As 2025 draws to a close, it is difficult to escape the sense that it has been a grinding year for the nation and for our community. The headlines have been loud, the arguments louder, and the fatigue ...

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a 10% increase to water rates and monthly service charges for Waterworks District No. 1, which serves Moorpark and nearby areas. Effective ...

Above, Westlake Warrior Axel Ostergard goes up and over Moorpark’s Tanner Stotts (left) and Tyson Howarth during a non-league boys’ basketball game Dec. 12 at Westlake High School. Moorpark won, 70-64 ...

Some are calling for justice and hate crime charges after 18-year-old Michael Robinson, a Black teenager, was brutally attacked and subjected to racial slurs outside the Regal movie theater in Simi ...

Zone 0—the five-foot space around a home—can play a vital role in protecting houses from wildfire. Burning embers, carried miles by Santa Ana winds, collect around foundations, fences and dry plants ...

If you think rents are problematic, listen to what Dan Hamilton, director of economics for Cal Luthern’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting has to say. “Ventura County’s housing market is in ...

Ventura County’s only public university, Cal State Channel Islands, has announced a major new affordability initiative designed to expand access to higher education for California families: the ...

During a Jan. 25 concert at Scherr Forum in Thousand Oaks, the tall and lanky Canadian guitarist who took the stage explained how he was going to start his show by accompanying himself using a ...

Every day across California, people walk into emergency rooms not because they want to, but because they have nowhere else to go. They’re not there for emergencies, but for problems that could have ...

The decision of the five-member body follows months of community debate and growing concerns about the risks of large-scale lithium-ion battery facilities, which have been linked to dangerous fires in ...

Head to Moorpark High School during recess, gym class, or when the Moorpark Varsity Boys Football team is practicing, and you will see dozens of young men who love football. Many youngsters dream of ...

CLEANUP TIME—Local volunteers reprise their annual Agoura Hills Creek Cleanup at Lindero Creek near the Kanan-Agoura roads intersection Sept. 14. Members of the Agoura High water polo team were among ...