Editing Ventura, California (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:Ventura County Fair.jpg|thumb|right|The Ventura County Fair, held annually at the Ventura Fairgrounds]]

===Film===
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The movies ''[[Swordfish (film)|Swordfish]]'', ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Erin Brockovich (film)|Erin Brockovich]]'' were partially filmed in Ventura.<ref>Clerici, Kevin (October 2, 2010) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/no-headline-nxxfcfilmventura03 "Ventura launches campaign to promote film, television"] ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref>

The comedy film ''[[The Bet (2016 film)|The Bet]]'' was filmed entirely in the city of Ventura and was written by Ventura residents [[Chris Jay]] and Aaron Goldberg, both members of the band [[Army of Freshmen]].<ref>Baumgardner, Pam (March 5, 2014). “[http://venturarocks.com/blog/tag/betting-on-baker/ Baker's Dozen Movie Set]”, ‘’VenturaRocks.com’’. Retrieved on 2016-04-15.</ref>

===Books===
Ventura was fictionalized as "Madison City" by long-time resident [[Erle Stanley Gardner]] in his ''D.A.'' series of crime novels featuring [[Doug Selby]], the crusading district attorney of a rural California county.

Ventura is the setting for Julie Carobini's 2007 book ''Chocolate Beach''.

===Music===
The [[America (band)|America]] song "[[Ventura Highway]]" was inspired by the feel of the coastal highway running through Ventura, when the songwriter saw the sign to Ventura on a childhood family trip.<ref name="LAT 2006-10-01">{{Cite news |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=October 1, 2006 |title='Ventura Highway' America 1972 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-oct-01-ca-socalsong01-story.html |access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref>

The song "(Girl We got a) Good Thing" by [[Weezer]] mentions Ventura in the 2nd verse, where [[Rivers Cuomo]] sings "Or driving to Ventura on the 101."

===Other===
The [[macOS Ventura]] operating system was presented at Apple's [[Worldwide Developers Conference]] (WWDC2022) on June 6, 2022, after having been named after the city.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salgado |first=Cytlalli |date=June 21, 2022 |title=macOS Ventura: Apple's new operating system named after city |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/county/2022/06/21/macos-ventura-apple-operating-system-macbook-iphone-california/10004349002/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |newspaper=Ventura County Star |language=en-US}}</ref>

Ventura is a course in [[Tony Hawk|Tony Hawk's]] ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2|Pro Skater 2]]''. It was called "Skatestreet Ventura".