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This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star Fairy Tales in the Park, presented by Children's Dental Group with Gypsies in a Trunk, continues their season of free Fairy Tales in the Park in June with, Hansel and Gretel.

Earlier this week, Smart Growth America released an important study that illustrates how walkable development results in huge savings and significantly better returns for municipalities compared to car-centric development.

This story is contributed by a member of the Ventura community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Ventura County Star The concert was held at Besant Hill High on May 17.

ROB VARELA/THE STAR Supervising Juvenile Court Judge Manuel Covarrubias congratulates Juan as fellow graduates look on during the drug courts graduation Thursday in Ventura.

Thomas Pecel, 30, admitted the misdemeanor charge Wednesday in Ventura County Superior Court .

Juan Carlo/The Star About 40 white doves are released at the end of the annual Ventura County Peace Officers Memorial ceremony Thursday at the Government Center in Ventura.

And they're off! The Amgen Tour of California, aka "America's Greatest Race," blasted through downtown Ojai on Wednesday, May 15.

Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara/Ventura, co-sponsored a House resolution suggesting there may be a link between prostitution and climate change, and Paul Coyne, Jr., a 2014 candidate for Capps' congressional seat, has pounced on her for making such a claim.

Downtown Ventura is going through somewhat of a renaissance. Over the past year, we've seen craft beer and wine enter into the scene with stunning results - options! As far as the eye can see.

Arctic Monkeys played a brand new song called 'Do I Wanna Know?' at their first live show in almost a year, which took place at the Majestic Ventura Theater in Ventura, California last night .

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.

In an effort to fix the flooded campgrounds at McGrath State Beach, county supervisors have directed managers to convene a meeting with state and local agencies.

Collin Blair cheers as he and the rest of the graduates file onto the football field at the start of Ventura College's graduation ceremonies on campus Wednesday.

AT&T customers throughout the county will now have the ability to stream, download and upload faster as the company opened it 4G LTE network throughout the area, officials said.

The Go-Karts have been added to the lineup because of the March 9 rainout. Justin Raper of Paso Robles won last week's 20-lap race over Cody Nigh of Camarillo.

The Ventura and Westlake track and field teams will be well represented at this Friday's Masters Meet.

For the second time in a month, the Fillmore City Council will fill a vacancy left by a resigning council member.

Carlos Andrade , Carlos Azcunaga and Samuel Aldana, a crew from Simon's Painting out of Glendale, can be seen through a chain-link fence as they work at the Gateway Village shopping center in Ventura recently.

More poor people now live in U.S. suburbs than its big cities, new research shows, but Ventura County isn't particularly affected by the trend.

Three Ventura residents were sentenced to federal prison Monday for fraud that cost hundreds of investors across the U.S. more than $27 million, federal prosecutors said.