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Erin Brockovich's ex-husband, ex-boyfriend arrested in extortion plot

...Reiner culminated a two-week investigation by the Ventura County district attorney's office and the FBI. Investigators...whose office is in Century City, were booked at the Ventura County Jail with bail set at $50,000 each. Brockovich...

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Winds ravage Southern California

...travelers. Gusts up to 70 mph made it difficult for Ventura County firefighters to battle a blaze that had grown to about...a downed power line, surrounded by Tuesday, said Ventura County Fire Department spokeswoman Sandi Wells. Winds fanned...

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Powerful storm dumping rain, snow causes California headaches

...warnings were in effect for southern Los Angeles and Ventura counties. More than 20,000 customers in Los Angeles lost...Barbara County coast and as much as 5 inches on parts of Ventura County. Snow forced the California Highway Patrol to close...

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Names and faces

...serve five days in a work-release program as part of her sentencing for a drunken driving arrest in December. A Ventura County judge on Tuesday imposed the minimum sentence for the 30-year-old actress after she gave lectures to teens about...

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Wildfire burns 23,500 acres, nine homes north of Los Angeles

...homes destroyed were lost during the expansion. Late Friday night it was only 15 percent contained. To the west in Ventura County, the state's other huge blaze had burned 20,800 acres in Los Padres National Forest north of Ojai. The Ojai...

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Fishing industry reeling

...rivers. Dry weather in Southern California is sapping several popular fishing streams and creeks in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, said Steve Martarano, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Game. "Flows are so low, they're...

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...cause of death appeared to be complications of abdominal cancer, according to Craig Stevens, medical examiner at the Ventura County Coroner's office. Turner issued a statement on May 15 that reports concerning his illness were overstated...

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Ballot initiatives aim to preserve farmland

...rural and agricultural land and any increases in housing density. Similar ballot initiatives were passed in Napa and Ventura counties. --In Alameda County, Calif., voters will decide on the "Save Agriculture and Open Space Lands Initiative...

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...the two had an affair. Superior Court Judge James P. Cloninger also rejected a request to move the trial out of Ventura County, where the defendants' lawyers argued that Brockovich and her boss, Ed Masry, are widely regarded as heroes since...

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Four cited for allegedly starting Southern California wildfire

...hours later with no homes lost, Ventura County Fire Department spokeswoman Sandi...40 miles west of Los Angeles. Ventura County Fire Dispatcher Charles Carranza...pretty calm," he said. Another Ventura County fire, a 369-acre blaze that...

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