Sure signs of the season
CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

      WISH LIST––With a sweet face like Oak Park’s Kylee Boldroff, she easily convinces Santa that she’s been a good girl all year and that bringing her all the toys on her Christmas list shouldn’t be a problem.
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Calabasas may have a New Year extravaganza
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      The city of Calabasas may try to re-create last year’s Paris millennium fireworks display with a 55-foot Eiffel Tower of its own this year.
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Oak Park parents protest possible open enrollment
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer

      Some parents in Oak Park are exercising their First Amendment rights by protesting via Internet the concept of outside students enrolling in Oak Park elementary schools. But the school district hasn’t even made such a commitment, according to a high ranking administrator. Oak Park schools have stabilized in size over the past few years.
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Appeals underway in local murder case
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

      Lawyers and anguished parents waited patiently to hear the court’s decision about the future of the four boys involved in the stabbing death of Agoura Hills teenager Jimmy Farris. But the scene wasn’t the 1996 Malibu courtroom where Brandon Hein, Tony Miliotti and Jason Holland were convicted of Farris’ murder and sentenced to life without parole.
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