti's Nesly Trezile (1-4) once en route to a unanimous decision victory. Scores were 39-36, 39-36, and 38-37 for Morales." Carrillo, a 2023 Hueneme High School graduate, outboxed the southpaw Basurto during most of their fight. The 20-year-old Carrillo, who defeated Joshua Torres of Simi Valley in his previous fight on Dec. 13, 2024, sparred unbeaten prospect Gilbert Perez in preparation for Friday's fight. "I felt good about my performance," Carrillo told The Star....

9+ mon, 2+ week ago (282+ words) An Oxnard teen was arrested last week for his alleged connection to a December crime spree around Ventura County. The 17-year-old male was arrested Feb. 4 after a monthslong investigation found he was one of at least three suspects involved in multiple incidents, said Ventura County Sheriff's Detective John O'Weger. Detectives learned Dec. 2 about numerous thefts from unlocked vehicles, along with tampering of additional vehicles, in Thousand Oaks and the unincorporated Oak Park community. The sheriff's office is contracted to provide police services in Thousand Oaks and patrols the unincorporated county. The suspects allegedly stole cash, credit cards, personal identifying information and other property from the vehicles. They then used the credit cards at different locations in the county, according to a news release issued Monday. Investigators discovered the vehicle used by the suspects had been previously stolen in Oxnard, O'Weger…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago (509+ words) (This story has been updated with new information from the Oxnard Police Department.) Lanes of Highway 118 in the Somis area were closed for several hours Tuesday night when a big rig overturned, the California Highway Patrol reported. The accident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. near Grimes Canyon Road, between Somis and Moorpark. CHP Officer Ryan Ayers said the Freightliner semitractor-trailer had been headed eastbound on the highway. As the driver, a man about 40 years old, approached a curve near Grimes Canyon Road, he allowed the rig to run onto the right shoulder, Ayers said, then overcorrected, swinging around on the roadway. Both the tractor and trailer overturned. The accident initially blocked all lanes, the CHP reported. No injuries were reported and no other vehicles were involved, Ayers said. Officers soon alternated motorists through the stretch. The process of righting the semi and…...