Lynn McCormack, principal at Oak Park High School, has announced she will be retiring at the end of the school year. McCormack came to Oak Park in 2004. She had been the principal at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach since 1997. More...

KIMBERLIE NITTI/Special to The Acorn CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY- Calabasas resident and operating room nurse Anna Lubrano, center, demonstrates surgical equipment to a group of scouts during Girl Scout Medical Day held recently at Tarzana Regional Medical Center. More...

THURS., APRIL 10 Learn About State Gem Conejo Gem & Mineral Club meets 7.30 p.m., Hillcrest Arts Center, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Jim Brace-Thompson, secretary of CA Federation of Mineralogical Society, discusses official state gemstone, benitoite, with slides, video, samples. Pebble Pup workshop (youth program) during business meeting. More...

The Ventura County office of CB Richard Ellis recently signed a 10year lease renewal in Westlake Village. The tenant, Securitas Security Service, renewed their lease of 72,600 square feet at 4330 to 4360 Park Terrace Drive in Westlake Village. More...

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers HIGH FLIERS- Lupin Hill Elementary School third-grade student Arlo Cortell, 8, and A. E. Wright Middle School students sixth-grader Madelyn Thompson, left, and seventh-grader Ayjah Davis soar on the Cliff Hanger ride during the Lupin Hill Carnival at the school in Calabasas on Sunday. More...

With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Westlake High boys' golf team is in a familiar position- battling Royal for a Marmonte League title. Entering Wednesday's match against Agoura at Malibu Country Club, the Warriors were 13-2 overall and 8-1 in league play. Westlake's only league loss was against Royal, which is undefeated and in first place. More...

The Hogan Family Foundation announces the creation of the Lifeline 4 Paws Award that will recognize Southern California residents who had demonstrated extraordinary acts of kindness toward dogs during the year. More...

St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church is helping its sister parish, St. Michael's in Los Angeles, to improve its school music program by donating musical instruments. Alan Brauer, a member of the St. Max community, launched a drive to collect gently used musical instruments to start up a music program for St. More...

LORETTA BROWN/Special to The Acorn TIGERIFFIC- The Brookside Tiger mascot walked to school with students during Fitness Warrior Week from March 31 to April 4. The weeklong celebration ended with a jog-athon at the Oak Park school. The event helped prepare students for participation in the Dole Great Race of Agoura on Saturday. More...

Students at Agoura High School are stepping back in time as part of a school project. On Sun., April 13, "rent" parties will be hosted on the campus as the culmination of an English unit on the Harlem Renaissance. In Harlem in the early 1920s, rent parties were thrown by black residents who couldn't afford to pay the exorbitant apartment rents. More...

Attention homeowners in Old Agoura. The value of your property is about to be significantly impacted with the proposed tightening of the city ordinance that controls the size of home that can be built on your property. More...

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