New Agoura Hills mayor says Kanan interchange help is on the way
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Although funds will be tight, the long-awaited $20 million overhaul of the Kanan Road freeway interchange in Agoura Hills could begin as soon as 2002, Ed Corridori said during his installment Monday as the city’s new mayor.
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Spineflower wilts on endangered list at Ahmanson
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      The timetable to declare the San Fernando spineflower as a federally endangered species apparently has run out, leaving one less obstacle in the path of Ahmanson Ranch.
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Food drive unites Agoura-Las Virgenes
By Steven Holt
Acorn Editor

      A sunny brisk December morning last Saturday greeted hundreds of local residents and civic-minded service groups that gathered at the Do It Center in Agoura Hills to collect, bag and distribute hundreds of bags of groceries and toiletries for the needy. It was a hustle-bustle of organized activity.
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Controversial teacher returns to classroom
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Lee Shagin, a Las Virgenes Unified School District educator whose controversial teaching methods have riled parents and administrators for years, is scheduled to to return to A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas this week following a six-week absence from the classroom. LVUSD ordered Shagin to teach seventh- and eighth-grade social studies after transferring him from Calabasas High School, his teaching home for the past 21 years. Shagin said he was absent from the middle school because he was ill and was observing other middle schools in the area.
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