Topic - Ventura

The (sur)name Ventura is Italian, Portuguese and Spanish for "good fortune". - Source: Wikipedia

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Search and rescue workers investigate a car surrounded by floodwater as heavy rains caused the Guadalupe River to swell, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. The vehicle was uninhabited. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Second atmospheric river in days churns through California, knocking out power and flooding roads

By Christopher Weber - Associated Press

FILE - This Nov. 8, 2018, file photo shows Medical personnel evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns while the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. Tens of thousands of people fled the fast-moving wildfire. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Many fire-prone California towns don’t plan for evacuations

By DAMON ARTHUR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, July 26, 2018 file photo, a structure burns as the Carr fire races along Highway 299 near Redding, Calif. In the last year, fires have devastated neighborhoods in the Northern California wine country city of Santa Rosa, the Southern California beach city of Ventura and, now, the inland city of Redding. Hotter weather from changing climates is drying out vegetation, creating more intense fires that spread quickly from rural areas to city subdivisions, climate and fire experts say. But they also blame cities for expanding into previously undeveloped areas susceptible to fire. AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Experts say urban sprawl, climate change hike wildfire risk

By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

Off-duty LAPD officer shoots dog attacking woman

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, file photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, flames from a back firing operation underway rise behind a home off Ladera Lane near Bella Vista Drive in Santa Barbara, Calif. Crews battling Southern California's enormous wildfire are struggling to widen and extend firebreaks before the return of winds Wednesday evening, Dec. 20, 2017, that could once again drive the flames out of control. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP, File)

All significant California wildfire evacuation orders lifted

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER - Associated Press

Firefighters gather in front of a residential area as a wildfire burns along the 101 Freeway Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Ventura, Calif. Raked by ferocious Santa Ana winds, explosive wildfires northwest of Los Angeles and in the city's foothills burned a psychiatric hospital and scores of homes and other structures Tuesday and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bel-Air wildfire joins the siege across Southern California

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

James and Josie Ralstin carry belongings from their Ventura, Calif., home as flames from a wildfire consume another residence on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. The couple evacuated early Tuesday morning as the fire approached, but returned to retrieve medications and other property. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Hundreds flee as flames engulf California beachfront homes

By AMANDA LEE MYERS and JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Flames from a wildfire loom up over a neighborhood in Santa Paula, Calf., Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. Ventura County fire officials say the blaze broke out Monday east of Santa Paula, a city of 30,000 people about 60 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Powerful winds are pushing the blaze west toward the city along Highway 150, which is shut down. (Megan Diskin/The Ventura County Star via AP)

The Latest: California wildfire hops highway, nears ocean

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Crews respond to 5 suspicious fires in Ventura Harbor

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