Oak Park High School has been selected for a pair of honors by the Anti-Defamation League. Four sophomores at the school will attend an ADL national leadership mission to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial in Washington, D.C. in November. They will be chosen by Oak Park counselors and will join juniors from schools nationwide. More...

Sumac Elementary School in Agoura Hills will be hosting a health fair from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Wed., June 4. The fair will include a blood drive to benefit Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. More...

THURS., MAY 29 Malibu Viniculture Malibu Chamber of Commerce presents fifth annual Malibu Food and Wine Tasting, 5 to 8 p.m., Malibu Wines Estate outdoor tasting room, 31800 Mulholland Hwy., Malibu. Wines from Malibu vineyards, food from local restaurants. Silent auction, grand prize gift basket of wines. RSVP (310) 456-9025, www.malibu.org. More...

Kookie Krazy will open a new "create your own cookie" retail franchise on Sat., May 31 in the Janss Marketplace, 215 N. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Kookie Krazy offers six kinds of dough and more than 40 addin toppings. Customers mix in their own ingredients to make a large cookie in any shape they want. More...

Viewpoint School senior Amanda Martin has been selected to receive a $1,000 NFIB/ Visa Young Entrepreneur Award. Martin is one of 400 high school seniors nationwide to be recognized by the National Federation of Independent Business Foundation for their impressive independent business activities and their entrepreneurial spirit. More...

One was surreal, two was so cool and the third was an absolute thrill. But winning four consecutive CIF-Southern Section Division V boys' volleyball championships? More...

Because of the awareness raised by teacher Robin Schneider and her guide dog, Evita, the students at A.E. Wright Middle School in Calabasas came up with a $1,100 donation for the Guide Dogs for the Blind organization in San Rafael, Calif. More...

Calabasas Vandals caused $500 in damages to a sliding glass door on Galilee Street May 24. Agoura Hills Someone stole a $2,800 laptop computer, a US passport, and other goods valued at about $500 from a vehicle parked in front of a business at an undisclosed location in the city on May 23. More...

On June 1, synagogues throughout Los Angeles will participate in a Walk for Darfur to raise funds and awareness about the genocide that has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced another 2.5 million people over the past five years in the western region of Sudan. More...

LIVING HISTORY- As part of a recent class project. White Oak Elementary School third-grade students and teachers play the part of immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island. Students researched their family backgrounds and and went through the steps of real immigration, including changing money and mailing letters back home. Some were put in "quarantine," or even in "jail." More...

Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBoeuf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone Rated: PG13 (for brief violence, spooky images) Running time: 125 minutes Best suited for: More...

The City Council's secret machinations regarding the resolute and systematic destruction of the charming character of Agoura Hills is a contemptible travesty clear for all to see, such as that Caterpillar tractor poised like some obscene and yellow monstrous insect on the hill. What a humiliating and degrading spectacle. More...

Earlier this year the Oak Park Unified School District released encouraging results from a survey that asked residents how they feel about renewing the district's $197 a year parcel tax that expires in 2009. About 80 percent of those surveyed said they would support an extension of the tax, which generates about $1 million a year for school programs and teacher salaries. More...