Portions of Ventura County were under siege Thursday afternoon as two large fires descended on neighborhoods, threatening numerous communities reeling from the massacre at a country music bar the night before. The Hill fire was being whipped up by powerful winds that pushed it through canyons and…
Hundreds gathered at the Fred Kavli Auditorium in Thousand Oaks on Thursday night to honor and mourn the victims who were killed during the mass shooting at Borderline Bar & Grill. Community members, friends and family members of the 12 victims and survivors of Wednesday night’s shooting were present. People comfort each other during a vigil…
Ex-Marine sergeant Daniel Manrique dedicated his life to helping emotionally scarred veterans get back on their feet. And his death at the hands of a fellow Marine with post-traumatic stress syndrome showed the importance of Manrique’s mission, to get veterans the help they need, friends said. Manrique, 33, of Thousand Oaks worked with a non-profit…
Officials with Orange County’s toll road agencies committed $5 million on Thursday, Nov. 8, to further evaluate and pare down options for an extension to the 241 toll road or other projects to improve traffic in south county. The Transportation Corridor Agencies – which oversees the county’s toll roads – will learn which options are…
In what officials described as “mass devastation,” at least 1,000 structures were lost Thursday when a fire swept through the Northern California town of Paradise, forcing residents to run for their lives. The Butte County fire exploded from 10 acres to more than 10,000 acres in a matter of hours,…
Democrats in two House races that remain too close to call in Orange County have gained substantial ground since the election on Tuesday, but tens of thousands of ballots have yet to be counted in each contest. The 2,682-vote lead that Democrat Harley Rouda established on election night over Republican…
Cameron Kraft was still shaken, as he stood outside a Thousand Oaks Starbucks on Thursday. For days, he’d been telling a friend visiting from Germany about this great “college night” at Borderline Bar & Grill. It was a regular part of Kraft’s life — Wednesday nights. Mark it down. Every other week. He’s there. That’s when…
Blake Dingman, 21, a Newbury Park resident, played high school baseball at Hillcrest Christian School in Thousand Oaks. His Facebook page shows pictures of Dingman with off-road vehicles. In brief phone interview, Dingman’s great aunt, Janet Dingman of Thousand Oaks, confirmed that he was a victim. “We were really proud of him,” Janet Dingman said….
The grand opening of Sean Adler’s Simi Valley coffeehouse, Rivalry Roasters, had taken place less than three weeks earlier. Tucked into a strip mall, the small shop was a dream of Adler’s, one he worked tirelessly to pursue after a heart attack kept him from a future as a sheriff’s deputy. But on Thursday, bouquets…
School district officials took the unusual step Wednesday night of offering an unqualified apology to an angry audience of parents. The administrators told more than 200 parents at Reed Middle School that they had erred in failing to notify them and staff that a man had reportedly approached girls…
