An environmental group has sued Ventura County to block development
of a boating instruction center at Channel Islands Harbor near Oxnard.
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Oxnard Mayor Manuel Lopez made up for a late entry into Ventura
County’s 5th Supervisorial District race by raising more money than
any of the candidates seeking to unseat longtime incumbent John
Flynn, finance reports released Monday show.
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Ojai Valley property owner William Kaddis is proving tougher to bend
than the oak trees uprooted on his land two years ago.
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Convicted rapist Andrew Luster is seeking bankruptcy protection after
being ordered to pay nearly $40 million to two women who sued him
after he drugged and sexually assaulted them at his beachfront home.
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A Navy enlisted man accused of raping an 18-year-old college student
after kidnapping her at gunpoint from an Oxnard beach told detectives
he engaged in consensual sex with the woman after they met at a
nightclub a week earlier, according to court testimony.
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A second lawsuit has been filed against a former Catholic priest
accused of molesting boys while he served as a pastor at a Camarillo church.
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From his seat in family court, Ventura County Superior Court Judge
John
R. Smiley has seen divorcing couples claw and tear into each
other with such ferocity that it’s hard to imagine they were ever in love.
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An Oxnard physician and a Ventura pharmacist appeared in federal
court Monday to answer charges that they conspired to sell tens of
thousands of addictive painkillers to patients.
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An Oxnard physician facing federal charges for allegedly
overprescribing painkillers has been sued for medical malpractice and
negligence by four patients and the widow of a fifth who died after
taking medication intended to ease a back injury.
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