Ventura Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: The Beach Town That Still Feels Like a Town

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith / Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsVentura — officially San Buenaventura — is the rare Southern California beach town that still feels…

Camarillo Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: Newer Homes, Strong Schools, Easy Commute

Photo: CBeli001 / CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsCamarillo is the inland counterweight to the coastal cities around it: a Pleasant Valley commuter town where the draw…

Hiking Trails Near Ventura: Coastal Views, Canyons and the Serra Cross

Photo: Fettlemap / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsYou don't have to drive far from downtown Ventura to get above the rooftops and out over…

Ventura County Surf Spots: A Local’s Guide from Rincon to County Line

Photo: Allan J. Cronin (Canticle) / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVentura County packs an outsized amount of good surf into its coastline — from…

Channel Islands National Park: The Gateway from Ventura County

Photo: National Park Service / Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsOn a clear day you can see them from almost anywhere on the Ventura County coast…

Oxnard Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: Beaches, a Harbor, and the County’s Biggest City

Photo: Sergei Gussev / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsOxnard is the biggest city in Ventura County, and it contains multitudes: oceanfront canal homes, a…

Port Hueneme Housing Market and Neighborhood Guide: The Coast’s Affordable Beach Town

Photo: Thomas from USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPort Hueneme is the small city with the outsized identity: barely 4.5 square miles, entirely…

Ventura County’s Two Harbors: A Guide to Channel Islands Harbor and Ventura Harbor

Photo / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVentura County has two harbors, sitting barely nine miles apart, and locals rarely confuse them — but newcomers…

A Guide to Ventura County’s Beaches: From Rincon to Point Mugu

Photo: DillyLynn / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsVentura County's coast runs from the cobblestone points of the north to the wide sands of the…

The Coastal Ventura County Housing Market: Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo & Port Hueneme Compared

Photo: formulanone / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWhen people say "the coast" in Ventura County, they usually mean four very different places that happen…