Ventura County

Britney Spears will not be charged following a battery investigation into a confrontation with her housekeeper last month, officials said. The investigation found “insufficient evidence that a crime had occurred,” Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said Wednesday. A complaint was filed against Spears, 39, by her housekeeper, who alleged that the singer slapped her cellphone out of her hands. For...

Britney Spears is the suspect of a battery investigation after an alleged “dispute” with an employee, who accuses the singer of hitting her hand, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

A housekeeper for Britney Spears has accused the pop icon of striking her during a dispute Monday morning at the star’s Southern California home, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. The employee claims that Spears, who has been embroiled in a court battle over ending her conservatorship, confronted her when she returned to the house. Spears allegedly slapped the...

Twenty Mexican nationals were detained after attempting to come ashore in a panga boat off the Malibu coast in Ventura County, authorities said on Thursday. Sixteen males and four females, all Mexican nationals, were determined to be here illegally, Border Patrol Agent Shane Crottie said. They came from a boat on the shore of a remote stretch of Malibu beach…

A 180-day program providing additional firefighting helicopters to departments in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties will begin Tuesday.

Monica Leech was a bank teller but she had only worked at the bank in the Thousand Oaks, transferring to the location because it was one of the safest cities in America.

The 9-year-old found an easily-accessible handgun in his home, and thought it was a toy gun.

A rise in scams involving home rentals and pets has prompted authorities in Ventura County to issue a warning cautioning people when making purchases or conducting business online.

Emergency crews were called to Rincon Point Saturday afternoon following reports of an unconscious man, said Ventura County sheriff’s Captain Victor Medina.

Earlier this week, we showed you the story of Bob Wolff, a 99-year-old World War II veteran who was having trouble getting a COVID-19 vaccine appointment. Wolff was the captain of a B-17 flying fortress during World War II, which was shot down in Germany and landed in the ocean. He saved his crew and even survived being a prisoner...

The race is on to save a 60-year-old grandmother diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia who needs a match for a blood stem cell transplant to survive. Maria Banuelos’ children and grandchildren put a video together in an effort to save her life after the 60-year-old Fillmore resident was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in August. You can...

The death of “Glee” actress and singer Naya Rivera was ruled an accidental drowning, it was announced Tuesday.

The body of “Glee” actress and singer Naya Rivera was discovered at Lake Piru in Ventura County on Monday morning after days of searching, officials concluded. The discovery came amid an extensive search for the missing “Glee” star that included sonar, dogs and divers scouring the lake, in addition to cabins and outbuildings in the surrounding area being searched. Rivera…

A member of a team searching a Southern California lake for a missing TV star said Sunday that he’s confident his crew is getting a clearer idea of where in the lake to find her, a magazine reported. Robert Inglis of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team told Us Weekly that actress Naya Rivera sent to...

Police in Burbank said the women seen in a cache of photographs discovered during a search of an accused serial killer’s home could be important clues in the man’s upcoming murder trial.

All evacuations were lifted Saturday and residents were being allowed to return to their neighborhoods, as firefighters made progress in the battle against a wildfire that destroyed homes in the northern San Fernando Valley.

A law enforcement official says investigators that examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat haven’t been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, the Associated Press reported Friday.