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When he was a child, Martin Weir had a heart murmur. He recalls his frustration when the school nurse wouldn't let him play outside during recess.

ROB VARELA/THE STAR George Ortega, a student in the Oxnard College television and film program, documents the Ventura County Community College District board meeting in the auditorium at Ventura High School on Jan.

Seven years after Hazel Imbrecht created a foundation to honor the memory of her son and four years after her death, it now appears something will finally come of her once-grandiose dream of paying tribute to the late Ventura Assemblyman Charles Imbrecht.

Ventura County Supervisor Steve Bennett announced today he is dropping out of the 26th Congressional District race to seek re-election to the Board of Supervisors.

The city's own mayor said in his state of the city speech that Ventura lacks the "luster" it once had.

Harrison Industries is the Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce's 2011 Large Business of the Year.

On Thursdays at Golden China Restaurant in Ventura people line up to have a Swing Dance night out.

As the Board of Supervisors strives to hire local workers to build Ventura County Medical Center 's new wing, a proposed project labor agreement deserves a careful look, as it comes with significant pluses and minuses.

Ventura County Fire Department firefighters are working to contain a trash or rubber fire under the Main Street bridge, according to the department.

Four shoplifting incidents at the Vons supermarket at 5688 Telephone Road involving up to eight people have resulted in the arrests of four adults and minors including both men and women, said the Ventura City Police Department.

City of Ventura firefighters awoke and evacuated the woman in the pre-dawn hours from an apartment filled with smoke caused by food left on the stove, the department said.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Back Row: Retired teachers Janet Parker, Melanie Ashen, Jerry Morris, Greg Barker; Front Row: Walnut Elementary Beginning teachers Shawna Randolph, Leah Wallace.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Five Adolfo Camarillo High School Students have been selected to participate in the Ventura County High School Honor Band: Gabriel Roque - Bass Trombone, David Gatchel - Clarinet, James Gatchel - French Horn, Bryce Chanes - ... (more)

Chris Diaz , Andrew Cawelti, Bianca Moreno and Evan Helm look at a 1992 Jeep Cherokee leaking oil and exhibiting other problems that brought it to the automotive suspension and alignment class at Ventura College.

Chauncy tries to sniff the face of Mound School student Aiden McCormick as Eric Lyke pets the dog Friday in Ventura.

Members of Boy Scout Troop 102, Patrick Leppalvoto, Wonjune Jong, Benjamin Lilienfeld and Thomas McNary practice their color guard skills Feb.

A judge today found that there is sufficient evidence to hold a Ventura man to answer to charges of vehicle manslaughter with gross negligence resulting in death in connection with a traffic accident that took the life of a 22-year-old Carpinteria woman in 2010.

Martha Ruth Tillman Rhonemus, December 24, 1925 to February 7, 2012, was born in Shelby, Montana to Walter Tillman and Alice Covell Tillman.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays The restaurant business is Greek to the Mikelatos family.

Ventura resident Elena Swain encourages her grandson Isaiah Greyhorse-Fleder as he swims at the Ventura Family YMCA on Wednesday.