The Triunfo Sanitation District board should be an all-elected body and should have an independent general manager, according to a report issued last week by the Ventura County grand jury. More...
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IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers WOOD NYMPHS- From left, Amanda Lappalainen and Anna Eriksson, both of Los Angeles, dance around the maypole with Marissa Anderson of Santa Clarita during the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival in Agoura last Sunday. The annual event at Vasa Park features traditional Scandinavian music and food. More...
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By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com
King Gillette Ranch, the 588acre property in the heart of the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area and former home to Soka University, will open to the public on June 30. More...
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BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers TOUGH TIMES, STRONG PEOPLE- Above, from left, cancer survivors Ernie Covazos of Simi Valley; Romy Winnett, 13, of Calabasas; Wendy Tipp of Woodland Hills; and Kevin Cordasco, 10, of Calabasas lead the walkers at the American Cancer Society Relay For Life June 23 at Calabasas High School. Below, from left, Calabasas residents Lorissa Korach, 17, Vadim Gov, 17, and Erica Shieh, 17, pitch a tent in preparation for their overnight stay. Dozens of team members walked nonstop for 24 hours. More...
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Organic Roses Ventura County Rose Society meets Cowan Conference Center, 550 Airport Way, Camarillo. 7 p.m. Q&A by consulting rosarians, rose show (bring roses to display). 7:30 p.m. program: Sandy Gaal, consulting rosarian from Santa Paula, gives slide presentation on growing roses without chemicals, creating unique garden rooms. More...
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SMOOTH AS SILK- Thousand Oaks resident Annie Pulido samples a skin softener with Arbonne International Skin and Body Care consultant Jill Ford, of Calabasas, during the Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village Chamber of Commerce Summer Business Expo at the Westlake Hyatt Plaza recently. JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers More...
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Many students can't wait for the day they'll hang up their backpacks for good, but for Hannah Kaufman, 17, school was something she couldn't get enough of. After graduating from high school in Sweden at 15 and attending a year of music college, Hannah decided to move to California for a year at an American high school. More...
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MEMORABLE MEMORIAL DAY- The Agoura Pony Baseball Mustang A All Stars are victorious in the Memorial Day Tournament in Mid Valley. Front row, from left: Jake Sabat, Jake Cooper, Chase Lambert, Parker Selby, John Abate and Bryce Fehmel. Back row: Ryan Fineman, Danny Cipriano, Bret Weisberg, Jonny Keller, Brent Berman and Wesley Kinder. The team's coaches are Ira Fineman, Stuart Berman and Corbin Lambert (not pictured). More...
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CAT AND MOUSE- Coal, a 5-year-old female stray domestic shorthair cat, needs a home. Coal can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. To take Coal home, ask for ID No. A3676951. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so please call (818) 991-0071 first or visit animal control.co.la.ca.us. JANN HENDRY Acorn Newspapers More...
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Agoura Hills Vandals caused $300 in damages to the bathroom at Old Agoura Park June 18. Burglars stole a $600 ceramic piggy bank containing $50 in coins from a home in Seminole Springs on Mulholland Highway June 14. More...
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Money raised at benefit concert will build a new well
New Community Jewish High School students dedicated to social action sponsored a benefit concert June 14 to help raise funds in support of Jewish World Watch's efforts to protect citizens of Darfur Sudan from the ongoing violence and genocide in that region. More...
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JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers CAR CRAZY- Left, Ferrari Owners Club drivers gather in the largest rolling Ferrari event in the country. Over 100 drivers brought their high-powered cars to The Commons in Calabasas before the start of the 11th annual Summer Run to Pt. Mugu last Sunday. More...
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Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Friend June 2, 1943 - June 21, 2007 Lois Y. Fosberg, 64, passed away suddenly in her home on June 21. Lois was a long time resident of Agoura Hills, California. She was born in Lodi, California, to the Reverend and Mrs. Louis Baumbach in 1943. In 1962, she married Sterling ("Stu") V. Fosberg. More...
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GHOSTLY ENTERTAINMENT- Abby Craden, left, is a silvery ghost conjured up by Ellen Geer's Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's comedy "Blithe Spirit" running at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum at 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga from June 30 through Sept. 29. For information call (310) 455-3723 or visit www.theatricum.com. More...
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Our community has been rocked recently by a fatal pedestrian accident and several bicycle accidents, as seen by the stream of letters to The Acorn . Yet one big issue, one that affects cyclists and pedestrians alike, has been overlooked. More...
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My son is almost 4 years old. He's gone almost all four years of his life without really being scared of anything. As a toddler, he used to climb over the couch onto a bordering saucer toy and then onto a nearby table- something like you might see in a dangerous high-wire-type circus act- without any fear at all. More...
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If you've ever wondered about the purpose of those blue, diagonally-striped areas adjacent to, or in between handicap parking spaces, they are there for a reason. The aisles were required as part of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act so that drivers and passengers with disabilities can enter and exit their vehicles. More...
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