Defendant George Ronald Russell, 68, of Minden, Nevada, was sentenced in early January after he pleaded guilty to 18 felony counts as his trial by jury was due to start last fall. He admitted grand ...

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a recent jury summons phone scam where someone is claiming to ...

An extensive search of the area was conducted including resources from the Sheriff’s K9 Unit and Ventura County Aviation Unit ...

Auto Fire was ultimately mapped at 61 acres and as of Friday afternoon it was 100% contained, according to Andrew Dowd, a firefighter and spokesperson for the Ventura County Fire Department.

When deployed, those firefighters earn from $5.80 to $10.24 a day, depending on experience, and an extra $1 an hour during active wildfires, according to the corrections department. That means the ...

Today, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the state forestry department and the Los Angeles County fire department operate 35 “fire camps” where inmates can become ...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. – Officials are investigating the death of Mario Campbell after he was attacked by two other inmates at California ... was received from Ventura County on May 8 ...

An inmate's death at a state prison in Folsom ... Taylor, 32, came to the state prison from Ventura County on May 8, 2013, and is serving six years and four months for second-degree robbery ...

More than 1,000 inmates have been ... In Los Angeles County alone, more than 31,000 residents remain without electricity, while San Bernardino and Ventura counties report 32,000 and 12,600 outages.

There are currently 35 “conservation camps” spread across 25 counties established in California run by CAL FIRE and the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD). While the number of inmates ...