Landfill, school become new focus of North Area Plan debate
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      The Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation has warned against construction of new homes and an elementary school near the Calabasas Landfill because of concerns about leaking toxins from the 40-year-old dump.
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Taking a hike to fight breast cancer
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      HELPING A WORTHY CAUSE–More than 800 hikers gather at Paramount Ranch early Saturday morning to help raise money to benefit the Revlon/UCLA and USC/Norris Lee Breast Centers and the Expedition Inspiration Fund for Breast Cancer Research.
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Four candidates vie for two seats on Oak Park board
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      Four candidates will compete for two open seats on the Oak Park Unified School District (OPUSD) Board in the Nov. 7 election. Two—Jan Iceland and Jim Kalember—are incumbents, and two—Kevin Carr and Steve Henning—are first-time contenders.
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Auto dealer conditionally approved in Calabasas
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      Calabasas, a city with one of the highest concentration of BMW owners in the country, will finally get its own BMW dealership. After several meetings, Calabasas planning commissioners conditionally approved the project last Thursday night.
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Local drinking water called safe from chromium 6
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Officials say the harmful chemical hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium 6, hasn’t affected water supplies of Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, the provider of drinking water to more than 65,000 residents from the West San Fernando Valley to Oak Park. "I want to make it clear that Las Virgenes water is safe to drink," said Norm Buehring, the water district’s director of community outreach. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors last week ordered an expanded search for the suspected carcinogen, found in certain areas to be almost 40 times the suggested safety level of .
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