This year’s winner of ‘Take Your Acorn on Vacation’
      $100 RICHER––Karl Olson of Westlake Village took the photograph above of Riley Olson, right, watching his sisters, Renee and Natalie Olson, as they whitewash Tom Sawyer’s fence in Hannibal, Mo.
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Las Virgenes names new administrator
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
      Longtime educator and former collegiate basketball champion Jim Nielsen has been named the new director of secondary education for Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD).
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Agoura Hills City Council candidates face off
in their first forum
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
      Agoura Hills City Council candidates squared off Tuesday in an election forum that touched on a wide range of issues, not the least of which was Home Depot and whether or not the large retailer should be allowed to build here. Audience members posed most of the questions, including one about the impact of Home Depot on the already crowded city streets.
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Calabasas City Council at odds over future city hall
By Gregory Koteles
Special to The Acorn
      The Calabasas City Council has found another reason to disagree. The city’s proposed civic center, which Councilman Dennis Washburn called a "monument to division," was one of the items on the council’s Sept. 19 agenda. Having commissioned Gonzalez Goodale Architects of Pasadena to prepare conceptual design work for the planned structure, the council decided not to consider the plans in open forum until a third-party consultant provides his service.
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