Page 9 - Eric Buschow News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Ventura County saw a spike in overdose deaths in 2020, driven largely by a powerful synthetic opioid, a new report shows. Fatal overdoses reached 217 in 2020, a jump of more than 45% compared to the prior year, according to an annual report from the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office. The tally jumped by 68 since 2019, when 149 fatal cases were reported. The surge in 2020 easily topped annual totals for the past five years. Overdose deaths had previously peaked at 170 in 2018, county data shows. Most overdose deaths last year were accidental: 203 out of 217 cases. The number...

So why are these a target for thieves? They want what's inside. "They're filled with precious metals such as platinum, palladium and rhodium. I believe they melt them down and separate the metals and sell them because they're worth more than gold," said David Kilbourne, who runs Foreign Carriage Service in Thousand Oaks. Capt. Eric Buschow with the Ventura County Sheriffs Office says two-three man crews are going through neighborhoods to crawl under vehicles in the middle of the night to saw off catalytic converters. They can't unbolt or detach, so the thieves have to use power tools to get i...

ORIGINAL STORY: Firefighters responded to a brush fire that broke out in the northeastern part of Thousand Oaks and grew to 250 acres Thursday evening, forcing nearby residents to temporarily evacuate, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The fire was first reported at 4:54 p.m. in the area of Erbes Road and Westland Avenue. Dubbed the Erbes Fire, the blaze burned near Erbes Road and east of Highway 23. Around 7 p.m., firefighters appeared to have gained the upper hand of the fire with forward progress stopped. Evacuation orders were lifted for homes west of Erbes Road aro...

Thousand Oaks Fire Map, Update As Erbes Blaze Sparks Red Flag Warning for Ventura County On 1/15/21 at 4:57 AM EST The Erbes Fire in Thousand Oaks, California, has burned around 250 acres with "forward progress stopped," according to the latest update from the Ventura County Fire Department (VDFD). All evacuation orders, which were in place for structures west of the Bard Reservoir, east of Highway 23, north of Fernleaf Court and south of Hardy Lane, have been lifted. A Red Flag Warning has been issued for the mountain and valley regions of Ventura County and neighboring Los Angeles County th...

Ryan Dorsey and Glee stars honored fellow co-star and friend Naya Rivera on what would have been her 34th birthday. Read the touching tributes here.