Calabasas to celebrate its 10th anniversary this year

      LIGHTING OF THE EIFFEL TOWER––Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year is the city of Calabasas. The first official event to mark the occasion was on New Year’s Eve with the lighting of a 55-foot replica of Paris’ famous Eiffel Tower, left.
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Oak Park football players, community find a silver lining
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer

      A negative event last year eventually caused a positive reaction in Oak Park. Last July, many of the varsity football players at Oak Park High School were involved in possession of alcohol during an out-of-town football camp.
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Fire department to seek $250,000
in restitution
By Sharon Makokian
Acorn Staff Writer

      Last week’s 600-acre Westlake fire cost about $250,000 to suppress and the Ventura County Fire Department will seek restitution from the four teenagers who allegedly caused it, officials said Friday.
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L.A. County D.A. to speak here
      Steve Cooley, the newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney, will be the keynote speaker at the Agoura/Las Virgenes Chamber of Commerce installation luncheon later this month. Cooley defeated incumbent Gil Garcetti in the November general election. The Agoura Hills luncheon will feature the swearing in of the Chamber’s new board of directors, including the newly elected president, Alex Soteras. The 39-year-old Soteras was given much of the credit for revitalizing the Chamber’s lagging membership, which increased to almost 400 members last year.
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