Simi Valley News

An armed bank robber wearing a Spider-Man mask eluded a police dragnet that forced lockdowns at three Simi Valley schools and an order for residents to stay inside their homes, officials said.

Although county managers described Sedell as knowledgeable on issues affecting the $3.7 billion pension fund, leaders of the Ventura County Taxpayers Association objected.

Highway 101, Conejo Grade: One lane was blocked on southbound 101 at the Conejo Grade after a two car collision.

A: Huntington Beach at M.L. King; B: Simi Valley at El Modena; C: Riverside North at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame; D: Servite at Thousand Oaks; E: Westlake at Valencia; F: Mission Virjo at Santa Margarita; G: Alemany at Canyon Springs; H: Brea Olinda at Long Beach Wilson.

Camarillo reached a record high temperature Sunday, while other Ventura County cities hit near record highs, the National Weather Service said.

Joe Lumaya/Special to the Star Ventura County Fire Department trainees Victor Hernandez and Daniel Palmer clear dry brush along a hillside near the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley on Thursday.

THE MAIN EVENT: A DOZEN FOOD TRUCKS PARTICIPATE IN MAY 18TH COMMUNITY EVENT AT GRACE BRETHREN CHURCH FEATURING 27 KIDS ACTIVITIES FROM ADRENALINE RUSHES TO THE PRINCESS PALACE AND MICKY'S LAND.

The winning team L to R - Vi Prevas, Keith Scott, David Bertiaume, Walter Kroetsch, Robert Johnson, April Parfitt and Diane Stanley.

The Ventura County Fire Department is reporting a brush fire around the Rocky Peak Road exit along westbound Highway 118 in Simi Valley.

Two powerful military planes were parked on the tarmac near Point Mugu while the Springs Fire raged out of control last week.

Sinaloa Middle School teacher Ryan Rosuck is surprised in her classroom Thursday by the Helpful Honda Guys, who awarded her with digital cameras, iPads and other gifts in Simi Valley.

The Ventura County Environmental Health Division is asking the public to avoid the area around Bonita Drive and Los Amigos Avenue in Simi Valley after a sewage spill there early Thursday.

Ventura County has passed a law requiring actors in porn films to wear condoms during production, the Ventura County Star reported.

Unincorporated areas of Ventura County will join other jurisdictions with laws requiring actors in pornographic films to wear condoms during production.

The Simi Valley City Council has voted to ban donation bins popping up on street corners and in parking lots around the city.

Royal Avenue in Simi Valley was partially reopened after a crash involving a vehicle hitting a power pole and a fire hydrant had left the road completely shut down Sunday in Simi Valley, officials said.

Jason Crouch , 5, of Simi Valley, thought to be the youngest fundraiser at Sunday's Walk to End Genocide, approaches the midpoint of the course in Thousand Oaks.

It may take centuries to clean up the groundwater at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, the site of a 1959 partial nuclear meltdown, a state official says.

The Valley Mustang Club will present its 11th Annual Valley Rally Ford & Mustang Show on June 2 at Sycamore Drive Community Center, 1692 Sycamore Drive in Simi Valley.

Joe Lumaya/Special to The Star Interior designer Talia Gross passes tiles on display recently at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Simi Valley.