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Ventura County Has Nearly 500 Bird Species. Here's How to Start Noticing Them.

A birding guide on how to start, where to go, and why it might be the antidote to your phone.

Camarillo rejects youth climate resolution, but asks for narrower rewrite

E-bike collisions in Camarillo doubled last year. Here's what's driving it.

Faster bikes, illegal modifications, and a market designed to skirt the rules are reshaping local streets.

The biggest threat to your Camarillo water bill isn't drought. It's a lawsuit most residents don't know about.

A $70 million plant. A coalition of large landowners. A basin that's somehow gaining water during a drought. And a California Supreme Court decision coming in the next few months.

Camarillo's Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance Passes Unanimously After a Month of Revisions

The 5-0 vote ends more than a year of subcommittee work, public hearings, and resident organizing. Here's what changed, what it means, and who still isn't happy.

The Man Who Watches Camarillo’s Sky

In Camarillo, a local weather observer watches the atmosphere closer than most systems can

Six Rattlesnake Bites in Ventura County in Less Than a Month. What's Going On?

Rattlesnakes are out early this year, and there's a reason. Here's why.

Homelessness Keeps Falling in Ventura County. But the People Still Unsheltered Tell a Different Story.

Four years of declining numbers. One statistic that changes how you see them.

Camarillo's Mobile home Residents Are Paying the Highest Land Rents in Ventura County. A Vote Was Supposed to Change That. It Didn't.

The vote didn't happen. The temporary rent freeze expires April 20. And nearly 500 residents are still waiting for an answer.

What Ventura County Residents Should Know About Possible Changes to Healthcare and Senior Services

A closer look at the systems many residents rely on, but rarely think about.