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Red Flag Warning covers Conejo Valley ahead of Thursday winds
The National Weather Service issued Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches ahead of the season's first Santa Ana wind event, with gusts up to 60 mph, single-digit humidity and temperatures near 95 degrees peaking Thursday through Friday across the Conejo Valley.
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Newbury Park man faces 12 felonies in Thousand Oaks mail thefts
Rusty Sellner, 34, of Newbury Park pleaded not guilty Oct. 8 to felony charges stemming from a mail theft investigation in Thousand Oaks, with more than a dozen felonies filed against him since February.
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Oak Park man pleads guilty in fatal Newbury Park crash
Neil Liam Reb, 22, of Oak Park pleaded guilty Aug. 28 to two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter for a May 2025 crash that killed Alejandro Ramirez, 77, and Maria Ramirez, 73, at a Newbury Park intersection; sentencing is set for Oct. 9.
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Ex-LAPD detective pleads not guilty in Thousand Oaks kidnapping
Former LAPD detective and convicted rapist Michael Douglas Brambles, 77, pleaded not guilty Friday, Sept. 11, to kidnapping a Thousand Oaks business owner at gunpoint in 1994; he faces up to 12 years to life and is due in Ventura County Superior Court on Sept. 22.
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Thousand Oaks man arrested with meth, marijuana after probe
Ventura County Sheriff's detectives arrested a 43-year-old Thousand Oaks man on eight counts Tuesday, Sept. 8, after a narcotics sales investigation led them to methamphetamine, marijuana, pills and cash at a North Ventu Park Road storage area.
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Three arrested in alleged assault at Thousand Oaks apartment
Three Thousand Oaks men were arrested on suspicion of felony assault after allegedly attacking a 25-year-old man at the Oakview Apartment Homes on Hampshire Road on Aug. 28, and detectives are asking the public for photos, video and witness accounts.
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Extreme heat cancels CVUSD Back to School Night gym ceremonies
Conejo Valley Unified School District staff canceled the traditional gym opening ceremonies at all high schools' Back to School Night on Wednesday, Sept. 9, due to an extreme heat warning, though classroom visits with teachers went ahead as planned.
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Thousand Oaks park district faces King Gillette Ranch death suit
A second lawsuit over the July 2025 death of 8-year-old Lamar McGlothurn at King Gillette Ranch names the Conejo Recreation and Park District as a defendant, alleging officials knew the oak tree was hazardous a week before the fatal branch fall.
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Bohm murder trial delayed to December over nitrous oxide evidence
The murder trial of Fraser Bohm, charged in the 2023 PCH crash that killed four Pepperdine students, has been delayed from Sept. 8 to Dec. 1 after prosecutors introduced new evidence that a nitrous oxide canister was found in his car.
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