Several teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS football playoffs, thanks to some top individual efforts. VOTE for the best individual performance from 15 candidates.

It just got serious. The high school football season has entered the one-and-done stage. Sixteen local teams, including an all-area matchup between St. Bonaventure and Oaks Christian, play first-round ...

Ventura County Sheriff's officials called off their search at about noon on Nov. 8 for a man who apparently jumped from a moving vehicle on Highway 23 in Thousand Oaks. Sheriff's Capt. Tyler Abbott ...

Each week The Star will offer readers a chance to vote for the High School Football Player of the Week. You can now vote for the top player from Week 4. Congrats to Royal running back Landen Murray, ...

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We are onto Week 4 (which is actually the fifth week of the season counting Week Zero) in the high school football season. Some of the top local matchups are Simi Valley-Thousand Oaks, Oxnard-Rio Mesa ...

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A 62-year-old male bicyclist from Oxnard is dead after being struck by a semi-truck in Oxnard on Sept. 25. Officers with the Oxnard Police Department responded just north of the Simon Way and Vineyard ...

The U.S. House passed a sweeping Republican bill, backed by President Trump, that proposes significant changes to taxes, Medi-Cal, food stamps, and border security. The bill narrowly passed the House ...

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Each week The Star will offer readers a chance to vote for the High School Football Player of the Week. You can now vote for the top player from Week 3, which includes record-breaking and record-tying ...