As 2025 ends and a new year begins, Moorpark residents and officials can look back on a time marked by resilience amid regional disasters, and civic projects and active community engagement pegged to ...

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 ...

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 ...

chief 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 ...

As Ventura County heads into the 2025 holiday season, the latest State of the Region Report offers something increasingly rare in today’s news cycle: genuinely good tidings. After a year marked by ...

JOLLY TIME—Above, 1-year-old Carmel Johnson and her 4-year-old brother Keith take a photo with Santa at the “Holiday on High Street” event on Dec. 6 in Moorpark. Families lined up throughout the ...

is a holiday built around abundance—often more than we know what to do with. The turkey is bigger than we need, the leftovers don’t quite fit in the fridge, and backyard fruit trees ripen all at once ...

It was the summer of 1975. Gas was 57 cents a gallon, Captain & Tennille and Glen Campbell were topping the charts, and a young director named Steven Spielberg unleashed a new kind of summer ...

DANCING FOR FUNDS—During Pacific Festival Ballet’s Sugarplum Social fundraiser on Nov. 16 at the North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village, clockwise from left are: dancer Ailis Kinney; Carianna ...

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 ...

A playground isn’t just a collection of slides and swings; it’s a crucial proving ground for social, emotional and physical development. It’s where friendships are forged, rules are learned and motor ...

Could an 800-seat, state-of-the-art performing arts center rise in downtown Moorpark? That’s the vision shared by arts leaders during the City Council’s Nov. 5 meeting, where the idea of building a ...