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A Florida teen dying of a rare type of cancer wants to marry his high school sweetheart, no matter how much time he has left. His community is doing whatever it takes to make his dream come true.
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In a rare moment of quiet before the Olympic halfpipe final, the culmination of a dream that consumed much of her 17 years, Chloe Kim got a text from her dad.
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“This is the time to be a dragon,” he wrote. “Today is the day the imugi turns to dragon.”
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Remember the Idaho teacher who sparked outrage when he allegedly fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of students? He's been charged with cruelty to animals.
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Farmworkers would be eligible to apply for permanent legal residency if they have worked in agriculture for at least 100 days during four of the previous five years, according to advocates familiar with Biden’s plan.
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This amazing video of make-up artist Mirjana Kika Milosevic creating art on her stomach will make you do a double take.
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Here's a look at how an owl is doing after being rescued from the ashes of the Maria Fire. Learn more about the owl and the rescue:
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Ventura County Sheriff deputies arrested a 22-year-old man after a month-long investigation into a case of fraudulent prescription use.
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The recovery effort has continued amid intense interest from Naya Rivera's fans on social media, especially on Twitter.
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Authorities are trying to identify a woman captured by security cameras tossing seven newborn puppies into a dumpster in Southern California.
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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney gets standing ovation at the Reagan library in Simi Valley
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Gov. Gavin Newsom called growing homelessness in California a national disgrace as he announced that he is launching a task force to find solutions.
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Authorities say Harrison Ford acted "as a good Samaritan, just like everybody else" when he helped a woman at the scene of a rollover crash in Santa Paula.
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#BREAKING
: Ventura County received the go-ahead from the governor's office to reopen seated dining in restaurants and allow shopping inside many retail stores Thursday.
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Florida beachgoers band together in a human chain to save a family from drowning.
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A bald eagle lands on the extended ladder of a Minnesota firetruck involved in a flag display in memory of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. "Unbelievable!" Andover Fire Chief Jerry Streich exclaimed.
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1980s and 1990s TV star Heather Locklear enters a plea in confrontations with first responders at her Thousand Oaks home during a time her lawyer says she was going through a “personal crisis.”
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Thousand Oaks HS graduates remembered classmate Bernard Moon at Thursday's commencement.
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BREAKING NEWS: Local boxing star Victor Ortiz surrenders to Oxnard police and is arrested on three felony sexual assault charges, including forcible rape.
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Agoura High Class of 1982 graduate Doug Emhoff poised to become the first “second gentleman” of the United States.
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The search effort to recover the body of "Glee" actress Naya Rivera, 33, resumed at daybreak Friday in Lake Piru.
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California is poised to become the first state to ban pet stores from selling non-rescue cats, dogs or rabbits.
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An Oxnard College professor who berated a hard-of-hearing student during an online class has been placed on paid administrative leave, according to officials with the Ventura Community College District.
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About 1,500 people turned out to the Ventura County Blackout, with the peaceful crowd spilling onto Victoria Avenue for a time.
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The Ventura County Sheriff's Office has asked Instagram to preserve the messages Thousand Oaks shooter Ian David Long posted.
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Hunting for Area 51's aliens along Nevada's Extraterrestrial Highway
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'I want to give back': Anderson .Paak brings his Paak House music festival to Oxnard
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Downtown Ventura businesses mounting effort to make no-traffic zone on Main Street permanent
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Cyclists ride in procession honoring Oxnard teenager killed in crash
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LATEST: Cadaver dogs were the newest to the team of searchers at
#LakePiru
. The search for
#NayaRivera
was expected to go until nightfall.
UPDATE: Now it's a 'search and recovery' effort for 'Glee' actress Rivera who went missing at Lake Piru
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Oxnard's
@AndersonPaak
will look to Come Home with some hardware after being nominated for three
#VMAs
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Paradise Falls in Wildwood Park in Thousand Oaks to close indefinitely due to crowds, trash
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For subscribers: Here's a look at some of the physical tests prospective Ventura County deputy trainees need to pass. And that's just part of what it takes to get into the academy.
