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==Incidents==
===Calvin Sharp murder case gag order===
The ''Ventura County Star'' has faced many complaints that involved its circulation practices rather than its editorial content. As of April 2, 2011, the Better Business Bureau listed ten (10) separate "significant" complaints from the previous three years, of which two alleged the company made unauthorized debits from the customers' checking accounts, four alleged problems obtaining refunds, two alleged the company harassed a customer or former customer, two alleged improper billing, and two alleged delivery continued after customers tried to cancel.<ref name="complaints">[http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=306300 "Significant Complaints"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929125714/http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=306300 |date=September 29, 2011 }}, The Better Business Bureau of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc.</ref> (The number of allegations does not add to the total number of complaints because two of the complaints made multiple allegations.)▼
In December 2008, Judge Ken Riley ordered the ''Ventura County Star'' not to print the content of an affidavit, which the public defender representing defendant Calvin Sharp claimed could prejudice potential jurors.<ref name="gag order article">[http://www.vcstar.com/news/2008/dec/11/judge-blocks-murder-case-story/?vm=r Judge Blocks Murder Case Story], ''Ventura County Star'', December 11, 2008</ref> Although unenforceable under the First Amendment by Judge Riley's own admission, he refused to lift the order.<ref>Egelco, Bob - [https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Judge-won-t-lift-order-he-says-is-unenforceable-3180618.php Judge won't lift order he says is unenforceable]. San Francisco Chronicle December 16, 2008</ref> This [[gag order]] was lifted by Judge Riley by December 15, 2008.<ref>Judge lifts gag order in Sharp case, Ventura County Star, December 15, 2008</ref> A redacted copy of that affidavit was made available on the ''Ventura County Star'' web site.<ref name="affidavit">ref link at the time at http://web.vcstar.com/documents/news08/sharpe.pdf "Affidavit in Support of Search Warrant, 397-07" Ventura County Star, December 2008</ref> Judge Riley would step down in January 2009.<ref>Hernandez, Raul - [http://archive.vcstar.com/news/county-judge-steps-down-after-20-years-ep-372513352-352316801.html ] Ventura County Star, January 14, 2009</ref> Sharp's arraignment was delayed until March 2009.<ref name="sharp">Lohr, David - [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/calvin-sharp-sentenced_n_2251904 Calvin Sharp Sentenced To Life For Fatal Cleaver Attack On 6-Year-Old Sev’n Molina] Huffington Post, December 6, 2012</ref> Sharp was sentenced to life in prison in 2012.<ref name="sharp"/><ref>[https://www.vcdistrictattorney.com/mission/team/people-v-calvin-sharp/ People vs. Calvin Sharp]. Ventura County District Attorney, ''Judge finds killer who used meat cleaver sane and sentences him to multiple life terms''</ref>
===2011 circulation practices===
▲The ''Ventura County Star'' has faced many complaints that involved its circulation practices rather than its editorial content. As of April 2, 2011, the Better Business Bureau listed ten (10) separate "significant" complaints from the previous three years, of which two alleged the company made unauthorized debits from the customers' checking accounts, four alleged problems obtaining refunds, two alleged the company harassed a customer or former customer, two alleged improper billing, and two alleged delivery continued after customers tried to cancel.<ref name="complaints">[http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=306300 "Significant Complaints"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929125714/http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/PublicComplaints.aspx?CompanyID=306300 |date=September 29, 2011 }}, The Better Business Bureau of Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Inc.</ref> (The number of allegations does not add to the total number of complaints because two of the complaints made multiple allegations.)
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