Piru News

Mark Plunkett, 33 of Piru, was arrested about 10:30 p.m. after a 2 1/2 hour stand off with SWAT in his trailer east of town.

Breaking news out of Ventura county. Sheriff's officials say two people have been shot on Center Street in Piru.

Your article correctly observed, "It would be difficult to invent a life story that's more reflective of the community and its working class than that of Jess Herrera." Jess Herrera knows our community because he was born and raised in Ventura County.

A 300-pound black bear was struck and killed by a vehicle two miles east of Piru over the weekend, but Fish and Game officials confirmed Monday that it was not the meatball-loving bear from Glendale.

Juan Carlo/The Star Cabrillo Economic Development Corp.'s farmworker housing complex, Valle Naranjal in Piru, is near completion, with construction workers applying the finishing touches.