VENTURA COUNTY

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 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…

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.

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.

Hundreds of goats trotted out of a truck Tuesday and bounded into the hillside surrounding the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley to do what they do best — eat.

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 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...

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.

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.

A Sherman Oaks man is facing more than 29 years to life in state prison after being convicted of fatally stabbing his wife in front of their 12-year-old son, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. A Van Nuys jury deliberated about 45 minutes before finding Aurelio Teran, 40, guilty late Wednesday of first-degree murder for the Aug....

The carcass of a massive gray whale washed ashore in Malibu early Sunday morning, stunning beachgoers who said the decaying body gave off a strong odor.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pushed back Friday on a U.S. judge’s revised proposals to prevent the utility’s equipment from causing more wildfires, saying it could not “monitor every tree at every moment of every day” to ensure they don’t pose a threat to its electric lines in violation of California laws.

A member of Ventura County’s search-and-rescue team was killed Saturday morning while he was helping victims involved in a freeway crash north of Los Angeles.