Corrections & Clarifications
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The following corrections & clarifications have been published on stories produced by The Star's newsroom.
September 2020
News: A Sept. 24 article gave the incorrect spelling for the name of one of the candidates in the Camarillo City Council race. The correct name is Karlton Huss.
June 2020
News: A June 29 article gave incorrect information on the number of beds in the Villa Las Brisas farmworker housing facility. Before renovations, the facility had about 500 beds. After renovations, capacity was reduced to 441.
News: A June 13 article listed the incorrect newspaper where Quentin Floyd's ex-wife has worked. She has worked for the Sacramento City College Express newspaper and the Stockton Record newspaper.
May 2020
News: A May 19 article gave the incorrect bail amount for a sexual assault suspect in Oxnard. The suspect was booked into jail and is currently being held in lieu of $110,000 bail.
April 2020
News: An April 29 article misstated the frequency of coronavirus testing in the county. About 1,500 tests are done weekly, with plans to grow that number to 4,000.
News: An April 13 article misidentified Jeremy Pemberton's current status with the business Discovery Ventura. He is a former co-owner.
March 2020
News: A March 9 article contained the wrong last name for one of the families moving into new Habitat for Humanity homes in Camarillo. Their last name is Lembo.
News: A March 8 article contained the incorrect employment status for Dave Norman. He is the current city manager for the city of Camarillo.
January 2020
News: A Jan. 18 article had the wrong first name for Ventura police Cmdr. Tom Higgins.
News: A Jan. 17 article had the wrong make for a vehicle involved in a crash with a school bus in Camarillo.
November 2019
News: A Nov. 16 article contained the wrong last name for one of the families performing an adoption at the Juvenile Justice Center. Their last name is Provencio.
News: A Nov. 8 article contained the wrong day of the week concerning two suspects who had been released from jail. They had both been released by Friday evening.
News: Sept. 29 article named the parties of a settled lawsuit involving the former Ventura-based charity Cars 4 Causes. The only defendants permanently banned from operating any commercial fundraiser or charity in California were three of the organization’s corporate directors.
September 2019
News: Sept. 23 and Sept. 10 articles named the attorney for a Simi Valley man accused of killing a protected mountain lion. The attorney’s name is Kevin Gres.
August 2019
News: An Aug. 5 article about a bike lane extension project in gave the wrong name for the city of Camarillo’s director of public works, who is Dave Klotzle, and misstated the status of a proposal to widen Las Posas Road, which remains under study. https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/camarillo/2019/08/05/camarillo-pleasant-valley-road-bike-lane-expansion-project/1850740001/
News: A photo caption accompanying a story about Ormond Beach on Page 1A in Tuesday’s paper, mislabeled a bird. It is not a blue heron. ttps://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/08/05/ormond-beach-oxnard/1844154001/
Life: A column by David Loe about his trip to South Dakota in Sunday's Life requires a correction. The work to complete Korczak Ziolkowski's Crazy Horse Memorial sculpture is being continued by many of the artist's 10 children. https://www.vcstar.com/story/life/2019/08/01/travel-south-dakota-vacation-crazy-horse-memorial-black-hills-bison/1877865001/
July 2019
News: An July 31 article about the first day of the Ventura County Fair mischaracterized Robert Escamilla's role at the fair. He was a fairgoer. https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2019/07/31/ventura-county-faventura-county-fair-brings-smile-and-hir-brings-smile-and-happiness-everybodys-face/1883065001/
News: A caption for a photo with a July 26 article about avocado prices misidentified a local avocado grower. His name is Chris Sayer. https://www.vcstar.com/story/marketplace/2019/07/26/avocado-prices-pits-shoppers-local-growers-chipper/1783132001/
June 2019
News: A June 20 story on a civil trial involving Vista del Mar Hospital in Ventura bears clarification. Some information was inadvertently left out. Juan Pablo Valencia’s statutory rape conviction in 2000 involving his underage girlfriend was later reduced to a misdemeanor and, in 2008, was dismissed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court.
News: There was an error in a June 4 article about the arrest of a Port Hueneme resident after police said a vehicle search uncovered dozens of illegal fireworks, as well as items related to identity theft. She was not booked into Ventura County jail.
May 2019
News: A pull quote on the May 12 story about the survivors of the Borderline mass shooting was incorrectly attributed. It should have been attributed to Thousand Oaks psychologist Shannae Anderson.
News: In Colleen Cason's May 12, 2019 column, Raimonda Banakiene's name was misspelled throughout. Banakiene is owner of Crestview Villa II in Ventura. Her daughter is Monika Banakaite.
News: A May 8, 2019, article about the state banning the pesticide chlorpyrifos listed the incorrect position for Adam Vega. Vega is the coordinator of the Ventura County Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety.