Ventura Local News – Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

Daily Ventura

Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

Good morning, Ventura. Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 17th of June.

BUSINESS NEWS

➤ A Ventura County jury awarded a total of $2 million to two hotel guests who suffered bed bug bites at The Shores Inn during their stay in February 2020. The verdict gave Gutierrez $400,000 in compensatory damages, Sanchez $600,000 in compensatory damages, and 500,000 in punitive damages each, and the hotel will challenge the decision over allegations of juror misconduct. KEYT

CRIME NEWS

➤ Kevin Ray James of San Bernardino was sentenced on June 13 to 19 years to life in prison for the 1997 murder of Monica Leech during a bank robbery in Thousand Oaks—he pled guilty on May 16 and admitted using a firearm during the crime. KEYT

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