Leonard Salinas died thinking about others. It's the same way he lived. The longtime Ventura County probation officer, diagnosed with two kinds of stage 4 cancer in his lungs, died at 3:58 p.m.

His face was white as ash. He couldn’t breathe. He struggled to walk. Maria Marquez had just completed 72 hours in quarantine after radiation treatment for thyroid cancer. She took one look at her ...

Two Ventura County residents on probation with outstanding warrants were arrested in connection with a theft from the CVS on ...

Ventura County Probation Director Mark Varela has been appointed to a state corrections board by Gov. Jerry Brown. Varela’s three-year term on the Board of State and Community Corrections begins ...

Ventura County Probation Chief Mark Varela has announced he plans to retire on Jan. 28. “Under Chief Varela’s leadership, our Probation Agency has made transformative changes in effective ...

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Ronald Miller II to the position of chief probation officer at its June 24 regular meeting. The appointment follows a competitive ...

Ventura County's probation director is stepping down from an influential state corrections board, citing job-related reasons unrelated to opposition from a Latino rights advocacy group. Probation ...

VENTURA, Calif. - Ventura County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Ventura man on Friday after locating several illegal firearms at his home. Detectives assigned to the Sheriff's Gang Unit obtained ...

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office said nearly 60 law enforcement officers conducted probation and parole sweeps in the unincorporated communities of El Rio, Nyeland Acres and Saticoy. There were 57 ...