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The bucolic, awayfromitall mountain lifestyle of the 130 Malibou Lake residents doesn't come cheap. But it's not the high price of real estate that is at the root of homeowner discontent. The private community is at the center of lake-choking urban runoff. More ... +A letter by Shari Goodman in the Feb. 1 Acorn incorrectly states that Hussam Ayloush- executive director of the Southern California Council on American-Islamic relations (CAIR)- co-hosted a 1998 event attended by Egyptian "militant" Islamic leader Wagdi Ghunaym at which anti-Semitic remarks were made. More ... Nidia Cota, a writer, producer and host of a local television show in Malibu, launched a verbal tirade against Calabasas City Councilmember Barry Groveman at last week's city council meeting, creating an uncomfortable scene for council and audience members alike. More ... When Oak Park students attend music classes each day, they can thank their parents and others for the program. A small group of Oak Park residents raises thousands of dollars annually to help create and retain new programs in local schools, including music education. More ... A free screening of "Normal People Scare Me," a film about autism made by a teenager with autism, will be presented at 7 p.m. Mon., March 5 at the Westlake Village Twin Theater, 4711 Lakeview Canyon Road. The screening will be followed by a questionandanswer session with the teen, Taylor Cross, and his mother and director of the film, Keri Bowers. More ... The Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department will host an informational recruiting meeting for those interested in volunteering for the department's mounted posse on Wed., March 7 at the Lost Hills Sheriff Station, 27050 Agoura Road. The mounted posse is made up of reserve deputy sheriffs and volunteer equestrians. More ... The 85th anniversary of the Malibou Lake Mountain Club will be a public affair, celebrated in style with an all-day event focusing on the history, mysteries and lore of the small lakeside community. The educational event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., March 10 at the club, 29033 Lake Vista Drive, in the unincorporated area of Agoura known as Malibou Lake. More ... Emma Schiff picked up Highland dancing after her mother, Jehanne, told her about her own childhood fling with the Scottish folk dance. Emma's mother introduced the dance to her when she was 5, and Emma fell in love. "When my mom was a little girl she saw a dancing competition going on, and she went back home and asked her mom what it was," said Emma, 7. More ... Westlake Village resident John Daykin was named Development Coach of the Year by the CalSouth State Soccer Association Feb. 17 at the Nike Awards banquet held at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles. He was selected from 7,900 licensed coaches registered with CalSouth, the United States Youth Soccer Association's governing body for youth soccer in Southern California. More ... The Chinese New Year Celebration at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Saturday ushered in the Year of the Golden Pig with a delightful mix of song, dance, drama, acrobatics and even a bit of magic. More ... Corporate sponsors are needed to support the five-day Conejo Valley Days festival and carnival, May 2 through 6. The festival attracts 55,000 people each year. "This year, businesses have a variety of sponsorship opportunities," said Randy Strong, Conejo Valley Days sponsorship chair. More ... Every weekday, volunteer drivers representing Meals on Wheels deliver hot and cold meals to qualified recipients in Agoura, Oak Park and Westlake Village. A hot midday meal and a nutritious cold evening meal are delivered from the East Campus of the Los Robles Medical Center between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for major holidays. More ... Gates will open for the Point Mugu Air Show at 8 a.m. Sat., March 31 and Sun., April 1. Flight demonstrations will start at 10 a.m. The Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will headline the show. Other attractions include Bruce Abbott and Star Raider Jet-Powered Space Shuttle and Rick Perkins FirecatAero Vodochody L-39 Albatross. More ... Ventura County citizens were honored with Lifesaving Awards by the Ventura County Fire Department at its 11th annual Awards Luncheon yesterday in Camarillo. Honorees included a 7year-old boy whose call to 911 helped save his mother, a neighbor who rushed into a burning house to rescue a baby, and two brothers who pulled a pilot from a plane wreckage. More ... CLEANUP CREW- Grace Williams, a Willow Elementary School student, picks up trash at the eighth annual Creek and Canyon Cleanup Day last weekend. The Cornell Preservation Organization and the Triunfo Lobo Community Association are working together to fight the pollution that threatens the native habitat in our local creeks. More ... Los Angeles Pierce Symphonic Winds will host the second annual wine tasting, "A Day Without Wine Is Like a Day Without Sunshine," at 5:30 p.m. Sun., March 4 at Pierce College Campus Center. The event will feature the L.A. Winds Jazz Ensemble. Tasters must be 21 or older to attend. More ... "If Walls Could Talk," a s e r i e sa i r e d Sundays on HGTV, will be in the Los Angeles area to film homes with "intriguing pasts, unusual stories and valuable objects found inside," according to the show's publicist. More ... At a special City Council meeting last Thursday in Calabasas the dais was full, but not with the faces constituents are used to seeing. In a special mock meeting, fourth-graders from Junior Girl Scout Troop No. 449 at Bay Laurel Elementary School took turns acting as City Council members, watching in the television control room and speaking from the audience. More ... ANCIENT ARTIFACT- Westlake Village resident Merle Hamilton views a display of a piece of Ventura's San Miguel Chapel that she discovered after 30 years of digging for relics. The piece, believed to have been painted by a local Chumash artist in the 200-year-old adobe chapel, is part of the new Museum of Ventura County exhibit on display in The Oaks mall. More ... HEDGING BETS- From left, Marc and Lisa Pollon of Westlake Village and Chris and Alex Cuilty of Moorpark enjoy a hand dealt by Gold Coast Casinos dealer Jerry Philips at the St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church's Casino Night held Saturday in Westlake Village. More ... Westlake Village Art Guild's annual Open Juried Show will be March 22 through April 13 at the Thousand Oaks Community Gallery, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. The show is open to all painters, photographers and sculptors. Take-in day will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sun., March 18. A reception and awards presentation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Fri., March 23. More ... Community RSS feed |
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