TOP COPS Above, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff, center, shares a laugh with California Highway Patrol Cmdr. Jeremy Key during a town hall hosted by Ventura County Supervisor Janice Parvin at the Simi Valley Elks Lodge on March 23. RICHARD GILLARD/Acorn Newspapers Campaign financing, public safety, fire risk and response, and the drought were some of
Simi Valley Police Department officers disrupted a pair of organized retail theft rings over the past two weeks, sending a reminder to thieves that crime does not pay in the city. “We’re doing a really good job at intercepting these crews when they come into town and holding them accountable,” said SVPD Chief Steve Shorts
I am so disappointed with the Board of Supervisors. Jeff Gorell, in his signature action as supervisor, has voted to scrap the Ventura County Campaign Finance Reform Ordinance. This ordinance supplemented the state Political Reform Act and worked in tandem with it, and Supervisor Kelly Long supported its last update in 2017. It is incorrect
Letters include how one supervisor has best menu item; new cartoon depicts violence; legislation needed after another mass shooting; and disappointment over Gorell vote.
Ventura County supervisors voted 3-2 on Tuesday, March 28, at about 1:15 p.m.. to repeal the county s campaign finance rules, which means raising campaign-contribution caps from $750 per individual to