"Get it in writing," goes the popular caveat. Oxnard's ballooning legal dispute over two movie theaters, sparked by an unfinished plan for distributing $8 million and now a purported handshake-deal to skip loan payments, may be a case in point.

Leo is a big, fluffy boy waiting for a home. He is a neutered male. Leo gets along with the cats in the shelter's cat room.

With a new home and new leader, a Christian nonprofit is poised to reach out to a greater part of the community.

Community volunteers and National Park Service workers set out into the Rancho Sierra Vista area of the Santa Monica Mountains to begin restoration work on trails damaged by the Springs Fire.

One person was run over by his or her vehicle along Yerba Buena Road south of Newbury Park and had to be hospitalized, authorities said.

A kitchen fire in Oxnard on Friday caused an estimated $70,000 damage, officials said.

When two CSU Channel Islands walk across the stage for graduation Saturday, the moment will mark not only a milestone but also a journey - one from California's agricultural fields andthe other from the Iraq as a soldier.

Casitas Municipal Water District customers may have noticed a distinct odor and taste to their tap water recently, but officials say it is safe to drink.

A 19-year-old Ventura man is accused of shooting two young adults in Oxnard last month, police said.

Oxnard residents have until Monday to register to vote in the upcoming special election. On June 4, voters will choose from among 13 candidates to fill the empty fifth City Council seat.

Firefighters put out a small fire Friday in the Santa Clara River bottom near Fillmore.

Ventura county unemployment tumbled in April to 6.9 percent from 7.7 percent in March.