Ventura County Supervisor Kathy Long confirmed yesterday she will seek reelection for a fourth term. A Camarillo resident, Long represents the third district. More...

Camarillo Hospice will present a volunteer training and community education program beginning Wed., Sept. 19. The program runs for eight consecutive weeks, meeting Wednesdays from 9 a.m. until noon at the Hospice office, 400 Rosewood Ave., Ste. 102, in Camarillo. More...

In many ways, Stan and Celia Reich are typical baby boomers- active, successful entrepreneurs in their early 50s. But when it comes to business, the Reichs break the mold, or, rather, they create it. More...

IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers CHUMASH BLESSING- University President Richard Rush, left, watches as Julie TumamaitStenslie of the Chumash tribe uses sage and drops of water to bless the first courtyard in Santa Cruz Village, the new student housing complex at California State University Channel ... More...

Welcome back, Dmitri Young. Returning to Southern California this week as the starting first baseman of the Washington Nationals, Young, who from 1988 to 1991 rewrote the varsity record books at Rio Mesa High, sent the first pitch he saw Monday night from Los Angeles starter Derek Lowe dee... More...

Rescue Me Inc. will hold an animal adoption from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., Sept. 16 at the Camarillo Premium Outlets, 740 E. Ventura Blvd. near Saks Fifth Avenue. Dogs and cats will be available for adoption from Rescue Me Inc., Serenity Place Cat Rescue and the Villalobos Rescue Center. More...

Camarillo A vandal pried open several mailboxes in the 500 block of Constitution Avenue sometime between Aug. 18 and 20. Vandals slashed the tires of a car parked in the 5000 block of Laurel Park Drive sometime Aug. 19 or 20. More...

"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide." - Ralph Waldo Emerson Elvis has left the building I recently saw an old movie featuring a scene in Las Vegas where an Elvis impersonators conventi... More...

FLOWER FUN- (Above) Margaret Kaslow, left, works with Pat Muntz, assistant executive director of AlmaVia of Camarillo, on a flower lei during Aloha Friday at AlmaVia, a healthcare facility for the elderly. Family members were invited to the senior community to enjoy a day of lei making, Hawaiian mus... More...

The third annual Aloha Beach Festival will return to Ventura from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat. and Sun., Sept. 15 and 16 along the Promenade from the Ventura pier down to "Surfer's Point. More...

College versus high school Freshmen heading off to college in the next few weeks are more likely to enjoy a successful first year if they understand some of the differences between high school and college. The biggest shift is in personal responsibility. In high school, teachers an... More...

BEST OF THE WEST- The Tsukayama family, Christina and Ron with their children Sean and Chanel, enjoy Bryce Canyon National Park in southwestern Utah for the Independence holiday. The park is known for its unique limestone rock formations. More...

Part one of a three-part series A dozen people in worn clothes load up into trucks and ride down a dusty, serpentine road to an orchard at the bottom of a hill in an unincorporated county area between Camarillo, Thousand Oaks and Moorpark. More...

The Ventura Port District and E. Legal Records will present the inaugural Peace, Love and Fun in the Sun Music Festival from noon to 6 p.m. Sun., Sept. 2 on the main lawn of Ventura Harbor Village, 1583 Spinnaker Drive, Ventura. More...

SAT., SEPT. 1 Safe Biking Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area presents Introduction to Mountain Bike Skills class, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Malibu Creek State Park, Las Virgenes and Malibu Creek roads. Learn backcountry preparedness, etiquette, riding fundamentals. Mountain bike, helmet r... More...

Thinking of selling your home? Sprucing up your yard will help get buyers attention and can add up to 15 percent to its value. It may even be the difference between a potential buyer and a driveaway. Want to hear more? More...