VENTURA COUNTY

Britney Spears will not be charged following a battery investigation into a confrontation with her housekeeper last month, officials said. The investigation found “insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred,” Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said Wednesday. A complaint was filed against Spears, 39, by her housekeeper, who alleged that the singer slapped her cellphone out of her hands. For...

Britney Spears is the suspect of a battery investigation after an alleged “dispute” with an employee, who accuses the singer of hitting her hand, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

A housekeeper for Britney Spears has accused the pop icon of striking her during a dispute Monday morning at the star’s Southern California home, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. The employee claims that Spears, who has been embroiled in a court battle over ending her conservatorship, confronted her when she returned to the house. Spears allegedly slapped the...

A 180-day program providing additional firefighting helicopters to departments in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties will begin Tuesday.

Emergency crews were called to Rincon Point Saturday afternoon following reports of an unconscious man, said Ventura County sheriff’s Captain Victor Medina.

A pair of brush fires fueled by high winds burned in Ventura County as another small blaze was also spotted near the pier. The first wind-driven fire broke out near 3270 Perkin Ave. off of the 101 Freeway. It was about 50 acres late Tuesday. Firefighters were putting out hot spots early Wednesday. No structures were threatened but homeless people…

The race is on to save a 60-year-old grandmother diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia who needs a match for a blood stem cell transplant to survive. Maria Banuelos’ children and grandchildren put a video together in an effort to save her life after the 60-year-old Fillmore resident was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August. You can...

The pastor of a Ventura County church has vowed to continue holding indoor worship in defiance of coronavirus health orders after a judge issued a temporary restraining order barring the church from doing so.

The death of “Glee” actress and singer Naya Rivera was ruled an accidental drowning, it was announced Tuesday.

The body of “Glee” actress and singer Naya Rivera was discovered at Lake Piru in Ventura County on Monday morning after days of searching, officials concluded. The discovery came amid an extensive search for the missing “Glee” star that included sonar, dogs and divers scouring the lake, in addition to cabins and outbuildings in the surrounding area being searched. Rivera…

Police in Burbank said the women seen in a cache of photographs discovered during a search of an accused serial killer’s home could be important clues in the man’s upcoming murder trial.

A 49-year-old inmate convicted of torturing and burning his victim alive has died on California’s death row.

The Saddleridge Fire started near the 210 Freeway Friday Oct. 11, 2019 in the Sylmar area north of Los Angeles. Strong winds pushed the fire west through rugged terrain toward the communities of Porter Ranch and Granada Hills, forcing evacuations and damaging homes.

A law enforcement official says investigators that examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat haven’t been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, the Associated Press reported Friday.

A 41-year-old marine biologist was the first victim to be identified of a tragic fire aboard a commercial diving boat off Santa Cruz Island.

A middle-of-the-night fire swept a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving at least 25 dead and nine others missing. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr Matthew Kroll said Monday night that 25 people had died. Five of six crew members on the Conception escaped by jumping into an inflatable boat they...

Heather Locklear has pleaded no contest to charges that she fought with first responders during two visits to her Southern California home last year. Locklear entered the plea in Ventura County court Friday afternoon to five counts of battery on a peace officer, one count of battery on emergency personnel and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying a peace...

A young bobcat captured and collared a day before a wildfire that burned from Ventura County to the Malibu coast has given birth to four kittens.