Colleen Cason

On the anniversary of women getting the right to vote, Missouri congressman's statement about rape seems even more inappropriate.

It was Jose Pantoja's time on July 8. Maria de Jesus Leon Castro left this Earth on May 18. Ramiro Avila went to his eternal rest April 10. Reading the long, loving obituaries of these Ventura County residents in this ...

Nominations are open for Star columnist Colleen Cason’s 10th annual Hardest Worker in Ventura County Contest.

It's time to think less about building self-esteem in children and time to think more about building self-control.

Students like Stephanie Wagner might never have gotten a college degree had CSU Channel Islands not opened 10 years ago.

A Santa Paula family claims they have had a less than satisfactory experience with their new smart meter.

Robert Herron of Thousand Oaks was a stunt double for the late actor Ernest Borgnine in more than a dozen movies.

Movies and commercials still find a way to offend at least some of us while trying to sell us something.

A century plant that is about to bloom has brought one Ventura neighborhood together.

A family story taught columnist Colleen Cason that shooting off fireworks on the fourth of July is never a good idea.

For generations, fathers and grandfathers watched as 13-year-old Jewish boys read from the Torah as part of their bar mitzvahs. Now, the process is often reversed as fathers and grandfathers who never had a bar mitzvah decide it's now time.

This judge has heard all the jury excuses and he's written some himself.

A male Mallard that has made a home in a Simi Valley condo complex is now without a mate after someone fatally injured the female duck.

It takes a village or at least a lot of generous donors to buy, train and maintain a police K-9.

A baby book that was found by a reader and sent to this columnist is now on its way back to its owner.