With the possibility of higher sanitation and water rates on the horizon, the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District is looking for advice on how to keep costs under control. More...

Ross Goldberg, founder and president of Kevin/Ross Public Relations, was recently elected to the board of trustees of Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, Thousand Oaks. He will serve the remaining two years of a threeyear term held by Brian McNamee, senior vice president of huma More...

THURS., JUNE 1 Senior of the Year City of Thousand Oaks' Council on Aging hosts annual Senior of the Year awards ceremony and social from 7 to 9 p.m. at Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Five nominees will be honored, one selected as Senior of the Year. Ente More...

TRIPLE THREAT-The Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce hosts over 200 guests at their reception at Bogie's Restaurant in Westlake Village last week. From left, Bogie's owner John Knotter; National Hockey League Hall of Famer and Westlake resident Wayne Gretzky; and Chamber President Louis Masry. More...

All events (subject to change) are listed by name, location and time if provided. If calendars are modified, school sources are asked to contact us with updated information at this e-mail address: newstip@theacorn.com. More...

Pack your bags and fill up the gas tanks, Agoura, because the Chargers' magical ride is headed to the happiest place on earth- Anaheim. More...

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers A BEAR'S IN THERE-California Dept. of Fish and Game Deputy Mike Stefanak looks through a fence barricade in front of a culvert on the Countrywide Mortgage construction site on Russell Ranch Road in Westlake Village where a juvenile black bear hides before being lured into a trap last Friday. The bear was released in the nearby Los Padres National Forest, the second in the past month. More...

Agoura Hills Vandals keyed a vehicle parked at a gas station in the 5000 block of Kanan Road on May 16. Damages were $1,000. More...

Chabad of the Conejo will host its annual gala banquet at 5:30 p.m. Wed., June 14 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. More...

Students at Oak Hills Elementary School, in preparation for their upcoming production of "Macbeth," were treated to a visit by the bard himself, William Shakespeare. More...

PICKIN' AND GRINNIN'-Newbury Park resident John Grimaldi jams during the 46th annual Topanga Banjo and Fiddle Contest & Folk Festival at Paramount Ranch recently. The day was filled with traditional and contemporary bluegrass, old time and folk music. JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers More...

Oak Park schools are in need of repairs and significant modernization. More...

DEAR FRED Is there anything out there that makes cleaning stone floors easier. We thought using a natural stone with lots of texture and groves would be great for pets and children. The floors are so hard to clean with all the pits and groves. Dirt loves to get trapped More...

It's no coincidence that our Las Virgenes and Oak Park public schools are among the best in Southern California. The quality of schools goes hand-in-hand with how affluent an area is. It's not that the state apportions higher revenues to the well-heeled districts. If anything, they get less. More...