Ventura police arrested a man accused of intruding in a house Wednesday.

Ventura's Junior Lifeguard Academy kicked off this week at the city's Aquatics Center on Kimball Road. Children age 8 to 13 learned water and rescue skills and had extra time to play.

A Los Angeles man was arrested June 7 in connection with growing marijuana at several places along Highway 33 north of Ojai in the Los Padres National Forest, investigators said Wednesday.

There were two traffic collisions Wednesday night in Camarillo, one involving a vehicle slamming into a pole, which injured at least one person, police said.

For Mel Silberberg, being named Senior of the Year in Thousand Oaks is the culmination of 13 years of proactive advocacy for the senior and baby boomer community, which led to the development of the Senior Adult Master Plan and its implementation strategy

An artist whose work is on display at the Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks will speak at a free public event on Friday.

Glamour magazine's 2011 Woman of the Year spoke at nonprofit Casa Pacifica's traning center Tuesday and advocated for change in the way sexually abused children are treated.

The summer reading program kicked off in style at South Oxnard Branch Library with a program involving the ancient art of henna.

David Considine, 49, has been sentenced to six months in jail for robbing a 7-Eleven store at knife point in 2011.

Two ships from the Royal Canadian Navy are searching for fake mines off the coast this week as part of a multinational military exercise based at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme.

The Moorpark Unified School District approved a new budget Tuesday night but wants to talk to the city about sharing costs on the school resource officer.

Obesity is now considered a disease by the American Medical Association, following a vote Tuesday by delegates of the physicians organization.

Donald Cutler and Gayane Pogosyan and were crowned king and queen at their last dance on Friday night as the couple plans to move to Texas.

A love of Greek food, dance and culture will come together this weekend for the 35th annual, three-day Ventura County Greek Festival in Camarillo.

The Conejo Valley Unified School District's Board of Education accepted a bid of $3.286 million for surplus property it owns in the Rancho Conejo Industrial Park in Thousand Oaks.

The body of a man was found in the dunes next to Oxnard State Beach Park in Oxnard.

A man in his 40s was reported in serious condition late Wednesday afternoon after being found without a pulse face-down in the ocean near the Ventura Promenade at 2:26 p.m.

James Wilkerson is accused of strangling Sarah Overholser and dumping her body on a Ventura County beach in 2011.

Ventura County firefighters this afternoon put out a small grass fire in Moorpark, officials said.

The East Ventura Community Council will discuss plans to get a library built.