Ventura County California

Ex-KNX radio news voice Harry Birrell dies at 85

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Harry Birrell, who for more than three decades read the news to Southern Californians on KNX radio, has died. The station announced on its website that Birrell died Sunday in […]

2013/05/26

Farm workers pick crops with Springs Fire in background. (AP Photo)

Farm settles with workers who fled wildfire smoke

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Farmworkers who fled a Ventura County strawberry field because of smoke from a wildfire have been told they can return and that their presumed firing was a misunderstanding. About 15 workers […]

2013/05/09

Small quakes strike Ventura County

PASADENA (CNS) – Two small earthquakes struck Ventura County today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first temblor struck at 2:05 a.m. at a depth of 13 miles with a magnitude of 3.5, […]

2013/05/07

A bulldozer clears a firebreak near a wildfire burning along a hillside, Thousand Oaks, California. (AP Photo)

Cooler weather aids fight against Springs wildfire

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Cool, moist air moving into Southern California on Sunday helped firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains. Fire crews took advantage of improved conditions as the […]

2013/05/05

Winds ease but Ventura County wildfire threat remains

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Santa Ana winds that sent a Southern California wildfire barreling to the sea have died but flames are still running through coastal canyons, threatening scattered homes and wilderness. Large-scale evacuations were […]

2013/05/03

10,000 acre wildfire burns 15-mile path to Pacific

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California wildfire carving a path to the sea grew to more than 15 square miles and crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather. […]

2013/05/03

Wildfire burns along the 101 freeway

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire sparked in dry brush on a ridge next to a Ventura County freeway is moving towards homes in a suburban community. The Ventura County Fire Department says the blaze […]

2013/05/02

Ventura County fire contained, mop up underway

FILLMORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have fully contained the remnants of a wind-driven wildfire that burned two homes and threatened more than 100 others in rural Ventura County.

2013/04/09

Ventura County fire evacuations lifted, winds ease

FILLMORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in rural Ventura County say a wind-whipped wildfire is 80% contained. Easing winds on Tuesday gave a team of about 400 firefighters a chance to douse the 170-acre wildfire that burned two homes and threatened 160 others.

2013/04/09