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BAND TOGETHER: The Marshall Tucker Band, the hit group from the `70's, brought their Southern rock sound to Chumash Park Sunday as thousands came to listen. Shown left to right are Clay Cook, Rusty Milner, Doug Gray, drummer BB Borden, Tim Lawtner and Stuart Swailund. (see Sharon Makokian's story on page 13)

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Overhaul needed at LVMWD compost plant
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      A Los Angeles consultant is recommending a $2 million upgrade at Rancho Las Virgenes, the environmentally friendly but sometimes odorous composting plant in Calabasas.
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Lake Lindero: Trouble in paradise?
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Officials say they are cleaning up the stagnant, possibly polluted water of Lake Lindero where a reported nine ducks have died in the past week.
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Calabasas cultivates
new oak tree ordinance
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      Homeowners will soon find it easier and less expensive to obtain an oak tree permit in Calabasas, thanks to the City Council’s approval of a new oak tree ordinance last week. The original oak tree ordinance was adopted in August of 1992 and has not been changed since. In the beginning of 1999, an oak tree ordinance task force was formed to begin revising the ordinance.
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CONCERNED HOMEOWNER - Resident Jan Mitchell says Lake Lindero's harmful waters are causing ducks to die.

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