A 25-year-old Piru man was arrested early Thursday after he led deputies on multiple searches, first as a missing person and later as a homicide suspect, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's ...

Cantankerous outlaws and merciless nature are out to kill the arroyo toads of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Like an ecological John Wayne, Sam Sweet — a big man with a beard and ponytail who at ...

Lake Casitas crept closer to spilling this week, marking what would be a first for the drought-stressed reservoir in more than 25 years. The Ojai Valley lake was over 96% full as of Tuesday. When the ...