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SANTA PAULA, Calif. - A Santa Paula man has pled guilty to first-degree murder for the 2014 killing of his pregnant girlfriend. Antonio Magana is accused of stabbing his then girlfriend Ashley Morgan in Obregon Park, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office. Magana admitted to using a knife and a baseball bat during the attack. The District Attorney's Office said Magana wanted Moran to end her pregancy, but she refuced. On March 14, 2014, Magana struck Moran in the park and stabbed her in the neck. Her body was found the next morning, the District Attorney's Office said.

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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for hundreds of home as a wind-driven brush fire quickly grew to 2,500 acres and was spreading rapidly in the Santa Paula area Monday evening, Ventura County authorities said.

Thomas Aquinas College is not your typical modern university. Students read the classics, not textbooks. Girls must wear skirts or dresses to class. There’s a curfew of 11 on school nights. Yet the conservative Catholic college, nestled in the hills of Santa Paula, is attracting national attention for its small classes, generous financial aid and strong academics. U.S. News & World Report this month ranked it among the nation’s top 100 liberal arts colleges.... Above all, Thomas Aquinas is known for its Great Books program. Instead of using textbooks, students learn every subject — from literature to science — by...

Dr. Tom Dillon, President of Thomas Aquinas College, was killed in a car accident earlier today. The TAC community is absolutely devastated. Please pray for them, for Dr. Dillon's family, and most especially for Dr. Dillon himself. He was a truly extraordinary man. I treasured the times I had with him: on the basketball court, in the cafeteria, in the classroom, in the office... I only wish I had treasured them more. May he rest in peace.