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Joe Biden gained 62% of Ventura County's presidential vote in the first election returns reported Tuesday night.
#vcvotes
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'One-stop shop for your taste buds': Long-awaited Sonic under construction in Fillmore
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One person dies and a dozen others are hospitalized in Chico due to an apparent mass drug overdose, and authorities suspect fentanyl is to blame.
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Yosemite National Park is again wowing visitors and photographers with its annual "firefall," an optical illusion that makes Horsetail Fall glow like a cascade of lava. It's only expected to last through the weekend.
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Costco to open in Camarillo next fall
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Watch California firefighters rescue a little white dog named Jack and bring him back to life.
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Santa Paula City Council declines to fly pride flag
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Vagabond Inn in Oxnard officially purchased for homeless housing under Project Homekey
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Shortly before leaving for Papua New Guinea,
@benedictallen
jokingly tweeted "don't try to rescue me, please."
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Looks like he will need to be rescued after all.
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Moorpark College to offer county's 1st community college bachelor's degree
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Her goals shifted with her plans. Campbell, with a 4.0 gpa in her 1st semester of college, now striving to become an orthopedic surgeon.
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Fans are fawning over this photo of a California Highway Patrol officer who saved a baby deer from the Carr Fire and got a kiss of gratitude for his heroism.
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Billy Ray Cyrus paid tribute to Ventura County sheriff's Sgt. Ron Helus at the memorial service for the fallen officer. Helus was killed while responding to the Thousand Oaks shooting.
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Diving coach Cliff Devries is paralyzed on his right side. But once a year, on his birthday, he climbs back up the diving board.
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Kamala Harris is the first woman to be elected vice president.
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Deputies are hoping to find the owner of a giant stuffed pig that was found abandoned at the Camarillo Metrolink station. If they owner isn't found, she'll become the mascot of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
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Fearing the Channel Islands Harbor fireworks display could go dark due to Oxnard budget cuts, Port Hueneme cannabis dispensaries step up with $30,000 to make sure the show will go on.
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The city of Ventura will require masks inside businesses and government offices, on public transit and in most other indoor locations open to the public.
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Tyler Ostertag, left, is sentenced to 72 years to life in prison for the 2015 fatal stabbing of Camarillo High School football player Daniel Morales in a Taco Bell parking lot.
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Rick Rodriguez's car crashed and caught fire in February. This week, he met the man who pulled him from the wreck and saved his life.
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The venue choice seems odd on the surface — especially at a time when some weddings take place in ritzy mansions and lavish estates — but dig deeper into their relationship, and the Walmart wedding doesn’t seem as crazy.
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"We live in a black and brown community, and it's our job to protect it."
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Rapper Anderson .Paak to bring .Paak House music festival to Ventura County Fairgrounds
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An 8-year-old Ventura County child with an underlying health condition tested positive for COVID-19, public health officials said Friday.
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When Jose saw his house on fire, he didn't hesitate before running inside to save his dog.
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Camarillo's Jaime Jaquez Jr. 'puts on for the 805' in first trip home as NBA player
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Adolfo González dropped out of school to support his mom and siblings, but he never gave up on education. Now, just a year after his daughter became the first in her family to earn her bachelor's degree, González has one of his own.
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Oxnard's David Ochoa has helped the U.S. Under-20 men's soccer nation team reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup.
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Oxnard College, Ventura College set for bachelor's degree programs
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Waves generated by Hurricane Marie threaten weakened Port Hueneme Pier
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He was returning from a sober grad night event, when badly injured in crash caused by man later arrested for DUI.
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Story to come. Six new cases in Ventura County reported, according to Ventura County Public Health. CDC still needs to confirm. We will keep you posted.
