High gas prices are encouraging more people to ride the Amtrak train, whether to commute or vacation.
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The first day of a new school year brings reunions of friends and some frightening firsts for students.
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Like thousands of students across the country, Michelle Vaisman will start college this fall. Like them, she's a little nervous about living away from home and managing things like money and laundry on her own. Unlike them, Vaisman, 13, hasn't even started high school yet. Vaisman, who lives in Agoura Hills, is going to Mary Baldwin College in Virginia where she will join a program meant for other young women like her who are academically gifted.
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Thousand Oaks resident Jesse Day has his sights set on BMX racing in the 2012 Olympic Games.
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A rare electrical storm made its way through Ventura County.
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After 12 days of carnival rides, contests and cotton candy, the fair is closing for another year.
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The Ventura County Fair Parade began Saturday morning at Catalina and Main streets and traveled west on Main through downtown Ventura to Palm Street.
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Sights and sounds of the 2008 Ventura County Fair
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The Dallas Cowboys return to Oxnard for training camp.
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Doctors treat pain in many ways, but often the medication can be addictive. Now there is a plan to use a database to track pain medication prescriptions.
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Fires are burning around California, threatening homes and straining firefighting manpower. See photos from the last two weeks on the fire lines.
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Ventura County Star announces the Female Star Scholars for the 2007-08 school year.
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The U.S. Olympic Water Polo team is practicing at California Lutheran in Thousand Oaks for the Summer Games.
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Seventeen years ago, Sharon Baird took care of three baby squirrels left homeless when she had some trees trimmed in her backyard. What she thought would be a one-time thing, is now a daily duty.
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Throughout the year, staff photographers from The Star will be exploring and visually documenting the diverse lifestyles and landscapes of Ventura County, one ZIP code at a time. Photographers will present images from a given ZIP code to introduce readers to communities they might other never see.
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The best photos of the year 2007 from Ventura County Star Staff Photographer Juan Carlo.
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The best photos of the year 2007 from Ventura County Star Staff Photographer Jason Redmond.
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The best photos of the year 2007 from Ventura County Star Staff Photographer Joseph Garcia.
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The best photos of the year 2007 from Ventura County Star Staff Photographer James Glover.
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The best photos of the year 2007 from Ventura County Star Staff Photographer Eric Parsons.
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Antique Tractors on display at Underwood Family Farms
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The last of the captive-bred foxes are released into the wild.
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Presidential pianist Roger Williams plays for 14.5 hours at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Bamboo Pipeline supplies customers with plants and trees among other things.
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Popsicle vendors roam the streets of Oxnard from April through September.
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Meet some of the people involved in Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. an organization for families who lost loved ones to violence.
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