December 28, 2000 RSS feed / Front Page

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December fire scorches 600 acres

Acorn Staff Writer
By Sharon Makokian
Four local teenagers inadvertently caused what became a 600-acre fire when heat and sparks from the vehicle they had allegedly stolen ignited with dry brush in areas near Lakeview Canyon Road and Woodland Grove Court. More...

Hanukkah ends tonight LISA ADAMS/The Acorn

MIRACLE OF LIGHTS More...

Health & Wellness

Fitness expert to address cancer group

Jazzercise instructor Elizabeth Eaves will be featured when the Conejo Valley Chapter of the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation at UCLA meets at 10:30 a.m. on Wed., Jan. 3, at the Westlake Inn Restaurant, 32001 Agoura Road in Westlake Village. More...

Westlake’s Wellness members are long on chi gong

INHALE AND THEN EXHALE More...

Information shared on vegan pregnancy

To help with nutrition information, the Vegetarian Resource Group is now offering a free brochure called "Vegan Nutrition in Pregnancy and Childhood." More...

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Schools

Less than a week remaining CHUCK ROGERS/The Acorn

ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN More...

Financial education important, too

Tips for Kids is an education program that puts middle school students (sixth through eighth grade) in real-life situations where they can apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills. More...

Special ed students may be hindered by overworked teachers

A recent report by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) shows that students with disabilities sometimes receive less than adequate instruction and that the fault may lie with a system that overloads special education teachers with paperwork an More...

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Faith

Chabad Hanukkah Festival visits T.O.

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Words of Hope

By Dr. Jon Wilson More...

Sermon topic announced for United Methodist

Pastor Rob Calderhead of the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village will give a Christmastide message at the 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. worship services on Sun., Dec. 31. Soprano Karenjo Crump will sing at 9 and 10:30 a.m. More...

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Editorials

A New Year’s wish for Oak Park and Happy New Millennium

We hope that Oak Park Unified School District can find a solution and build a performing arts center for Oak Park High School. The facility is needed for student plays and musical performances. More...

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Rishoff accepts position offered by Assemblywoman

Acorn Staff Writer
By John Loesing

Taxes, transportation, education; Agoura Hills City Councilwoman Louise Rishoff hears the issues that people care about. More...

Benefactor may help OPHS

Acorn Staff Writer
By John Loesing

In a surprise announcement that bodes well for Oak Park High School More...

Early deadline

New Year More...

Community

Planning commissioners send proposed office building back to drawing board

Acorn Staff Writer
By Sharon Makokian

The Calabasas Planning Commission rejected a proposal for a new office building and told the developer to go back to the drawing board and rethink his plans before returning to the commission. More...

Leadership program expands at CSUN

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently voted unanimously to expand the leadership training academy for its employees operated by Cal State University Northridge (CSUN). More...

Auto insurance firm relocates

Progressive Casualty Insurance Co. (NYSE:PGR), one of the nation More...

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Bulletin Board

Archeological Society to meet

Lessons from an 8,000-year-old archaeological site on San Clemente Island will be the topic when the Ventura County Archaeological Society meets at 7 p.m. on Wed., Jan. More...

Folk dance workshop offered to educators

Ventura County Superintendent of Schools will present the Vanaver Caravan Music & Dance Company in a special dance and music workshop designed to help educators teach basic folk dance in the classroom. The workshop will be from 4 to 8 p.m. More...

New Classes Now Forming

HELPING CHILDREN More...

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Letters

Life in prison is totally unjustified

I commend the reporting of the recent article "Appeals underway in local murder case." This article was both fair and accurate. More...

A price is being paid for women’s rights Shame, shame on who?

Wherever chivalry in Westlake or anywhere else is dead, it got killed by women demanding equality. More...

Gratitude shown

I would like to publicly acknowledge and thank the Agoura Animal Shelter Volunteers, a kind and wonderful group of generous women and men. More...

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