Ventura County

For nearly a year, Amir Rahnavardi says he recorded his interactions inside his own home for one reason: he believed he needed evidence to protect himself. He says the recording was not

Plaintiff Anica Barbosa, previously featured in The Current Report’s investigation into Ventura County’s alleged “judicial playbook,” has taken her case to federal court, accusing judges, court employees, Ventura County and sheriff’s personnel

When families enter probate court, they expect protection. They expect oversight. They expect a system designed to safeguard vulnerable adults who cannot protect themselves. What many families say they do not expect,

Ventura County Family Court does not need to falsify evidence to destroy a parent’s relationship with their children. It does not need to make explicit findings of unfitness, danger, or neglect. It

The Ventura County court is now under fire for widespread civil rights abuses and a brazen failure of due process that cuts across every corner of its legal system. In one of

For three years, inside a quiet California courthouse where the promise of justice was supposed to hold steady, one man with no immunity, no oversight, and no constitutional authority shaped the fate