As 2025 draws to a close, it is difficult to escape the sense that it has been a grinding year for the nation and for our community. The headlines have been loud, the arguments louder, and the fatigue ...

Pete Hegseth—mired in controversy over lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean— mounted an aggressive defense of the Trump administration’s military posture in a Dec. 6 speech at the ...

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a 10% increase to water rates and monthly service charges for Waterworks District No. 1, which serves Moorpark and nearby areas. Effective ...

As the year 2025 comes to a difficult close, the final insult to injury comes in the form of several posthumous remarks made in the death of Oscar-nominated director Rob Reiner, murdered along with ...

Above, Westlake Warrior Axel Ostergard goes up and over Moorpark’s Tanner Stotts (left) and Tyson Howarth during a non-league boys’ basketball game Dec. 12 at Westlake High School. Moorpark won, 70-64 ...

Ventura County’s only public university, Cal State Channel Islands, has announced a major new affordability initiative designed to expand access to higher education for California families: the ...

CLEANUP TIME—Local volunteers reprise their annual Agoura Hills Creek Cleanup at Lindero Creek near the Kanan-Agoura roads intersection Sept. 14. Members of the Agoura High water polo team were among ...

A well-known architect to the stars and disgraced faith leader imprisoned for committing lewd acts against a girl under 14 has lost his bid for a new trial. In May 2022, Jeffrey Cooper, 73, onetime ...

The decision of the five-member body follows months of community debate and growing concerns about the risks of large-scale lithium-ion battery facilities, which have been linked to dangerous fires in ...

Every day across California, people walk into emergency rooms not because they want to, but because they have nowhere else to go. They’re not there for emergencies, but for problems that could have ...

Head to Moorpark High School during recess, gym class, or when the Moorpark Varsity Boys Football team is practicing, and you will see dozens of young men who love football. Many youngsters dream of ...

FESTIVE FUN—Above, Brandon Kent, left, his 1-year-old daughter Sierra, 3-year-old son Dean and his wife Morgan roast marshmallows for s’mores during the “Family Christmas Celebration” at Moorpark ...