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Student sees the beat
MICHAEL COONS/The Acorn GETTING READY-Katie Heck, 17, of the Westlake High School Winter Percussion Ensemble listens to last minute instructions from her conductor during a practice before performing in the Southern California Percussion Alliance Drum Line Competition at the Westlake High School campus on Saturday. More...
Parcel tax proposal approved in LVUSD
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By Stephanie Bertholdo

Measure E, the parcel tax designed to offset state budget cutbacks, readily passed on Tuesday with 72 percent of voters in Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) casting a yes vote. More...

Voters pass three of four propositions
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By Michelle Knight

Voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly agreed with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger More...

 Business
• article has image Hampton Inn receives an award
Hampton Inn & Suites of Agoura Hills has been named a "Circle of Excellence" award winner among only 120 hotels in the nationwide Hampton brand. More...
• Local areas must strive to attract the best workers, study says
• Oak Park Business Alliance will help schools, worthy causes
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 Schools
• article has image Special Education organization brings awareness to schools
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The Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC), a group of dedicated district staff members, administration and parents of Oak Park Unified School District, this week sponsored the first round in a series of Abilities Awareness Fairs after receiving funding from Time Warner, Inc. More...
• Scholarships offered to telecommunication students
• Local student gets leadership look at the law
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 Pets
• article has image PET OF THE WEEK
LISA ADAMS/The Acorn SO SWEET--This is Shane, a 7-year-old Labrador retriever mix who's ready to be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road in Agoura Hills. More...
• Pet sitters make vacations easier
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 Police
• Agoura Hills
After the attempted break-in of a business in the 5600 block Kanan Road the night of Feb. 14, the damages were $450. The same store has been the site of previous burglaries, but this time the suspect was unsuccessful. More...
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 Family
• Community partnerships nurture love for reading in kids
Read With Me: The Community Reading Challenge seeks to motivate children to read
through good role models
To become successful readers, students need positive reading role models both in and outside the classroom. Increasingly, community members are stepping in to fill that role and support the work parents and teachers are doing to encourage children to read. More...
• Short-term homes for youth are needed
• Month of March celebrates crafts
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 On the
Town
• Calabasas thespian to perform benefit concert
Twelve-year-old Calabasas resident Jacqueline Rosenthal will present "Memories, A Concert" on Wed. evening, March 17 at the Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park. More...
• March brings spring nights to CSUN’s planetarium shows
• Sandy Duncan to celebrate Broadway
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 Columns
• If Words Could Talk
In Memory of
I read that how civilized a society is can be measured by how it treats it dead. Well, we really seem to care for our dead. We may not care quite as much when they More...
• article has image What We See
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