Westlake Village cooks up fall festival

JANN HENDRY Acorn Newspapers

HOTCAKES- Left, Westlake Village City Manager Ray Taylor prepares pancakes for the Triunfo YMCA and Agoura/ Las Virgenes Optimist Club pancake breakfast before the Great Pumpkin Runs begin at the Westlake Village Civic Center on Sunday. The all-day Westlake Village City Celebration drew 2,000 participants, many in Halloween costumes, including some 600 runners and walkers. Below, White Oak Elementary School students, from left, Paul and Sarah Bouchez, Chris Diaz and Noah Miller enjoy a slot car race during the Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce 29th annual event.