Gretchen Wenner
Breaking News Editor at Ventura County Star
Breaking news editor for Ventura County Star, student of criminology, dabbler in guitar.
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1 week ago |
eu.floridatoday.com | Gretchen Wenner |Jay Calderon
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3 weeks ago |
vcstar.com | Gretchen Wenner
Federal prosecutors in LA announced filing 20 similar cases this week. Ventura County defendant was highlighted in the release. The Oxnard man remained in county jail custody Saturday. Federal prosecutors have filed immigration-related charges against a previously deported Oxnard man who has also been convicted in two felony firearms cases in Ventura County.
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2 months ago |
vcstar.com | Ernesto Araújo |Gretchen Wenner
(This story has been updated with new information.)A mountain lion led authorities on a chase around a suburban Camarillo neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. Authorities received a report of a mountain lion sighting at 8:42 a.m. in the backyard of a house in the 2400 block of Lomita Street, said Ventura County Sheriff's Capt. Cyrus Zadeh. The animal was initially spotted sitting underneath a backyard playset, he said. The site is on the north side of Daily Drive, east of Arneill Road.
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2 months ago |
vcstar.com | Cheri Carlson |Gretchen Wenner
3:49 pm PTLanes flooded on Hwy 101 in Thousand OaksGretchen WennerFlooding was reported around 3:30 p.m. across lanes of northbound Highway 101 approaching the transition to Highway 23 in Thousand Oaks, the California Highway Patrol's incident log showed. Notes indicated the drain in the center divider may need checking. Traffic along the northbound freeway had slowed along a much longer stretch, however, from Thousand Oaks through Camarillo and into Oxnard.
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2 months ago |
yahoo.com | Gretchen Wenner
A group of state lawmakers, including Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, have authored proposed legislation that would toughen laws governing looting and other crimes during emergencies. The effort came about in the wake of devastating fires in Los Angeles and Ventura counties when authorities found existing law covering looting and the impersonation of firefighters and others was "underwhelming," as one official said during a recorded news conference Monday in Los Angeles.
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This is now available to non-subscribers. The story of Gerry and Ali was among the most affecting I’ve covered in 20+ years reporting. As always, a plug to subscribe to your local paper:
"Everybody always knew he was going to go out with a bang," Ali Johnes, Gerry's wife, said. "I just hoped it would be much later on in life." For subscribers: https://t.co/perkUlF11u
Storm clouds moving toward blue sky at Goleta Beach Thursday afternoon. #cawx https://t.co/CD5Kq9pb0S
I thought only copy editors got this excited about commas. But meteorologists have their own cool take. Plus, rain:
Look at that comma shape! This classic mid-latitude cyclone approaching the Central Coast will finally bring us our much-needed, long-awaited significant rain! A cold front is expected to bring the first round of rain this evening through the overnight hours! #CAwx #LArain https://t.co/5vgsf2BOWd