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3 hrs ago | Fillmore Gazette

Traffic Accident

Wednesday, May 15, at approximately 6:45 p.m. 5 units responded to a traffic accident at Ventura Avenue and B Street.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Ventura County Star

As holiday travel heats up, Ventura County is a cool place among visitors

JOHN SCHEIBE/THE STAR Dennis Amundson, a retiree from Fillmore, enjoys dinner along the Rincon Beach north of Ventura on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Fillmore, CA, Ventura, CA

Ventura County Star

Victim freed after vehicle crash between Fillmore, Santa Paula

A trapped person was extricated after a vehicle hit a tree tonight in the area of Balcom Canyon Road and South Mountain Road between Santa Paula and Fillmore, the Ventura County Fire Department reported.

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Related Topix: Santa Paula, CA, Fillmore, CA

The York Daily Record

Western states' need for wildfire aid trumps contract concerns

A firefightier watches a backfire set in Hungry Valley State Park to halt the prgress of the Grand fire, which charred more than 3,000 acres of wildlands near Frazier Park on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Frazier Park, CA, US Politics, Mark Udall, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Mark Udall

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Ventura County to regulate hydraulic fracturing

Ventura County has changed its land-use process to regulate hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas extraction method that some fear can contaminate groundwater.

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Ventura County Star

Tea party rally targets Camarillo IRS office

Susie Komar of Camarillo shouts at a passing motorist as she takes part in a protest Tuesday outside the IRS office in Camarillo.

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Related Topix: Tax, Camarillo, CA, Simi Valley, CA, Ventura County (Simi Valley, CA)

Tue May 21, 2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Cal Fire warns of fire danger

With scant rain locally and little snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, local Cal Fire officials said Tuesday they are bracing for what could be a dangerous fire season.

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Related Topix: Sonoma County, CA, Napa County, CA, US Governors, Jerry Brown, Santa Cruz County, CA

Ventura County Star

Simi Valley man gets 8 years in prison for 7th DUI conviction

A judge on Tuesday sentenced a 59-year-old Simi Valley man to eight years in prison after he was found guilty of drunken driving with a blood-alcohol level of twice the legal limit, according to prosecutors.

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Related Topix: Simi Valley, CA, Ventura County (Simi Valley, CA)

NBC Los Angeles

Jogger Sexually Assaulted at Knifepoint

A female jogger was sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Santa Paula, and Ventura County sheriff's detectives were searching for a suspect, authorities said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Santa Paula, CA

Ventura County Star

Ventura County Touth Track Conference athletes vie for meet records

Oxnard Star Isabella Beltran makes a jump of 12-feet, 4.5-inches in the Bantam division of the Ventura County Youth Track Varsity Finals at Moorpark College.

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA

Ventura County Star

Memorial recital in Simi Valley benefits New West Symphony

David Gatchel, a sophomore at Camarillo High School, plays a Rachmaninoff solo at "Notes to Remember - A Bill Israel Memory Rectial" on Sunday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Simi Valley, CA, Ventura County (Simi Valley, CA), Classical, Rachmaninoff, Ventura, CA

Mon May 20, 2013

Ventura County Star

Suburban poverty surges in some areas but not Ventura County

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.

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Related Topix: Simi Valley, CA, Ventura County (Simi Valley, CA), Oxnard, CA, Ventura, CA

Ventura County Star

Ventura County looks at land use permits to regulate fracking

Last month, the Board of Supervisors discussed land use permits as a way to regulate the oil industry practice known as fracking.

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Ventura County Star

After fiery debate, Medi-Cal commissioners approve arrangement with Kaiser

Ventura County Medi-Cal commissioners voted Monday to allow Kaiser Permanente to continue providing health care to nearly 3,000 area children, although one commissioner said the huge HMO is being given preferential treatment.

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Related Topix: August, CA

Noozhawk

Gina Jaeger Named CEO of Central Coast Girl Scouts

After a national search, the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast is pleased to announce the appointment of Gina Jaeger as chief executive officer.

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Sun May 19, 2013

FOX23

Wildfire in steep terrain near Los Angeles 80 percent contained

Crews continue to build containment lines around a wildfire burning for a fourth day in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Frazier Park, CA

Ventura County Star

1 arrested, 2 outstanding in vehicle pursuit ending in Ventura

One man was arrested and two males escaped Sunday after leading authorities on a pursuit through Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, officials said.

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Related Topix: Ventura, CA, Santa Barbara County, CA, Santa Barbara, CA

Ventura County Star

Victory is sweet for winner of strawberry cook-off

Food - specifically strawberries - took center stage at the 30th California Strawberry Festival, where Larissa Nelson, of Fillmore, narrowly beat out the returning champion in the annual Berry Blast-off Smack-Down finals, Nelson and Winona Krieger faced off using only hot plates to create gourmet treats for a panel of five judges in the cook-off.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Fillmore, CA, Recipes, Oxnard, CA, Camarillo, CA

Ventura County Star

Coffee, kisses, cellphones, tears all part of Ventura County commuter rituals

Erika Rosa, trauma program manager at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, and her son Caleb Rosa, 4, play a number-counting game on their way to school and work.

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Sat May 18, 2013

LA Daily News

Oxnard's Strawberry Festival provides a berry good time

Isabelle Massey, 2, holds her mom Sarah's hand as they make their way around the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard Saturday, May 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA, Life, Food, Food Festival, Los Angeles County, CA, Fruits