What's New

PERSONALIZE YOUR HOME SCREEN: You can now customize the app to your preferences. Select the sections you are interested by clicking the button next to 'My Star News' at the top of the app and choose the news you want on your home screen. Your choices will appear on the home screen of the app every time you open it. If you want your app the way it was - with a mix of the day's news, sports, business and food content - just click 'Happening Now.'

App Description

Experience the Ventura County Star – reimagined for the iPhone. Enriched by innovative technology and interactive elements, the Ventura County Star brings you the local news coverage you have come to expect and the reading experience you have been looking for. With content created specifically for the iPhone platform, expect the in-depth analysis and reporting that you trust from your local newspaper, combined with the immediacy and vivid visuals of the digital experience. Thought provoking coverage and a uniquely local perspective combine to create the content you need, on the platform of today.

Exclusive content:
•Comprehensive coverage for all cities in Ventura County, including: Camarillo, Conejo Valley, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Ventura
•Current weather and forecast by zip code
•Exclusive Ventura County news, with information on government, politics, education, business, communities, crime and courts
•Regional sports coverage, including:
oHigh school sports
oLocal college sports
oProfessional sports teams, such as the LA Lakers, LA Dodgers, LA Angels, LA Kings, Anaheim Ducks, VC Fusion and LA Galaxy
•Articles from your favorite columnists
•Entertainment news
•Food and restaurants
•Local theater and movie information
•Local music scene and concert events
•Photo galleries and video
•Editorials and letters to the editor
•Obituaries

Exclusive app features:
•Breaking news information and content, updated as stories develop
•Updated text stories, video and photos from Ventura County Star and Venturacountystar.com
•Most popular and currently trending stories
•Share important stories with your friends via Facebook, Twitter and email, directly from the app

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 24, 2011 New version 1.7.0
  • September 01, 2011 New version 1.8.0
  • December 10, 2011 New version 1.9.0
  • March 30, 2012 New version 1.9.1
  • September 08, 2012 New version 1.9.2
  • December 24, 2012 New version 1.9.3
  • June 01, 2013 New version 2.2.0
  • February 17, 2014 New version 3.5
  • September 11, 2014 New version 4.0
  • November 03, 2014 New version 5.0
  • December 06, 2014 New version 5.1
  • May 03, 2015 New version 5.2
  • December 05, 2015 New version 5.3
  • June 22, 2016 New version 5.4

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