Hugo Roche, 82, of Thousand Oaks, rappels from the roof of the Bloc’s Sheraton Grand Hotel, 25 stories up on Thursday in downtown Los Angeles. Roche made a new record for age rappelling with Shatterproof, as a part of Team JoBeth, all honoring JoBeth Ginther, his granddaughter who died September 24, 2014 of a heroin overdose.
The wind-driven Rancho Fire is tackled and stamped out up by the Ventura County Fire Dept. and several other agencies on Monday morning in Thousand Oaks.
The 52nd Camarillo Fiesta was held on Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10, in Old Town Camarillo. The event, which began in 1964 in honor of city father Adolfo Camarillo, featured a 19-ride carnival with two Ferris wheels, vendors and live entertainment.
The U.S. Forest Service help lead two mules with supplies up Cedar Creek in Los Padres National Forest. U.S. Forest Service has brought in a team of mules to help with the Pine Fire, burning in remote, hard-to-access terrain in the Sespe Wilderness area. The crew is camping out at the Fishbowls Trail, which is a scenic 7.79 mile trail in the Sespe Wilderness in Ventura County County. The trailhead is located off Grade Valley Road. It's one of several adaptations crews have made to fight the fire leaving as little environmental impact as possible and keeping firefighters safe in difficult terrain.
The Camarillo Community Band started off the Summer Concert Series at Community Center Park on Thursday evening, July 7, 2016. The band was conducted by Robert Hackett. 62 members played 11 various selections from movies, theater and composers. Included were solos by alto saxophonist Janet Stuhr and drummer (Agoura High student) Patrick LeRose who played Sing, Sing, Sing.
Rancho Santa Susana Park sees a surge of visitors as Simi Valley celebrates Independents Day with an outdoor festival while waiting for the annual fireworks bonanza to begin.
The crowds of participants at the Pushem-Pullem Parade in Ventura. The 4th of July Street Fair continues after 41-year-old tradition.Children and adults and their bicycles and little red wagons all dressed up for the parade sponsored by the Ventura East Rotary Club. The parade assembles at Cemetery Park and it goes down Main Street.
Moorpark resident Ralph Mauriello, 81, who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958, performs the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 2, 2016. Mauriello rehearses two times, once with the organist, before the main performance prior to the start of the game. Mauriello has previously sang at Dodger Stadium.
First of three day annual Summerfest All Breed Dog Show, through the Ventura County Dog Fanciers Association, began at the county fairgrounds at Seaside Park. This is one of the largest dog shows in the western U.S. The show continues through Sunday, July 3, 2016.
Ventura County Animal Services is warning to people to take extra precautions to keep their dogs safe at home over the Fourth of July when people shoot off fireworks.
Sales of legal fireworks began in Fillmore on June 28 and will continue through July 4. Fireworks sales in Fillmore help in raising funds for clubs and organizations each year.
Residents are let back into their fire ravaged neighborhoods after the Erskine Fire near Lake Isabella. Over 200 homes were burned to the ground or damaged.
After more than a hundred years of deforestation and erosion, Santa Rosa Island has a chance of coming back to its natural state with the Cloud Forest Project. Kathryn McEachern, USGS Research Ecologist, shows the project high up on the island on Monday where the effort is active bringing back the island’s native plants.
The Ojai Lesbian and Gay Pride Walk has its 25th anniversary on Sunday, June 26, 2016. The three original founders Helen Allen, Lynne Doherty and Jane Peterson (formerly Jane Jennings) talk about its roots and changes over the quarter century with current walk images and photos from their first walk.
District attorney general Russell Johnson talks about officers-involved shooting March 8 in Harriman where prison guard Nathan Manis allegedly tried to commit 'suicide by cop.'
Caltrans has begun placing temporary safety barriers along two highways in Ventura County in preparation for construction of a $9.6 million project to reduce pollution from stormwater runoff.
Over 350 boxers have converged on Oxnard for one of the largest amateur boxing events in the country. Hosting such an event is a source of pride for a city known for boxing.
About 30,000 gallons of crude oil made its way about half a mile down Prince Barranca after a pipeline broke in Hall Canyon across from Grove Lane in Ventura.
More than 100 boys and girls ages 7-15 took part in the local qualifier of the Drive, Chip, & Putt competition that was held at Wood Ranch Golf Club on Monday.
Heat wave? What heat wave? Ventura County residents found delightful conditions at Ventura State Beach Sunday, June 19, in stark contrast to inland temperatures, which soared past 100 degrees in some areas.
Longtime wild animal advocate Beverlee McGrath works with wild infant mammals such as cottontail rabbits, raccoons and squirrels as a satellite animal rescue center in the Oxnard/Ventura area for the Calabasas based California Wildlife Center.
Brooks Institute of Photography president Edward Clift talks about the school moving to various sites in downtown Ventura creating what he calls 'a modern urban campus' for its students.
The duck pond in Rancho Simi Community Park in Simi Valley is now open. It was drained last year and the reopening was delayed due to wildlife and nesting issues.
