Major changes are coming for the Ralphs grocery store on Kanan Road in Agoura Hills. Open since 1983, the store will be remodeled into an upscale Ralphs Fresh Fare. More...

After the Women's Health Initiative was published, women became aware that synthetic hormone replacement carried risks that they had not previously been aware of. More...

THURS., MARCH 8 Golden Age of Mining Conejo Gem and Mineral Club meets 7:30 p.m., Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Program: Dr. Robert Gray, head of Santa Barbara City College geology department, speaks on Golden Age of Mining. Pebble Pup youth program during business meeting. Free, public welcome. Becky Williamson (805) 532-1916. More...

The Calabasas Chamber of Commerce will host a Method Fest Film Festival Mixer from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thurs., March 15 at the Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas. Admission is free and reservations are not required. More...

Eighth-grade students at A.C. Stelle Middle School will soon be hitting the airwaves. The Calabasas school has earned a grant to open its own radio station. According to Karl Beutel, head of the school's science department, A.C. Stelle was one of only 10 schools nationwide to receive a 2007 American Radio Relay League grant for radio stations. More...

PLAY BALL!- Clockwise from above, Calabasas right-hander Greg Selarz delivers a pitch during the Easton Southern California Showdown. Westlake junior Alex Gillingham warms up in the bullpen. Gillingham will serve as the Warriors' ace on the mound. Coyote lefty Mike La Rosa takes a big swing at a pitch. Early on, Calabasas has been scoring runs in bunches. Westlake's Steven Soucy lays down a bunt during practice. The Warriors will be looking to run early and often in '07. Agoura freshman Ali Hamed swings at an offering last weekend against Camarillo. The Chargers, CIF-SS Division I finalist a year ago, must replace their entire starting lineup. League play begins Wed., March 14. Photos by BILL SPARKES and ADAM DAVIS/Acorn Newspapers More...

Spirit Works, the contemporary ministry at West Hills Church, will present the Christian rock group Breathing Room at 7:15 p.m. Fri., March 9 at 7475 Fallbrook Ave., West Hills. Breathing Room consists of guitarist Kevin Dukes, singer/ keyboardist Jan Roper, Dan Franklin on bass and drummer Chad Norris. More...

IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers AGILITY- Sequoia Schirmer, 9, of Calabasas, juggles at Mardi Gras 2007, held at the Agoura Hills Library last month. Schirmer's mother works at the library. More...

The Music Center of Los Angeles County has announced the 30 high school student artists in photography and twodimensional art who have been named semifinalists in the 2007 Music Center Spotlight Awards Visual Arts competition. Local semifinalists are Agoura High School seniors William Carroll, 18, and Brandon Ybarra, 17, in the category of digital photography. More...

I am writing this letter because my sister and I were heartbroken to see a "For sale 193 acres" sign go up on that beautiful open land adjoining the 101 Freeway at the Las Virgenes on-ramp. For nearly our whole lives we have seen horses grazing on that land. We always look for deer on our way to school. We even see coyotes roaming free across the hills. More...

If you've ever received a traffic citation, please raise your hand. We thought so. Almost everyone who drives a car or truck has been pulled over at least once. Traffic tickets are an everyday occurrence and even if you're a good driver you can have a lapse in concentration that leads to getting caught. More...