A defendant who fled to Mexico before charges were filed in a 1998 Ventura murder case has been returned to Ventura County.

On April 8, he was sentenced for the crimes, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced. From 2005 to 2014, Arca molested two children who were under 14 years old at the time.

Two off-duty deputies were arrested for alleged battery on a bouncer at a Camarillo bar. One deputy also faces charges for ...

The owner of a now defunct Ventura County drycleaning operation has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 for dumping 110 gallons of hazardous waste in Los Angeles County, officials announced this ...

Tony Lee is leaving Ventura to become the chief of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Bureau of Investigation. Lee will be sworn in in early June, according to a news release from the DA's ...

Bill Essayli, the Republican firebrand whose two years in the Assembly have been marked by frequent political jabs at his Democratic colleagues and their policies, announced late Tuesday that he ...

A commercial fishing boat captain was fined nearly $17,000 by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office for allegedly dumping toxic waste into waters along the California coast. They say ...

The soccer coach of a 13-year-old boy who was discovered dead along a Ventura County road after ... announced Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and law enforcement leaders ...