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.

An Orange County Superior Court judge accused of fatally shooting his wife in their Anaheim Hills home is speaking out after ...

A Ventura County judge has ordered a retrial on all three sex crime counts on which a jury deadlocked last month.

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 ...

After days of wet weather, Ventura County's rainfall remains far below normal for this time of year. Storms swept through the county over the past week, bringing an inch or two of rainfall to most ...

Tyler Ebell, the former Ventura County sheriff’s deputy who was fired for having an affair with a jail inmate, won’t work as a law enforcement officer in California again. Ebell left the ...

Ernesto Centeno Araujo covers breaking news for the Ventura County Star. He can be reached at [email protected].

Jonathan Hein last May became the third judge in the high-profile cases related to the 2016 shooting deaths of eight people in Ohio's Pike County. Hein has upset lawyers, victim families and ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - McLennan County Judge David Hodges died Friday after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, for more than three years. “David was not only an outstanding county court ...

A mistrial has been declared in the 2023 murder case of an Orange County judge who is accused of shooting and killing his wife, the Associated Press confirmed. A judge declared a mistrial on ...

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Long-time Genesee County judge and attorney Judge Archie Hayman died at the age of 68. Judge Hayman died at his home Friday after a lengthy illness. He was a ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) -- An Orange County Superior Court judge charged with fatally shooting his wife in their Anaheim Hills home will resume testifying Tuesday in his defense. Jeffrey Ferguson ...