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Does anybody remember the ‘50s?
MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn COULD HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION--First-grader Chasen Gensurowsky uses three hula hoops while participating in Round Meadow Elementary School's Fitness Challenge last Friday in Calabasas. More...
Agoura Hills law targets dirty tricks in election campaigns
By John Loesing
Acorn Staff Writer

Still feeling the effects of the bitter Home Depot referendum last year, Agoura Hills is cracking down on mailers and other campaign literature that violate city election laws. More...

Lake dredging project underway in Westlake Village
By Lori Porter
Acorn Staff Writer

Westlake Lake Management Association (WLMA), a nonprofit organization that maintains the lake in Westlake Village, is undergoing a first ever, high-tech lake dredging procedure by means of a mobile treatment plant that can be seen on Triunfo Road, between Lindero Canyon and Westlake Boulevard. More...

 Health & Wellness
• Clinical trials study therapies, medicine
Though many people read about clinical trials, not all know exactly what they are or who participates in them. More...
• Arthritis hits young people, too, not just elderly
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 Bulletin
Board
• Oak Park Theater Building Committee to meet on Tuesday
The Oak Park Theater Building Committee will host a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tues., Feb. 4 in Room G-9 at Oak Park High School, 899 N. Kanan Road, to discuss a request that the funds be used for the Multipurpose Building being constructed on the high school campus. More...
• For the record
• THURS., JAN. 30
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 Business
• article has image Chamber hosts Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich, a formerly unemployed single mother of three who used her moxie to help to help win the biggest environmental lawsuit in United States history, knows more than anybody what it means to fight for the underdog. More...
• Job Shadow Day puts students to work at Hyatt
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 Schools
• article has image Students learn to spin wool
LISA ADAMS/The Acorn WEAVIN' THE WOOL-Chaparral Elementary School second graders (left to right) Jenna Wilson, Maxwell Swerdlick, Wyatt Starkman and Jessica Uthus watch Laura Silverman, fiber artist from the Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild, demonstrate how to spin wool into yarn. More...
• Community members granted chance to be ‘Principal for a Day’
• Huntington Learning Center helps students improve
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 Pets
• article has image Pet of the Week
MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn 'I NEED A HOME'-This is a 3-year-old Labrador retriever mix. She loves to play ball and is good on a leash. She's ready to be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road in Agoura Hills. More...
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 Police
• Sheriff’s blotter
Agoura Hills

Vandalism damages were $2,000 after windows on four vehicles were smashed at Chesebro Canyon and Agoura roads between 8:30 and 11 a.m. Jan. 17. More...
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 Faith
• Israel’s welfare is subject
Seven reform and conservative synagogues in the greater West Valley are participating in the third annual West Valley Winter Kallah on five consecutive Mondays. More...
• New members to be welcomed
• Cantor’s Concert to be presented at Temple Aliyah
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 Family
• Foundation says make most of early years
Reading, singing, playing and just talking are more than fun activities you can share with your children. More...
• ‘Self Defense for Kids’ class offered
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 Obituaries
• Full Story
Rosemary Hall Henshaw, of Westlake Village, CA, died Friday of a massive heart attack. She was 85. Rosemary Hall was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1917, the only child of Benjamin Franklin Hall and Benedict Marie Kelly. More...
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 On the
Town
• Conejo Players perform ‘See How They Run’
Conejo Players premiered "See How They Run" last Friday night, a comic farce that provided plenty of high jinks action and generated lots of laughter from an enchanted audience. More...
• Psychological mystery coming to Stage Door
• Comedy Sportz to play at AHS
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 Motoring
• article has image 2003 Volkswagen New Beetle convertible
Freedom, fun and smiles for allAcorn Automotive Editor
I arrived in Southern California over 20 years ago, and unless my eyes were deceiving me, everyone was driving a Beetle convertible. At least it seemed like it. More...
• article has image Hydrogen cars are on our streets now
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 Letters
• Say ‘goodbye’ to
the utility tax;
vote yes on
Measure A
Calabasas Mayor Lesley Devine said that the Utility users Tax (UUT) contributes to basic service costs. That More...
• Cut the fat and frills; yes on
• Keep Calabasas
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 Editorials
• Sacramento’s budget cuts need to be revised
Things are getting ugly in Sacramento. The state More...
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