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Now that the Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) has voted to place a $128 million bond measure on the June ballot, officials say their next step is to garner support for the bond. More ... The new $33-million Yerba Buena School remains on track to open in 2007, administration officials say. More ... In 1958, a group of friends and family members pooled their money to purchase several hundred acres of land in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, adjacent to what was then the rural town of Agoura. They planned to develop the property and make some money, but little did they know More ... Did cutthroat competition among parents, coaches and board members lead Agoura Youth Basketball Association President Howard Lauterbach to create a special rule for one young girl, or did the organization%27s head honcho make his unpopular decision based on a protocal violation More ... The Las Virgenes/Malibu Council of Governments (COG) was formed by local cities to address issues of mutual concern and find solutions through joint studies and cost-effective, multijurisdictional programs. More ... The U.S. Postal Service has announced that a new postal location has opened to meet the needs of residents of the Calabasas and Woodland Hills areas. More ... Ventura Superior Court Executive Officer Michael Planet has announced that the Ventura Superior Court is actively seeking nominations for the 2006-07 grand jury, Oak Park residents included. More ... Bob Larkin, a former Ventura County Republican Party chairman, has filed papers to oppose state Assemblywoman Audra Strickland (RThousand Oaks) in the 37th Assembly district. More ... Speed limits in Calabasas might be set too slow or too fast in particular areas and Calabasas Public Works Director Robert Yalda plans to conduct a speed survey to make any necessary adjustments. More ... In an attempt to keep vehicles and pedestrians safely apart, Calabasas will build a pedestrian bridge over Las Virgenes Creek at Lost Hills Road. The bridge will allow students on foot easier access to A.E. Wright Middle School, and steer them away from busy roads such as Lost Hills and Las More ... Currently in its fifth year, the Sheriff%27s Teenage Traffic Offender Program (STTOP) uses a creative approach to help deal with the sometimes reckless driving by adolescents. More ... A consortium of public agencies, environmental groups and private citizens are working together to comply with clean water laws and to help stop the local pollution. More ... Volunteers and Calabasas city staffers helped protect the beaches from pollution by pulling an old car frame, benches, water heaters, tires and tons of other trash from Dry Canyon and Las Virgenes creeks during two days of creek cleanup recently. More ... Free income tax assistance will be provided for seniors and lowto moderate-income persons through April 15, sponsored by the AARP and the Ventura County Commission on Human Concerns in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service. More ... Zach Zachary, 53, couldn%27t tell you what drove him more than a decade ago to quit his job, sell his house and dedicate his life to carving tiki sculptures. Nor could he tell you what each one of his peculiar-looking wood sculptures means or represents, or even how long it took to c More ... Celebrating a blast from the past, Oak Park High unearthed its 25-year-old copper time capsule last Saturday as part of the school%27s silver anniversary. More ... The Westlake Village Junior Women%27s Club recently held its first Casino Night and Silent Auction Fundraiser at the Saticoy Country Club in Somis. More ... BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers FUTURE ENGINEERS-Albert Chang and Avyay Panchapakesan, fifth-graders at Red Oak Elementary School, build a tower with straws and tape. The students were learning basic structural principles as part of the school's recent Math and Science Olympiad. More ... PATRICK SHELBY/Acorn Newspapers NEW GENERATION-Maegan Jong, 5, visiting from Chicago, plants an elderberry tree across the highway from the Mountains Restoration Trust Headwaters Corner Interpretive Center last Saturday afternoon. The Calabasas Earth Club organized the planting of 60 native and eco-friendly trees, including mule fat and black walnut seedlings, as part of Earth Day and Arbor Day celebrations. More ... FANCY FIDDLING-Eliza- beth Wood performs at the Westlake Village Library. Elizabeth is one of five children in the Wood family who, along with their father, keep alive traditional Irish and Scottish music. More ... Hollywood Storage Center of Thousand Oaks is opening its door to neighbors who want to have a garage sale without using their own garages. More ... California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks named 393 students to the fall dean%27s list. Students qualified by maintaining a 3.5 grade point average in their academic subjects. More ... The Agoura High School Class of 2006 Safe and Sober Grad Nite will sponsor a garage sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., April 29 in the teachers%27 parking lot, 28545 W. Driver Ave., Agoura Hills. More ... One old axiom goes, "April showers bring May flowers," while another advises, "Bloom where you are planted." More ... Samantha Spencer, an eighthgrade student at Los Cerritos Middle School in Thousand Oaks, was honored as 2005 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo and Las Virgenes during a dinner at the Tierra Rejada Golf Club on Sun., April 2. More ... The Westlake Village Republican Women Federated will host a luncheon featuring guest speaker Bruce Herschensohn, a professor at Pepperdine University%27s School of Public Policy, on Wed., April 19 at Westlake Village Inn, 31943 W. Agoura Road, Westlake Village. More ... Still half asleep, 10-year-old Cody Morris didn%27t know what to think when his mother woke him and his two younger brothers at dawn on July 6, 2002, beckoning them into her car for an unscheduled trip to their uncle%27s house. More ... Community RSS feed |
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