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Instead of building three new tennis courts at Morrison Park, Agoura Hills will refurbish nine courts at Agoura High School. The Agoura Hills City Council voted in favor of renovating the school courts and entering into a 10-year joint use agreement with the Las Virgenes Unified School District. More ... Southern California Gas Co. will pay up to $3.7 million in rebates this year to residential customers who buy energyefficient natural gas appliances- an increase of $1.1 million over last year. More ... IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers MAN OF THE YEAR- Rick Lemmo, vice president of community relations for Caruso Affiliated, board member of three chambers of commerce, president of the Thousand Oaks Police Foundation and part of many other community organizations, was named Man of the Year for 2007 by the Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's 19th Hole gala, held at the Four Seasons in Westlake Village on Friday. More ... Mary Schillinger, Las Virgenes Unified School District's director of pupil services and special education, has been appointed to the state Autism Advisory Committee by Jack O'Connell, California superintendent of public education. More ... Beyond the bottle and the can, the Calabasas Environmental Services Division has pioneered several recycling initiatives that put batteries, electronics and eyeglasses to good reuse. Alex Farassati, Calabasas environmental services manager, said the city's recycling push stems from Assembly Bill 939, which was adopted by California in 1989. More ... Agoura Hills will host a yearlong celebration themed "25 Years of the Good Life" to honor the city's silver anniversary. Earlier this year the city unveiled a 25th anniversary logo representing its location at the gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains. The logo will be used on commemorative banners and peel-off logo decals for city and resident vehicles. More ... Oak Park residents will clear their streets and trails from 8 to 11 a.m. Sat., March 24, as part of the first community-wide clean-up day. Residents are invited to participate by meeting at their neighborhood Oak Park school at 8 a.m. to pick up trash bags, gloves and maps. More ... After a two-year search Bob Wilson has finally found a new home for his restaurant, Cisco's. The Mexican eatery, which burned down in Westlake Village in March 2005, will reopen in the former Rustler's location at 686 Lindero Canyon Road in Oak Park. More ... On March 8, the 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld the Los Angeles County's Grading and Significant Ridgeline Ordinance, a measure championed by Board of Supervisors Chairman Zev Yaroslavsky. The ordinance protects the Santa Monica Mountains by preserving critical ridgelines and scenic vistas from overdevelopment and rigorously scrutinizing large grading projects. More ... HARPER SMITH/Acorn Newspapers LAND MANAGER- Calabasas High School sophomore Rebecca Peters plants a tree during the Calabasas Arbor Day celebration at Wild Walnut Park off Mulholland Highway and Old Topanga Canyon Road. Peters is also co-president of the Earth Club at Calabasas High. The event was sponsored by the city of Calabasas and Mountains Restoration Trust. More ... The Santa Comes to Agoura and Beyond organization has donated 100 blankets to Lutheran Social Services of Southern California. Lutheran Social Services works with local shelters where the blankets as well as clothing items will be distributed. Founded in 1979, The Santa Comes to Agoura organization operates under the direction of the Agoura/Las Virgenes Optimist Club. More ... The 19-member Ventura County grand jury, a civil panel that keeps an eye on governmental affairs, is seeking to add local representation. "We're trying to get representation from all cities in the county," said jury foreman Alyce Klussman. More ... There will be plenty of gambling at The Canyon club in Agoura Hills on March 25, but it will be for a good cause- - kids. Friends of Oak Park Schools is hosting Casino Royale at 5 p.m. that Sunday to raise funds for the Oak Park Unified School District. More ... Ventura County Special Olympics will hold its second annual parking lot sale from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., March 17 in the Ventura Harbor Village overflow parking lot on the corner of Schooner Drive and Harbor Boulevard. Because the sale is taking place on St. More ... Brookside Elementary School in Oak Park used a $52,000 gift from the Parent Teacher Association to help build a new upper grade playground that was unveiled on Wed., March 7 during a ribbon cutting ceremony. "It's a lot better than what was there before," said Lucas Flamer, 8. "I like the big slide and the monkey bars the best. More ... The Spring Girl Scout Cookie Sale began Sat., March 3 and runs through Sun., March 25. Girl Scouts will visit businesses and homes and host cookie booths in front of stores and businesses throughout the tri-county area. Through the cookie program, girls manage inventory, set goals, learn money management and develop marketing skills. More ... The Dole Great Race of Agoura might not be so great if it weren't for the hundreds of volunteers who plot, plan and organize every detail of the six races and after-bash that rivals the race itself on the family fun meter. Most of the volunteers hail from Oak Park, said Alicia Boretz, president of Oak Park High School's Athletic Booster Club. More ... Four additional San Fernando Valley business and community leaders have been elected to the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley, according to chairman Gary Thomas. The new board members are David Rainer, Brent Roberts, Sadaf Sehati and Gail Solomon. More ... +Fabulous Forties is an ongoing Conejo Valley singles social group for men and women in their 40s. Past events have included hikes, Hollywood Bowl, dinner parties, wine