Many have left the area to stay with relatives or friends in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joshua Tree, Oxnard and Fullerton ... at a gathering at Victor Lugo Park in San Gabriel.

"We couldn't afford them," he said. He wanted to be a certified public accountant after graduation from Oxnard High, but lacked the money for college. So he went to work building pallets at a ...

(This story has been updated with new information from fire officials.) A New Year's Day crash in Oxnard involving three pickup trucks left one person in critical condition and several others ...