Assemblymember Steve Bennett (D-Ventura) announced March 10 that he selected County of Ventura Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters Michelle Ascencion as his 2025 Woman of the Year. In observance of ...

Ortega, of Los Angeles County, to the Ventura court late last year ... to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Jeffrey G. Bennett. Ortega is registered without party preference.