tasting, game night, holiday parties and more. For more information, call (818) 597-2624. More ... "No one can change the world singlehandedly, but working together we can make a difference," said Cliff Williams, a Camarillo resident and Moorpark Rotarian who went to India last month to help eradicate polio one vaccination at a time. The voyage renewed Williams' faith in the Rotary Club's mission to eradicate the crippling disease throughout the world, he said. More ... CHESS CHAMPS- Simone and Stan Liao display their newly won trophies following the Super States Chess Tournament. Third-grader Simone won six games and drew one, earning first place in her division and making her the official state champ for kindergarten through third-grade players. Stan, a second-grader, won five out of seven games and came in fourth in his section. The Agoura Hills siblings attend Willow Elementary School. More ... The Agoura Water Polo Foundation's 2007 Casino Night will be from 6 to 10 p.m. Sat., March 31 at Agoura High School, 28545 W. Driver Ave., Agoura Hills. Cost is $35 per person, which includes a buffet dinner, blackjack, craps, roulette and poker. More ... HARPER SMITH/Acorn Newspapers BAKER'S DELIGHT- Nita Standke, an experienced cook with the horno oven, pulls fresh pie out of the hopper. Standke was hosting a day of baking at the Leonis Adobe Museum in Calabasas. Participants brought olive bread dough, pies, cinnamon rolls and even meats to cook in the outdoor oven. More ... The eighth annual "Agourapalooza: Teen Battle of the Bands" will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Fri., April 20 at Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas. Applications are available in the main office or at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center. The application deadline is 4 p.m. Fri., March 23. More ... Kyle Brooks, an Agoura Hills resident and a 2005 graduate of Hillcrest Christian High School in Thousand Oaks, joined nearly 25,000 other participants in running this year's Los Angeles Marathon. The March 4 race started near Universal Studios and ended downtown. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SOUNDS OF THE SEA- Mati Waiya, the executive director of the Wishtoya Foundation and a descendent of the Chumash Indians, blows into a conch shell during the Chumash opening ceremony at the Malibou Lake Mountain Club's 85th anniversary celebration last Saturday. More ... The schedule for the city of Calabasas' Spring/Summer Recreation Programs and Community Events is available at local businesses, schools and organizations. The brochure has also been mailed to residents with a Calabasas ZIP code and is available online at www. cityofcalabasas.com. More ... The Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo & Las Virgenes are conducting a raffle with 56 cash prize drawings, including the grand prize- a lakefront townhome in Westlake or $1 million. Tickets are $150 each and those bought by March 31 will qualify for the first Early Bird drawing for 18 cash prizes from $300 to $10,000. Winning tickets are kept for subsequent drawings. More ... Virgilio Garcia, a seventh-grade student at Los Cerritos Middle School in Thousand Oaks, was honored as 2006 Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo and Las Virgenes during a March 9 dinner and awards ceremony at the Renaissance Hotel in Agoura Hills. More ... Karla Halseth loves animals, especially dogs. She proves her devotion to man's best friend by providing loving care for injured stray dogs at her home and volunteering at the Agoura Animal Shelter. More ... COMING UP- A model wears one of the latest designer spring outfits at The Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake Village during The Centennial Guild of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles "A Garden of Hope" fashion show and luncheon on Friday. More ... A portrait photographer is shooting pictures of kids with bunnies to help a pair of worthy causes. Award-winning photographer Amy Fink of Belliveau Photography is making the offer. The ses sion fees are $45, of which $25 will go to the J u v e n i l e Diabetes Research Foundation and $15 will go to MakeAWish Foundation of the Tri-Counties. More ... Richard and Lorraine Garner of Agoura Hills celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary March 9. Richard Garner is a retired Los Angeles County firefighter. The couple have three children- Linda Shipman, Karen Brahney and Paula Friedrichsen- and five grandchildren. More ... The Ventura County Genealogical Society Inc. will hold its regular monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Sat., March 17 at the Ventura LDS Family History Center, 3501 Loma Vista Road, Ventura. Guests are welcome to the free meetings. T. Maureen Schoenky will discuss "etymologies of Germanic names and off-the-wall places to look for your Germanic ancestors. More ... An Eagle Scout Court of Honor was held last month at St. Jude the Apostle Church in honor of Kyle Jon Rhatigan, 17, of Westlake Village. Kyle, a 12th-grader at Crespi Carmelite High School, joined Troop 745 in 2000 and earned 12 Eagle required and 15 elective merit badges. He is a member of the Order of the Arrow. More ... Some 125 million American employees suffer from Computer Vision Syndrome, a condition caused by prolonged computer use, according to Dr. Marty Schneider, therapeutic optometrist. "March is Eyes Safety in the Workplace Month and as our nation has moved from a manufacturing society to an information society, Computer Vision Syndrome has become a workplace concern," said Schneider. More ... Jonathan and Fran Marder of Garage Specialists assist homeowners in organizing garages, homes, offices and storage units in all states of mess and decay. The Marders approach their work with a positive mental attitude by starting with one item at a time, which prevents fatigue. More ... Community RSS feed |
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