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By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com Westlake Village resident Fred Rosenberg was the first customer to earn a hefty rebate check from the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District through its Malibu Creek Runoff Control program. The board of directors presented a $409 check to Rosenberg for his participation in the program. More ... Reach Out to Your Water District The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District Board of Directors meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 4 p.m. at the water district headquarters. More ...
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com Synthetic turf is being installed at the stadiums at both Agoura and Calabasas high schools, and much sooner than initially hoped. The $1 million project was approved by the Las Virgenes Unified School District on March 27, but the start date of the project was pushed up to this spring rather than... More ...
The city of Thousand Oaks would like community feedback on proposed changes to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza turnaround on the third level of city hall. The turnaround will undergo design changes to improve its appearance and provide a safer walkway for visitors coming to city h... More ... Safety seminar for teen drivers Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station and Calabasas High School will present "Is Your Teen Road Ready?" from 7 to 9 p.m. Tues., April 17 in the theater at Calabasas High School, 22855 W. Mulholland Hwy. The free traffic-safety seminar, for teens and parents, will cover the new laws, license requirem... More ... RVs, streets discussed New Oak Park RV rules take effect Oak Park's recreational and oversized-vehicle owners now have tougher parking rules to follow. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors has approved amendments recommended by the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) that strengthen the original ordinance passed in 2001. More ... Reach Out to Oak Park The Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Oak Park High School presentation room (G-9) at 899 Kanan Road. MAC minutes and agendas can be found at the website www.countyofventura.org/bos/ dist2.asp. You can also e-mail Linda.Parks@v... More ... Street sweeping schedule revised To keep Oak Park's streets clean the county provides a street sweeping vehicle for the community. The sweeping schedule was recently changed at the request of the Oak Park MAC. Zone A, which includes all streets from Oak Park High School east to the Los Angeles County border will now be... More ... Crackdown on animal abuse The U.S. House of Representatives, on a 36839 vote, recently passed a bipartisan bill that makes violations of the federal animal fighting law a felony punishable by up to three years in prison. More ... Amgen exec departs amid corporate slump Amgen announced Tuesday the appointment of Robert Bradway as executive vice president and chief financial officer for the Thousand Oaksbased company. Bradway replaces Richard Nanula and will be responsible for Amgen's finance, strategy and investor relations operations. More ... Bike ride will raise money for diabetes By Nancy Needham nancy@theacorn.com If there were no diabetes, J.D. Ruf, 23, would still be in the U.S. Navy. He and more than 20 million other Americans would be able to live their lives without pricking their fingers to test their blood or giving themselves insulin injections. More ... Tour de Cure Thousand Oaks Councilmember Jacqui Irwin and Alex Soteras, vice president of the Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce, have joined together to fight diabetes. The two are co-chairpersons of the Southern California Market Tour de Cure, which will begin in Thousand Oaks ... More ... In a Nutshell Sign up for fundraiser The Sun., May 6 Tour de Cure begins at Thousand Oaks Community Park, 2525 N. Moorpark Road, near Thousand Oaks High School. Those who can ride a bike at about 15 mph for 4.5 hours should check in at 6:30 a.m. More ... Commercial buildings shore up against crime By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com "Anything you can do to cause a crook to jump through more 'hoops and hurdles' is good," advises Senior Dep. Larry Logan, who spends most of his workday helping businesses and retail centers in Thousand Oaks fight crime. Logan works for the Thousand Oaks Police Department Crime Pre... More ...
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com A carved stone mask embedded in a hill below the 14-foot statue of an Indian atop Agoura Road in Agoura Hills is probably nothing more than a mold, a local expert concluded. Robert Lopez, a board member of the Oakbrook Park Chumash Interpretive Center in Thousand Oaks and a retired p... More ... Garden parcels available The Oak Park Community Garden, on the corner of Kanan and Sunnycrest, has parcels available for organic gardening. The garden is on land owned and operated by the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District. Its purpose is to maintain an organic community garden that will provide educational and beau... More ...
The Agoura Hills Library will celebrate National Library Week with various activities at 29901 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills. For information, call (818) 889-2278. +The play "Dinosaur Wars" by Myles Nye will be presented at 3:30 p.m. Tues., April 17. The show is geared toward elementary sc... More ... Junior Ranger Day coming The National Park Service will celebrate National Park Week in April with Junior Ranger Day events at 100 National Parks throughout the country. In the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Junior Ranger Day will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sat., April 28 at Satwiwa Native Amer... More ... White Oak schedules Bike-to-School Day Students from White Oak Elementary School in Westlake Village will participate in the inaugural Westlake Village BiketoSchool Day on Wed., April 18. Students and their parents will meet at the former Westlake Village Hospital parking lot at 7:30 a.m. and join Mayor Sue McSweeney and Principal A... More ...
Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Jonathon J. Bass has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas and earned credits toward an associate degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Bass is the son of Helen Bass of Agoura Hills and ... More ...
When Lauren Haukoos turned 13, her family threw a birthday bash. Although the party had the requisite birthday cake and candles, it was no typical birthday party. Lauren has autism. The party not only celebrated her coming of age, it doubled as a tribute to the dozens of people who h... More ...
FOR THE CHILDREN- Greg and Chris Reulbach participate in a recent gala fundraiser for Assistance League of Conejo Valley. More than $85,000 was raised at the Four Seasons Hotel to help provide health screenings, clothing and backpacks to underprivileged children. More ...
