
Isaiah Murtaugh
Education Reporter at Ventura County Star
@Report4America corps member covering education for @VCStar. DMs open.
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vcstar.com | Tony Biasotti |Isaiah Murtaugh
A preliminary report of crash is expected within 30 days. Of the two homes affected, one was deemed unsafe to enter and the other was deemed safe for limited entry. The plane was manufactured in 2022 and is classified as an experimental aircraft. Federal investigators were in Simi Valley over the weekend, looking into what may have caused a small plane to crash into two houses in the Wood Ranch neighborhood.
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vcstar.com | Isaiah Murtaugh
Isaiah MurtaughThe remodeled Ray D. Prueter Library in Port Hueneme on May 1, 2025, shortly before its reopening after more than a year's closure. ISAIAH MURTAUGH/THE STARLocal flowers bloom across a new mural outside the entrance of Ray D. Prueter library in Port Hueneme on May 1, 2025. ISAIAH MURTAUGH/THE STARNewly stocked shelves stand ready inside Port Hueneme's Ray D. Prueter Library on May 1, 2025, as the facility prepares to reopen.
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yahoo.com | Isaiah Murtaugh
Three years after Oxnard rolled out a new rent-control program, city leaders have decided the rules need a remodel. The Oxnard City Council approved a slate of protections against tenant harassment during its April 29 meeting and made small patches to the city's 2022 rent stabilization and just cause eviction ordinances. The council also backed city staff's request to use $500,000 to hire a partially dedicated city attorney and an investigator to help enforce the new anti-harassment rules.
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1 month ago |
vcstar.com | Isaiah Murtaugh
Click here for important updates to our privacy policy. Almost half the port's revenue comes from auto imports, which were submitted to a 25% tariff. The consensus is that this is probably more like a negotiation, the Port CEO said. The main action the port is taking is staying in very close touch with its customers. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff package has jolted stock markets and sent foreign governments scrambling to respond or negotiate.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Isaiah Murtaugh
Two more Ventura County sites were added to the National Register of Historic Places last year. The Scarlett-McGrath Ranch near Oxnard was added to the list in October. The Bell Canyon Equestrian Center on the county's eastern edge officially earned the honor in July. The two new sites bring the total number of nationally listed historic places in Ventura County above 40.
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