Editor's note: This is the second story in a series for The Star's annual year in review and focuses on business in Ventura ...

Even though Christmas tree recycling is an annual ritual, differing rules, dates and deadlines in various parts of Ventura ...

The official start time is 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 5. The state has delayed the start of the commercial crab fishing season for the sixth year in a row. The reason is to protect endangered humpback whales ...

Darin Schindler, Ventura's chief of police, looks back at 36 years in local law enforcement ahead of his upcoming retirement.