A Ventura County judge said Friday he would grant the prosecution's request for retrial on a rape charge after jurors hung on ...

Sheriff's detectives last month seized more than 1,700 marijuana plants, weapons and other items from homes allegedly used to ...

The couple was also accused of keeping the victims' paychecks from other jobs to "pay off" their alleged smuggling fee.

A 50-year-old woman and her 45-year-old husband were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit forced labor and four counts of forced labor, the U.S. Department of Justi ...

Prosecutors said the couple forced immigrants to perform work in their home and collected their paychecks from outside work.

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Anthony Sabo said at a hearing ... when the female foster youth was 16 and living in a Simi Valley group home. Gaines was 23 at the time, according to jail ...