Lisa McKinnon

This season has been her first on the Grand Prix circuit, and settling into the upper echelons of competitive skating is not easy.

USA’s Ashley Wagner harnessed the momentum of last season’s world silver medal to win a second Skate America title in Chicago, Ill., on Sat night. with her soulful and angst-filled […]

Grab dinner from a food truck in Ventura. Toast Enegren Brewing Co.’s fifth anniversary in Moorpark. Visit the new Fresh & Fabulous Cafe in Oxnard. And ...

The seventh season of “The Great Food Truck Race,” which includes an episode shot in Oxnard, is ready for its Food Network debut.

Jeffrey Becker, who was adopted at age 7 and went on to graduate from the culinary arts program at Ventura High School, is about to start classes at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island.

Which Mexican restaurant on Ventura Avenue makes the best tacos? An “unofficial” Taco Crawl planned by local Yelpers aims to help answer that question.

The 2016 Olympic Games already stand to go down as one of the greatest Olympic calamities in modern history—and the opening ceremonies are still two weeks away. One of the great mysteries of our time is why global cities still vigorously comp

Catch some pokemon and a food-truck dinner in Ventura. Queue up for a benefit barbecue at the Oxnard Historic Farm Park. Check out a new taproom in Thousand Oaks, and ...

A former owner of Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles plans to build a microbrewery, restaurant and boutique hotel at the long-vacant Ojai Valley Bowl.

The midtown Ventura location of Yolanda’s Mexican Cafe is headed for a remodel, according to plans that will be discussed during the July 6 meeting of the city’s Design Review Committee.

Vacant for two years, the former Elephant Bar Restaurant in Simi Valley has new owners who plan to reopen it as an all-you-can-eat buffet spot.

The 70th Ojai Music Festival opens Thursday for four days of milestone-worthy events -- including the return of opera director Peter Sellars as music director and a free, festival-closing street party in Santa Paula

After more than 20 years in the Westlake Plaza, Galletto Bar & Grill is closing to make way for a new restaurant from the team that brought us P6 and Suki 7.

Plans to turn the former Fresh & Easy grocery store near Ventura College into a drive-thru Starbucks will be discussed Wednesday by the Design Review Committee.

Two former ’MasterChef” contestants will serve as judges when the Yummie Top Chef culinary challenge takes place June 5 during the Casa Pacifica Angels Wine, Food & Brew Festival in Camarillo.

Topa Topa Brewing Co. of Ventura is planning to open a taproom this summer in Santa Barbara.

Masao “Masa” Tomimitsu, who co-founded one of Ventura County’s first sushi restaurants when he and wife Yuko opened Masa Sushi in Camarillo, has died.

The Hueneme Beach Sunset Supper food-truck event is making its seasonal return on April 12 -- aka National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day.

Sip locally made rum. Go to a microbrewery bottle release. Buy seedlings for blue tomatoes. And plan ahead for dinner with “Top Chef” Richard Blaid.

Damiano Carrara of Carrara Pastries in Moorpark and Agoura Hills will compete on “Food Network Star.”