Local news for Piru and the Santa Clara River Valley
A federal prosecutor has launched multiple election‑fraud investigations into California’s voting system, coordinating with the FBI and DOJ while state officials monitor federal activity during the extended ballot‑counting period.
Ventura’s Planning Commission approved the 75‑unit Thompson Court Apartments on East Thompson Boulevard despite concerns about parking shortages and building size, citing state housing laws that limited grounds for denial.
Caltrans has awarded $23.6 million in planning grants for climate‑resiliency, mobility, and multimodal transportation projects across California, supporting 58 initiatives statewide.
The May 2026 U.S. jobs report showed 172,000 new jobs and steady unemployment at 4.3 percent, while markets fell as investors reacted to rising rate expectations.
On Highway 126 between Santa Paula and the county line, one kind of crash — and one missing piece of road — accounts for more deaths than any other. Nobody who drives the 126…
John Bolton will plead guilty June 26 to a federal charge of retaining classified national security information, resolving an 18‑count case with a $2.25 million fine and no allegation of leaking documents.
A Los Angeles County jury awarded $176 million in the Westlake Village civil trial involving the deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, finding Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson negligent and acting with malice.
A farm town of about 2,600 people runs a modern sewage plant on roughly 400 hookups and a stack of grants — and just rebuilt it to beat a stubborn salt problem. Here’s how…
Piru voters contributed to updated totals in U.S. House District 24 and Assembly District 37 as Ventura County continues its election canvass.