In MemoriamGripping the lectern, his voice and...

In Memoriam

Gripping the lectern, his voice and expression grim, Ventura County Sheriff Larry Carpenter told 1,000 mourners Monday that rookie Deputy Peter John Aguirre Jr. gave his life for the simplest of reasons: He was a lawman doing his job. Law enforcement officials from all over Southern California joined childhood friends and extended family to pay tribute to Aguirre, whom Carpenter characterized as “a real hero.� The young father was buried in his hometown of Santa Paula (B1).

No Cuts

A few weeks ago, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors thought briefly about cutting its own funding to help ease the budget crunch. Then the supervisors thought better of it, but said they would revisit the issue later. Well, today is later, and the supervisors are indeed looking at their own finances one last time. They just aren’t talking about cutting them anymore. Now they have come up with a way to save more money by simply charging other agencies more money for overseeing them (B1).

Bank Tech

The Ventura County Federal Credit Union decided less than a year ago that technology was passing it by. So, faster than you can say, “Does a microchip have something to do with a very small cow?� the credit union became the first in the county to offer full-service, at-home banking. With a computer and Internet access, members can transfer money, check stock prices and more. Other credit unions in the county are hard on the heels of this latest techno-trend (D7C).