A Ventura County Superior Court judge has ruled short-term vacation rentals are allowed in single-family residential zones in Ventura's beachside community. The decision, delivered via a minute order ...

Ninety minutes north of L.A., Ventura is a lot like other Southern California beach towns used to be: relaxed and unpretentious, without too-too many people vying for the same patch of paradise. With ...

Editor's note: This story is the second in an occasional series. Middle-income families, seniors surviving on Social Security and college students struggling to support themselves are trapped by ...