¡VIVA CULTURA! —Olivia Bautista, left, and Dalia Cruz wait to perform with the Ballet Folklorico Cielito Lindo de Simi Valley during the Hispanic Heritage Festival at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts ...

Richard “Jerry” House, a longtime Simi Valley resident who has worked for the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office since 1995, will soon take over as director of the District Appraisals department. In ...

The revelation that wildfire debris containing hazardous levels of asbestos was dumped into ordinary municipal landfills in Southern California is not just alarming—it’s inexcusable. We now know that ...

FORMAL AND FUN—Below, Matthew Duffy, 12, of Simi Valley goes low and wins the limbo contest at the Fairytale Family Formal dance Jan. 22 at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center in Simi Valley.

The Simi Valley City Council’s recent 4-1 decision to keep short-term rentals legal—at least for now—preserves a property right that should matter to every homeowner: the ability to rent out one’s own ...

While protests over recent ICE actions have remained peaceful in Ventura County, the local Sheriff’s Office has joined the more violent fray to the south. In a June 9 message to the community issued ...

In a few days, you will be receiving your mailed ballot for the 2024 primary election. Although this is only the first step for some candidates, it is the final step for election for Ventura County ...

Ventura County resident and retired FBI Special Agent William Rose opens his book “Less Tagging, More Killing” with an anecdote from the summer of 2000, when he was tasked with picking up actor Gary ...

Hate crime has been added to the citations facing a group of four Simi Valley teens accused of beating another teenager, the city’s police department announced Aug. 21. After looking into the attack ...

It’s been a long wait—and some disappointment— for local beer enthusiasts holding out for an in-town brewery, but hope is on the horizon . . . again. Simi Valley Brewing Company, a locally owned craft ...

More than a month has passed since Raushan Aitpayeva disappeared from her Simi Valley neighborhood, leaving her family desperate for answers. The Simi Valley Police Department has assigned a detective ...

As a longtime Simi Valley resident and a person of faith, I was troubled by the Board of Supervisors’ recent vote to deny funding for legal services to immigrant neighbors in the country illegally.