North Area
Plan approved by
supervisors
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Answering the call to keep local development in check, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave approval Tuesday to a scaled-down version of the Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan, the county’s first major land use plan in 20 years.
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Two pumpkins exchange vows
JIM RULE/The Acorn

      ‘DO YOU TAKE THIS, THIS–WHATEVER–AS YOUR AWFUL WEDDED HUSBAND?’– During the Calabasas Pumpkin Festival, City Councilman Dennis Washburn (portraying the preacher) marries a pair of pumpkins, "Punky," left, and "Cali Bass.
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‘Meet Mr. Frank N. Stine’
      ––Tyler Hunt and his friends Brian and Jason Oppenheim, Andrew Hughes and Ben Weeks are all smiles now that they’ve assembled this 9-foot Frankenstein’s monster at their home, 3923 Cottonwood Grove in Calabasas.
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Calabasas councilman may resign his position
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      At the Calabasas City Council meeting Oct. 18, Councilman Robert Sibilia told the his colleagues that he may resign his position as of Dec. 1 because of a job offer in another state.
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School district,
teachers reach agreement
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      The Las Virgenes Educators Association voted reluctantly this week to accept a 10 percent salary hike on behalf of the 600 teachers in Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD). Saying LVUSD teachers are paid less than neighboring school districts, only 75 percent of the teachers voted in favor of the plan, which calls for the raise beginning in February.
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Don’t forget to

      turn clocks back Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. this Sun., Oct. 29 when clocks, VCRs, microwave ovens, etc., should be turned back one hour to meet Pacific Standard Time. Daylight saving time will return next spring at 2 a.m. the first Sunday in April. Clocks "spring forward" in April and "fall back" in October. Enjoy the extra hour off this weekend.
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