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  • Residents in Ventura County say massive attacks of house flies are swarming their communities. Residents aren't sure why these swarms of flies are coming now, but authorities think they could be linked to an agricultural source. People in Simi Valley and Moorpark say they've been hit the hardest.
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  • A map indicates the area near the 3600 block of Saviers Road in Oxnard where an armed suspect robbed a Union 76 gas station Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. The same location was robbed by a suspect of a similiar description on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013.
  • Oxnard police are investigating an armed robbery at a Union 76 gas station, the second at the same location in two weeks.
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  • Authorities are investigating a stabbing near the Ventura River bottom Sunday morning that left a male victim wounded.
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  • An 18-year-old driver was killed and two other people were injured in a crash in Fillmore on Saturday.
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  • A map shows Mission Park in Ventura.
  • Police are looking for a man who they say tried to rob another man after asking him for a cigarette in Ventura.
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  • A map indicates the area near Hueneme High School in the 500 block of Bard Road in Oxnard where three juveniles were arrested for breaking into the campus Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013.
  • Three juveniles were arrested for breaking into an Oxnard high school and stealing school property Sunday.
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  • A map indicates the location where 28-year-old Abdolali Armen Omidfar was arrested for possession of marijuana Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013.
  • Investigators arrested a 26-year-old man with 43 grams of marijuana in Thousand Oaks Thursday.
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  • This image from Google Maps indicates the location where a robbery suspect stole a cellphone from a teenager at a skate park on 400 Chapel Dr. on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013.
  • A suspect who stole a cellphone from a teen at a Ventura skate park was caught after being detained in a separate incident.
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  • A house cleaner has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $30,000 in jewelry from five homes across Ventura County.
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  • A suspect wanted for targeting churchgoers wallets and purses in Ventura County is shown in this surveillance still image provided by the Thousand Oaks Police Department.
  • A suspect targeting churchgoers' purses in Ventura County has been spotted using stolen credit cards at a local store.
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  • A Ventura man was arrested for graffiti vandalism after a two-week investigation Tuesday.
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  • Residents in Oxnard are being warned of burglars targeting homes tented for pest fumigation.
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  • Ventura Police received a report of a fight on the 100 block of West Harrison Avenue at 7:45 p.m. Sunday, October 7, 2013.
  • A man was hospitalized in grave condition Sunday night after being shot in the head during a fight in Ventura.
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  • A map shows the Rescue Mission, located in the 200 block of East Sixth Street in Oxnard.
  • Police say a man was assaulted with a hammer by another man in Oxnard on Sunday. A reason for the assault is unclear.
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  • A map indicates the area near the 3600 block of Saviers Road in Oxnard where an armed suspect robbed a Union 76 gas station Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013.
  • Police are searching for an armed suspect who robbed a Union 76 gas station in Oxnard at gunpoint.
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  • A map indicates the area near the 3900 block of Saviers Road in Oxnard where one person was killed and another injured following a head-on collision Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013.
  • One person was killed and another person was injured in a head-on collision in Oxnard Sunday.
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  • Fire crews douse a fire that erupted after a semi-truck crashed into a CarMax lot near Rose Avenue in Oxnard on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013.
  • A semi-truck crashed into a CarMax dealership in Oxnard Saturday morning, causing several cars on the lot to catch fire.
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  • A fire engine is shown near the scene of a transformer fire in the 3500 block of Quincy Avenue in Simi Valley on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013.
  • Some residents in a Simi Valley neighborhood were briefly evacuated Saturday after some trees caught fire near homes.
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  • Several homes were destroyed in a fire at a mobile home park in Oxnard Friday, Oct. 4, 2013.
  • Several homes were destroyed in a fire at a mobile home park in Oxnard Friday afternoon.
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  • A bank robbery suspect who targeted Rabobank on Arneill Road in Camarillo is seen on this surveillance still image.
  • A search is underway for a robbery suspect who held up a bank in Camarillo at gunpoint.
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  • Deputies in Ventura County are warning Thousand Oaks residents about a thief stealing purses and wallets at area churches.
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  • An arson investigation is underway after a bush was set on fire near Santa Clara and Oak streets in Ventura Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. Three other suspicious fires erupted nearby all within four hours of each other.
  • An investigation is underway after four fires erupted in Ventura all within four hours of each other.
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  • A Google Maps image shows the 1000 block of South Seaward Avenue in Ventura. Police said a man stole a scooter from a teenage boy at that location on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
  • Authorities said a man stole a Ventura teen's scooter Friday night. The suspect then hopped into an SUV and took off.
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  • A map indicates the area near the 200 block of A Street in Fillmore where authorities arrested Rodrigo Jasso Ortiz, 36, of Oxnard after he was found to be in possession of two loaded rifles and methamphetamine Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
  • A 36-year-old Oxnard man has been arrested for possessing two loaded rifles and an ounce of methamphetamine.
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  • A Google Maps image indicates the location of a stabbing in the 1800 block of Ridgegate Lane in Simi Valley on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013.
  • Two brothers have been arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a 21-year-old Simi Valley man injured.
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  • A mosquito is seen in this undated file photo.
  • A bird found in Simi Valley tested positive for an acute West Nile Virus infection.
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  • Law enforcement vehicles line up near the scene of a fatal stabbing on the 2400 block of Alvarado Street in El Rio on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013.
  • A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in a deadly stabbing in El Rio in Ventura County.
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  • A stabbing in the 1200 block of Mercantile Street in Oxnard left one person hospitalized Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013.  Police say the motive for the attack is unknown.
  • A stabbing in Oxnard left one person hospitalized Sunday. Police say the motive for the attack is unknown.
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  • Joel Soto, 24, is seen in this booking photo provided by the Oxnard Police Department.
  • A 24-year-old Oxnard man was arrested Saturday and charged with felony child abuse of his 8-month-old daughter.
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  • An investigation is underway into two shootings in Santa Paula. It is not yet known if the two incidents are related.
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  • A Simi Valley car dealership is trying to recover from a major theft. Thieves ripped off thousands of dollars worth of third row seats from SUVs on the lot.
  • A Simi Valley dealership is trying to recover after thieves took thousands of dollars worth of third row seats from SUVs.
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  • An Oxnard stabbing suspect was located and arrested in the area of Wooley Road and Rose Avenue Friday, Sept. 20, 2013.
  • An Oxnard man was arrested early Friday morning for stabbing a woman in the throat.
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  • This image from Google Maps shows the location of Golf N Stuff in Ventura.
  • A man was killed after he fell 50 feet while trimming a tree on a miniature golf course in Ventura.
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