Mayor to give
State of the City report in Calabasas
     Calabasas Mayor Lesley Devine will present the fifth annual State of the City Address at 7 p.m. Wed., Jan. 29 in the city council chambers at Calabasas City Hall, 26135 Mureau Road, Calabasas.
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Visit the mayor on Saturday in Agoura Hills
     Agoura Hills Mayor Jeff Reinhardt and Mayor Pro Tem Dan Kuperberg will host an informal community outreach event at 8 a.m. Sat., Jan. 18 at Coffee Island in the Mann Theater Plaza, adjacent Roadside Drive, Agoura Road and Cornell Way in Agoura Hills.
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Settlement reached on Oak Park Library
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
     Although shunned by a contractor and investigated by a grand jury, the new Oak Park library still might be open by this spring, officials say.
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Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge to host annual salute to law enforcement, firefighters
     Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge 2477 will host its 26th annual "Law Enforcement and Firefighters Recognition Program" at 8 p.m. Wed., Jan. 29 in the meeting room of the lodge, 158 Conejo School Road, Thousand Oaks.
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Local shooters show their stuff
     Results of the Hotshot Contest sponsored by the city of Agoura Hills have been announced.
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EMS agency relocates in Ventura County
     The County of Ventura Public Health Department
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Citizens sought to serve on T.O. committees
     Five citizens are requested to serve on the City Manager Search Ad Hoc Citizen Committee, an ad hoc advisory committee to the city council of Thousand Oaks.
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City of Calabasas will install trolley stop schedule boxes for $2,000 a year
By Michael Picarella
Acorn Staff Writer
     The Calabasas City Council last week authorized an annual $2,000 expenditure for a new transit stop maintenance account, which will pay for custom Calabasas trolley schedule boxes, their installation and ongoing maintenance at each trolley stop.
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Conejo Valley man is America’s top black belt
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer
     Mel Pralgo is an English teacher at Newbury Park High School who reminds his students every day to study hard and do their homework.
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Historical Society goes on the road
     The Calabasas Historical Society will participate in a free group tour of the Nethercutt Auto Collection in Sylmar on Wed., Jan. 22. Those interested in attending must RSVP by tomorrow, Fri., Jan. 17 to the Nethercutt Collection at (818) 367-2251.
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Recycle old bikes to help the less unfortunate
     The Agoura Hills-based organization "Mission With Bikes" (MWB) is gearing up for this year
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Author McCullough puts history in perspective
Special to The Acorn
By Steve Ames
     While David McCullough has spent a lifetime poring over books and seeing for himself where those who shaped the nation have been, at the heart of his quest has been putting into perspective the history of the fledgling United States of America.
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New chapter in Girl Scout fundraising
     BOOKS, BOOKS--Agoura HIlls Girl Scout Troop No. 1263 collected over 800 books for the recent Reading By 9 Book Drive. The books will be donated to needy Southern California schools.
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Local composer hears success calling
By Heather Milo
Acorn Staff Writer
     A person looking to escape the surly bonds of suburban life for the ethereal reaches of high art need look no further than Thousand Oaks. That
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On the Trail
M is for Mystery
By Gloria Glasser
     My neighbor Anna Kamrath is a big fan of mystery writer Sue Grafton
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Osterhaven takes seat on Oak Park’s MAC
     Newly elected Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks has appointed Jan Osterhaven as new representative to the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council (MAC).
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Home searched in Oak Park
     Peace officers from the city of Los Angeles Police Department conducted for the second time in several weeks a search warrant at a home in the 6600 block of Tamarind last Thursday.
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Popular Form of Yoga Makes Debut in Conejo/Las Virgenes
     Clara Chan has brought Bikram Yoga to the Conejo Valley and Malibu area.
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Parenting Course Offered
     Lisa
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Children’s Bureau needs adoptive parents
     With nearly 120,000 children removed from their parents
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Take a visit to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory in Newbury Park
     The Young Artists Ensemble will present "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," a musical based on the novel by Roald Dahl, from Fri., Jan. 31 to Sun.
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Youngsters swing over to baseball signups
     MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn BATTER UP-Blake Wishengrad, 11, of Agoura Hills practices his swing during Pony baseball signups at Willow Elementary in Agoura Hills on Saturday. Spring will be here before we know it.
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Birthday surprise
     LISA ADAMS/The Acorn 'SAY, YOU'RE HAVING A BIRTHDAY'-Janice Lee, left, Calabasas city councilwoman, sings "Happy Birthday" to Alex Soteras, president of the Agoura/Oak Park/Las Virgenes Chamber of Commerce, during a chamber mixer last week at Iliana's Corfu Island restaurant.
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