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com The funny papers don't need paper any more to reach an audience. In fact, the paper route may be more of a hindrance than a help to budding comic strip artists. Agoura Hills resident Scott Christian Sava should know. More ... GOP mixer at Reagan Library There will be a Ventura County Republican Party mixer at 7 p.m. Wed., April 25 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Air Force One Pavilion. Cyrus Nowrasteh, producer and writer of "The Path to 9/11," will speak, and local elected Republican officials will attend. There will be refr... More ... Farmers' Markets have fresh fruit, flowers 10 varieties of strawberries available Fresh fruits available at the Ventura County Certified Farmers' Markets this spring include limes, lemons, navels, blood oranges and tangerines in addition to ruby red grapefruit and oro blancos (hyprid grapefruit), according to grower Mike Shore. More ...
BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers GETTING TO KNOW YOU- Oak Park residents Marie and Brian White share business tips with Gene Marks of Thousand Oaks at the Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Chamber of Commerce Wild West Business Expo held recently at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza. More ... Registration opens for Mountains Restoration Trust summer camp Registration is open for the 2007 summer sessions of Discovery Nature Camp presented by Mountains Restoration Trust. Designed for children ages 8 to 12, the camp is an introduction to the wonders of nature, according to Susan Haugland, program director. More ... Home remodeling show coming to town Home remodeling is an important decision with expensive ramifications. A number of research options will be available to home and property owners at the 16th Home Remodeling Show April 21 and 22 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza in Thousand Oaks. How many bids should you obtain for your kitchen, spa... More ...
A poem written by Ryan Brown of Agoura Hills, was chosen from several thousand entries as one of the top 10 poems in his grade in the Creative Commun ication's Young Poets Contest. Ryan won a $50 savings bond, and his poem will be published in a poetry anthology called "A Celebration of Young P... More ... Iraqi native to discuss human cost of the war Dr. Dahlia Wasfi will address "The Human Cost of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wed., April 25 at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Wasfi spent her early childhood in Iraq and has visited her family there several times s... More ... Make a 'date' with The Acorn The Acorn invites community members to submit brief blurbs for free inclusion in our weekly Datebook calendar. Datebook is devoted to announcements of local events that are offered free of charge to the public or require a minimal fee; exceptions are made. More ...
SHELLY MARKS/Special to The Acorn TENDER TIMES- Stefanie Schaeffer, an Oak Park resident and contender on NBC's "The Apprentice," delivers American Cancer Society teddy bears to patients at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The bears represent more than $8,000 raised by Schaeffer for ... More ... United Women's Leadership Council helps people with social services By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com The year Raquel Montes turned 8, her life took a turn for the worse. Her mother died, and it wasn't long afterward that her father, an alcoholic, remarried. Their home had always been a violent one, but after her father married again, the abuse intensified. More ... Youth learn technology at iD Tech Camps Youth can learn how to use the latest technology at iD Tech Camps, a family owned Silicon Valley-based company now in its ninth season. iD Tech Camps produces weeklong day and overnight summer technology programs for "digital kids" ages seven to 17 at 50 universities in 23 states. More ... Foster care statistics Did you know . . . +In Ventura County, there are about 85 females between the ages of 16 and 19 in foster care. Of these young women, 16 are pregnant or already parenting. +It's estimated that 25 to 30 female foster youth in Ventura County will be emancipated this year. More ...
STEPHANIE BERTHOLDO/Acorn Newspapers MUSIC SAMPLING- Alina Yen, left, and Bryan Weitzman enjoy a variety of instruments in the Music Van as it visits Brookside Elementary School recently. Students played trombones, drums, violins, saxophones, harps and cellos that travel in the por... More ... Party for Project HOPE A new program is bringing families and friends together across the country to enjoy international cuisine and raise funds to support health education and humanitarian programs around the world. More ... Growing a business is Chamber breakfast topic The Thousand OaksWestlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Fri., April 13 at the Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. The breakfast will feature speaker Bala Kanayson, who will discuss secrets for growing a su... More ... Mixer in April The Agoura/Oak Park/ Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a mixer from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thurs., April 26 at Farmers Insurance Headquarters, 30801 Agoura Road, Building No. 1, Agoura Hills. For more information or to make reservations, call the Chamber at (818) 889-... More ... This Girl Scout goes for the gold By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com Miranda Peterson has spent much of her young life traveling as the daughter of a Hollywood set builder, moving with her family all over the southwestern United States. But recently, Peterson, 18, has been building something of her own, a project that will benefit her community for years to... More ... Red Cross honors seven women at Clara Barton Awards gala By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com The American Red Cross of Ventura County honored seven women for their contributions in bettering the lives of others at the fourth annual Clara Barton Awards Gala on Sat., March 24 at Camarillo's World War II Aviation Museum. Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten co-chaired the... More ...
WEDDING BELLS- Courtney Fry, daughter of David Fry of Houston, Texas and Patricia Fry of Westlake Village, marries Christopher Shamrell, son of John and Robin Shamrell of Oregon, on March 17 in Malibu. The bride, from Westlake Village, is a 2006 graduate of Cal State Northridge. The ... More ... After 5 Mixer at remodeled Hyatt The Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce will host an After 5 Mixer from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wed., April 18 at Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Guests will have the opportunity to view the hotel's remodeled ballroom. Cost for Chamber members is $2, n... More ... |
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