Alex Wilson

1 week ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) officials are not yet sure exactly how expected federal budget cuts to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) will impact local programs, but it’s already clear anything related to climate change or diversity programs may be on the chopping block.

1 week ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

Fishing boat runs agroundA 40-foot commercial fishing boat ran aground near Ventura Harbor on May 25. The incident happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. near the mouth of the Santa Clara River. Fortunately, the three people on board were successfully rescued. Officials with the Ventura Harbor Patrol said the vessel was considered a salvage operation and was handed over to TowBoatUS Ventura for recovery later that afternoon.

1 week ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

Oxnard’s historic Japanese Cemetery, established in 1908, was designated Ventura County Landmark No. 18 in 1971 by the Ventura County Cultural Heritage Board (CHB), which decades later has bestowed a new honor on the people who care for the sacred space. The Ventura County chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) won a 2025 Historic Preservation Award during a May 12 ceremony at the Ventura County Government Center.

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

On May 19, 2015, the Refugio oil spill erupted from a corroded pipeline near the 101 Freeway into a drainage culvert, covering Refugio State Beach and wildlife in thick crude oil. More than 120,000 gallons contaminated the biologically rich waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, fouling shorelines in Ventura County and as far south as Redondo Beach.

2 weeks ago | vcreporter.com | Alex Wilson

The April 28, 1997 shooting of bank teller Monica Leech during an armed robbery in Thousand Oaks shocked the community and led to a massive search for two masked killers, one of whom has now pleaded guilty to murder after more than a quarter of a century. Just after the business opened on a Monday morning, two men entered Western Financial Bank on Thousand Oaks Boulevard disguised as construction workers wearing hardhats and raincoats.