Ventura County man sentenced to prison for beating man with baseball bat in hate crime attack

A Ventura County man was sentenced to prison for beating an African-American man with a baseball bat in an attack that authorities said was racially motivated. Javier Gomez, 20, of Thousand Oaks, was sentenced to five years in prison for the attack, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said. Prosecutors said Gomez is a known [...]