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May 4, 2005  RSS feed
Arts Festival is picture perfect
KEEN EYE-Maya Reckards, 6, enjoys looking at the unusual artwork during last weekend's Calabasas Fine Arts Festival. With the excellent weather and good turnout, the event was deemed a success. More...
Neighborhood Focus
Signs, signs everywhere
City cleans up the clutter
By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

Garage sale signs, open house signs, lost pet notices, loud business banners, neon lights in storefronts, and humongous signs mounted on cars that drivers and pedestrians can More...

Yerba Buena school finally on track
Delays are over, construction is
set to begin
By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

After four years of setbacks that included everything from confusion over where to place high voltage power lines to the discovery of toxic soil and the identification of an endangered owl, the Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education last week accepted a bid to build the new Yerba Buena Elementary School. More...

 Community
• Extra daylight means more construction
Contractors working on the modernization of Viewpoint School in Calabasas have been granted extended workday hours during the summer months. More...
• article has image Mountains Restoration Trust celebrates
• Tracking local real estate
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 Health & Wellness
• article has image Senior Expo provides healing touch
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers HANDLE WITH CARE-Brenda Coady, a licensed massage therapist with Women's Massage Care, gives Westlake Village resident Ann Berke a relaxing hand massage as Marilyn Levine, also from Westlake Village, waits her turn during the Senior Expo at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center last week. More...
• Support group open at Kaiser
• Wellness events coming soon
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 Business
• Landscaper takes root locally
L.A. Pond helps backyard enthusiast create small, artificial ponds as part of their landscape. The company comes on site to build a complete, natural environment that ensures that fish and water plants will thrive, and a charming and interesting accent that will blend well into the rest of the outdoor scenery. More...
• Software company moves
• Meals prepared at local shop
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 Schools
• article has image Honors Programs
One way to havev the advantages of a small college while attending a large university is through an honors program. Many public and some private universities offer honors programs that provide great benefits, including preferential class registration, special honors classes, enhanced advising and enrichment programs. More...
• AHS grad earns college honors
• article has image CHS music students sweep top awards
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 Sports
• article has image Right on track
Local track and field stars were busy last week in preparation for the start of postseason competition
'CARPE DIEM'-Clockwise from upper right, Moorpark's Corbin Carlos takes first place in the 110 meter hurdles in his heat at the Marmonte League prelims. More...
• Agoura in a fight to the finish with Royal for Marmonte League title
• article has image OCHS swim team heading for new horizons
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 Pets
• article has image Pet of the Week
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers
KODAK MOMENT
with a friendly disposition. Kodak can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. To take Kodak home, ask for identification No. A3305983. More...
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 Police
• Agoura Hills
A vandal slashed the two front tires of a 2005 BMW parked on Canwood Street on April 21. The incident caused $350 in damages. More...
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 Faith
• article has image Bible celebrated in song
The high school students from Westminster Presbyterian Church will present "And On The Sixth Day," a reverent and light-hearted musical romp from creation to the nativity. More...
• Teens called to Torah
• Prager to speak in Agoura Hills
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 Family
• article has image Fishing trip a real catch
FATHER AND SON EXPEDITION-Parents and kids from Brookside Elementary School hold their Acorn while standing aboard a fishing boat near Channel Islands Harbor April 24. More...
• Mom’s Day tree is lasting gift
• Family-friendly trip tips
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 On the
Town
• Viewpoint film project wins two awards
Viewpoint School in Calabasas announced that "Locker Space," the film project for its Upper School More...
• Myths, folklore, fairy tales focus of meeting
• article has image Top new indie band coming to town
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 Letters
• Don’t forget
Soka University
So we have shed our tears over the sale of Soka University of America in Calabasas and now are engaged in perpetuating the memory of the Camelot that has been Soka University for almost 20 years. More...
• Girl’s death hurts deeply
• Agoura Hills needs business revenue
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 Columns
• article has image Full Story
New signs of the growth in the Conejo Valley were evident this week back in 1975 as The Acorn announced the installation of street lights, stop signs and new traffic and parking regulations in what was then considered rural Agoura. More...
• article has image Cinco de Mayo
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 Editorials
• Sign of the times
Local business owners usually pay expensive fees to display signs that attract buyers and clients. The right to display a commercial sign and the cost of producing it isn More...
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