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Agoura High School students John "JD" Theodosiou and Brandon Patterson and their auto class teacher John Andersen may not have taken first place in the 2008 National Automotive Technology Competition in New York City, but the three still felt like winners. More ... The head of the county's transportation agency said last week that an additional half-cent sales tax in Ventura County could ease traffic-clogged freeways and get commuters home earlier. More ... Oxnard resident Scott B. Whitenack, 49, an attorney who practiced law in Westlake village, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of writing and passing checks with nonsufficient funds. Whitenack wrote and passed three checks totaling $340 with insufficient funds in his business checking account between July 29, 2007 and Sept. 9, 2007. More ... The man who served as Thousand Oaks High School Football Booster Club treasurer for more than 2½ years has been arrested for allegedly embezzling the money he volunteered to help keep an eye on. Michael McCarley, 59, turned himself in to the Thousand Oaks Sheriff's Station March 12. More ... Representatives from the Conejo Affordable Housing Workgroup are asking those interested in fighting homelessness in the area to attend a series of meetings to discuss strategies. Subcommittee meetings will be held at Thousand Oaks City Hall at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. in the Acorn Room, and will take place the first Wednesday of every month. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers TRAFFIC CHECK- A new camera stands perched on a light pole at the intersection of Kanan Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Agoura Hills, but the device isn't there for law enforcement. It's part of a Kanan Road signal synchronization project by the city of Agoura Hills. The camera signal is fed to city hall to help officials better coordinate the flow of traffic. More ... •Last week's page 2 photograph of new Calabasas Mayor Mary Sue Maurer being sworn into office was not taken by Joe Binoya of The Acorn , it was provided by the city of Calabasas. More ... In his directorial debut, Colin Cunningham manages to create a living hell in just 15 minutes. Cunningham's short film, "Centigrade," screened last week at the 10th annual Method Fest Independent Film Festival in Calabasas. More ... The Agoura Hills city Department of Community Services announces events for April and the coming months. Unless otherwise noted, all programs will take place at the Agoura Hills Recreation Center, 30610 Thousand Oaks Blvd. For more information on any event, call (818) 597-7361. More ... Inspiration can be found in many different ways. For a group of Medea Creek Middle School students in Oak Park, it came from a book. More ... The fifth annual National Walk to Work Day is scheduled for tomorrow, Fri., April 4. Americans are encouraged to turn their commute into an exercise and healthy living opportunity by walking to work. The event is endorsed by the U.S. More ... JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers GETTING A CLOSER LOOK- Agoura Hills resident Candy Miller examines the photographs on display during a photo contest at the Agoura Hills Senior Retreat last Sunday. More ... Viewpoint School student Emma Murphy of Westlake Village won first place in the Senior Division Historical Paper Competition at the 28th Annual History Day L.A., hosted by Azusa Pacific University on March 15. More ... Attend a Conejo Valley community fundraiser or schoolrelated event and you're likely to see Joe Hecht working the microphone. More ... The Oak Park Recreation and Park Planning Committee will hold a public hearing to further consider the possibility of constructing an off-leash dog park in Oak Park at 7 p.m. Thurs., April 10 at the Oak Park Community Center and Gardens, 1000 N. Kanan Road. More ... Westlake Women's Club will hold its 39th annual Fashions on Parade show at 10 a.m. Fri., April 18 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd. The event includes a silent auction and boutique, lunch and fashion show by The Oaks. More ... The California Strawberry Festival is celebrating its silver anniversary with a poster featuring a sparkling champagne glass with a floating strawberry amidst a tapestry of festival posters from throughout the years. More ... IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers SPRING GARDENING- Richard Rankin of Oak Park has a look at the elephant garlic sprouts planted among standard garlic plants as he waters his parcel in the Oak Park Community Garden last Saturday afternoon. Rankin and his wife Vicky rent two parcels in the garden and plant a wide variety of flowers and produce. The garden is on Kanan Road. More ... Mountains Restoration Trust's Youth Naturalist Program is offering a paleontology workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sat., April 12. Children will learn about dinosaurs through a fossil dig, hike and related craft. A guest speaker will bring in a lifesize tyrannosaurus rex head. More ... The Agoura Library has announced its events for April. All events are at the library, 29901 Ladyface Court, Agoura Hills. For more information, call (818) 889-2278. •A National Library Week tea party will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sat., April 12. Local celebrities will read award-winning books to children and bookmark contest winners will be presented. More ... Universal Love Foundation has changed the date of its House of Hope open house to 10 a.m. April 6 at the center, 28720 Canwood St., Ste. 104, Agoura Hills. House of Hope is a grief and loss center dedicated to helping children and their families through loss by providing peer support groups and additional services as required at no cost. More ... Community RSS feed |
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