Agoura Hills cameraman killed in helicopter crash
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
     The local community has been saddened by the loss of Larry Greene, an Agoura Hills resident and longtime cameraman for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, who died last week while on special assignment in the Persian Gulf.
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Heat wave causes local blackouts
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
     The heat wave that hit Southern California last week caused several long power outages in Conejo Valley-Las Virgenes, some for more than 24 hours, officials said.
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CHS fire leads to $500,000 damage
     A small fire that started in a maintenance room at Calabasas High School around 7 a.m. Wed., Aug. 28 caused an estimated $500,000 in damages.
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Former Agoura Hills city attorney takes position with Anti-Defamation League
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
     Amanda Susskind, a former city attorney for Agoura Hills, is the new director of the Anti-Defamation League
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Sponsors sought for CHS football telecasts
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer
     A Calabasas High School Coyote football TV program is being presented on Calabasas TV-3 to increase community support for the high school team as it moves from small school California Interscholastic Federation Division IX to large school Division IV this season.
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Church remodeling should be done by Christmas
     It may not rival the new gigantic cathedral looming over downtown Los Angeles, but St. Jude
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Toxic substance notices aren’t what they seem
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer
     Maybe when entering an apartment complex or parking garage you
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Agoura Hills 9-year-old enjoys ride to the top
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
     Long-distance equestrian racing has become a time-honored tradition at the Zontelli household in Malibou Lake.
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Volunteers needed to clean up the beach
     The 18th annual Coastal Cleanup Day sponsored by the California Coastal Commission will run from 9 a.m. to noon Sat. Sept. 21 as volunteers young and old participate in a statewide beach cleanup.
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Grownups? Who needs ’em?
     For those who may have long since forgotten their youth, Conejo Players Theatre presents a children
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Benedectine monks to host fall festival
     The Benedictine monks of St. Andrew
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Acorn Festival to celebrate autumnal equinox
     The second annual Acorn Festival will be presented from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., Sept. 28 at Malibu Creek State Park, 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas.
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Women’s club donates bell
Special to The Acorn
By Lori Porter
     To help remember California history, the Westlake Women
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YMCA vote expected soon
     Westlake Village homeowners will decide this month whether a proposed land swap with the Triunfo YMCA is a golden deal or a lead balloon.
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Residents reminded that they can report bad teenage driving
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer
     School is back in session and more teenage drivers are on the streets. As a result, more phone calls have been made to STTOP, the Sheriff
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Acorn Sound off –– Michael Picarella
     What frightens you?
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New restaurant opens in Agoura Hills
     GRAND OPENING--Moz Budda Bar and restaurant is open in Agoura Hills, across Agoura Road from the Renassiance Hotel. Celebrating during a recent grand opening are (from left to right): Alex Soteras, president of the Agoura/Oak Park/Las Virgenes Chamber of Commerce; Lydia Derian, manager of the Agoura Hills Spectrum Club; Mayor Denis Weber of Agoura Hills; Moez Megji, owner of Moz; and Lauren and Greg
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Locals take a Tashlich Walk
     MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn WALKING--Jews from Chabad of the Conejo walk along Westlake Boulevard from the Hyatt Westlake Plaza to Westlake Lake. The tradition of Tashlich consists of visiting a body of water with fish to cast away one's sins.
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Special performers to help noteworthy cause
     Theatre for Children, founded in 1929, is the oldest children
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Family walk to be taken in support of breastfeeding
     The La Leche League groups of Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks will host a walk promoting breastfeeding at 3 p.m. Sun., Sept. 15 at Oak Canyon Community Park, 5600 Hollytree (off Kanan Road), Oak Park.
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Community celebrates life of young cancer victim
     Children who live on Buttonwood Avenue in Oak Park had a carnival in their cul-de-sac on Labor Day in memory of their playmate and neighbor Bo Wagner, a 6-year-old boy who died of a brain tumor last April.
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Agoura Hills continues billboard removal
     MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn SIGN OF THE TIMES-Alan Prather, left, and Jim Spongberg watch as a crane removes part of another billboard along Canwood Street in Agoura Hills Monday.
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SCORE workshops offered
     SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, will present six workshops for small business owners and managers, emphasing success. They
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