Ventura County Public Health is investigating six new reports of COVID-19. All need to be confirmed by the CDC.
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Oxnard's historic Henry Levy House will be featured on Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures" on Thursday.
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The largest known housing project dedicated to use for farmworkers and their families in Ventura County has been approved and is due to break ground next year.
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BREAKING NEWS: Sheriff's deputies are responding to reports of a shooting minutes ago at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks. This story is developing.
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Sharks the length of an RV are showing up off Ventura coast
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UPDATE: The evacuation center for large animals has reached capacity at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura.
#EasyFire
#MureauFire
All the updates here:
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Oxnard police are investigating sexual assault allegations involving students at Pacifica High School after stories were recounted on social media.
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After watching the
@Dodgers
clinch their first World Series championship in 32 years during a pandemic, Dodger fans left their homes and flooded onto Saviers Road in Oxnard Tuesday night. How did you celebrate? ⚾
#GoDodgers
#Worldseries
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Ventura County Board of Supervisors endorses renaming of highways for fallen firefighters Cory Iverson and Ryan Osler.
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UPDATES: "The body was found floating in the northeastern area of the lake, which is where we believed all along that she had gone in the water," said sheriff's Capt. Eric Buschow.
The body was spotted around 9:10 a.m., he said. The body had not yet been identified.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office reported Monday that a body has been found during a search of Lake Piru for missing "Glee" actress Naya Rivera.
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Free for now: Ventura decides against downtown paid parking
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As movie theaters, gyms and bars close due to the coronavirus, Urbano and Ventura County's approximately 36,000 other farmworkers are still in the fields. Here's how farm companies are trying to keep workers safe.
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Authorities say four women entered the Nike Factory Store in Camarillo with empty bags bearing the company's logo, filled them with $3,300 worth of merchandise and left without paying.
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Take a look at these amazing lightning photos from tonight's storm, courtesy of Mike Eliason with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. We're in for a loud overnight as the storm rolls in. Stay up to date:
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Oxnard College gets greenlight to offer first bachelor's degree
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The first thing to know about America's next first lady is that Jill Biden – a college English professor with four degrees, including a doctorate – is going to be a very busy FLOTUS.
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Jury finds Rebecca Grossman guilty on all counts in Iskander boys' deaths
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Pacifica delivers the type of dominating performance that leaves no doubt about its place among the top teams in local history, becoming Ventura County’s first public school to win a state football championship.
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$27 million SuperLotto Plus winning ticket sold at Oxnard convenience store
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Port Hueneme is one step closer to being the home of Ventura County's first cannabis consumption lounge following a Monday City Council vote.
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A Black Lives Matter protest in Santa Paula Saturday included a march through downtown that ended with hundreds kneeling outside police headquarters.
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Goats that grazed on vegetation near the property are partially to thank for why the building remains standing.
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Conservative websites called CNN’s town hall forum scripted after a like-minded junior, Colton Haab, skipped it, saying the network told him what to ask. They called it proof of a slant against guns.
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Trump tweeted— “Just like so much of CNN, Fake News!”
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Health care workers at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard were greeted with about 20 police cars, flashing lights and sirens on Monday afternoon, as the Oxnard Police Department showed support for medical workers fighting the coronavirus.
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Jarely Lopez was the first in her family to graduate from both high school and college. She takes pride in being the youngest trustee, and she hopes students will take notice.
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The National Weather Service confirms a tornado touched down last night near the Santa Clara River and hop-scotched across Ventura Harbor, toppling trees, ripping awnings and scattering strawberries from local fields along its path.
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It was something nobody expected back in October, but drought conditions have almost been eliminated in California, with recently blackened local hills already sporting coats of green and seasonal rivers roaring to life.
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Demonstrators want the statue of Father Junipero Serra removed on grounds he committed atrocities against Native Americans.
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Oxnard selected a nearly $60 million design for its planned aquatics center in South Oxnard that includes a 50-meter pool.
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