Port Hueneme News

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Motorists are being urged to not even think about getting behind the wheel this holiday weekend if they've had too much to drink.

Julia Edwards of Santa Clarita reeled in a 58.7-pound white seabass on Tuesday. Jim Clark of Channel Islands Sportfishing thought it might be a woman angler record, but Edwards didn't stay around for documentation.

OAKS CAMP: Boys and girls ages 5-14 are welcome at Oaks Christian School . Dates are June 24-28, July 15-19, July 22-26 and July 29-Aug. 2. This is a top camp with quality coaching.

With Norman Griffaw and Douglas Breeze gone, however, the council did not continue its discussions on hiring a new city manager and canceled a closed session on the matter.

Bella Michel stands with her dad, Port Hueneme Police Officer Frank Michel and his K-9 partner Rocko, a Czechoslovakian shepherd, as they're introduced as co-officers of the year by Chief Robert Gager during the Ventura Kiwanis Club's 46th Annual Law Day Awards.

Port Hueneme remains without a city manager, seven months after the council forced out its last one.

Vice Adm. McCoy speaks to members of the RDP-21 organization about the Navy, shipbuilding, and its mission, May 2, 2013.

Thousands begin their Independence Day festivities by participating in the Village Runner 4th of July 5K Run/Walk. Photo by Randy Hours before grills are heated and sites picked out to view displays of fireworks, thousands of participants begin their Independence Day festivities by completing a 3.1-mile course on the streets of Redondo Beach.

Master Sgt. Amy Zuniga and Dan Sendek coordinate movement and reloading of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection aircraft at the air tanker base staging out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Base in Port Hueneme, Calif.

An Assembly committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow the Oxnard Harbor District to become the first special district in the state to participate in a program that grants tax credits to businesses that set up shop in designated areas called enterprise zones.

Learning to read in Charmon Evans's first-grade classroom in Port Hueneme, California is skills-oriented and fun.

The Port Hueneme City Council declared a municipal emergency this week to allow city crews to immediately try to stop shoreline erosion threatening Surfside Drive and other beachfront areas.

The aircraft from the California Air National Guard is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and can drop up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant.

Woodward and Luke Boles were heat winners. Woodward leads in points with 725 and Simi Valley's Tom Hendricks is second at 625.

Fire engines line up as they prepare to deploy onto the Seabee Training Base to fight the Springs Fire nears Port Hueneme, California.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Mayor Ellis Green of Port Hueneme will vounteer at Chill Out Frozen Yogurt tonight! He will welcome Chill Out to the community of Port Hueneme.

Once a month, a bluegrass and gospel concert will swing into Oceanview Pavilion's Performing Arts Theatre by the Beach in Port Hueneme.

Chill Out Frozen Yogurt and Paninis opened at 417 E. Port Hueneme Road in Port Hueneme.

Officers were dispatched about 11:45 p.m. to the 2500 block of Edgerton Place after a citizen reported hearing glass breaking in the area, authorities said.