The Social Security statement is an important document that helps American workers plan for their retirement. The statement includes an annual record of earnings for each individual. More...

Yes, I know, bunions are usually found in adults. But kids get them, too. Devon, a 14-year-old high school freshman, had recognizable bunions as early as 9 years old. Her pediatrician told her to wait until she was an adult to do anything about them, so she and her parents tried to ignore them. More...

FRI., AUG. 1 Thousand Oaks/Westlake Vil lage Regional Chamber of Com merce hosts networking Breakfast of Champions, 7 to 9 p.m., Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Registrations 6:45 a.m., early bird drawing 7 a.m. Attorney Glenn Dickinson discusses copyrights, licensing. More...

Holualoa Realty Advisors sold a 61,000-square-foot office building at 28720 Roadside Drive in Agoura Hills to Shamrock Plaza LP, according to a report. The two-acre development cost $12 million. Bruce Frasco, executive vice president with NAI Capital's Westlake Village office represented Holualoa along with Tom Specker of the commercial broker Lee & Associates. More...

Las Virgenes Unified School District officials and parents heading the grassroots organization, C.O.R.E. (Californians Organized to Rescue Education), met with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to explain how their budget needs differ from other school districts in the state, and to seek financial relief. More...

Call it the golden age of Ventura County football. More than any other year in recent memory, the stage is set for a handful of local football phenoms to make a major impact in the college game. More...

CHEESE, PLEASE— Ida Clark of Thousand Oaks captured this tidy fellow cleaning his dish after finishing Clark's lunch during a recent visit to McGrath State Beach just south of Ventura. "I had eaten half of my Greek wrap and decided to share it with a persistent squirrel," Clark said. "I figured he or she would take one sniff of the feta cheese and say, 'No thanks. More...

Agoura Hills A new Lifetime Elite 52-inch portable basketball hoop was taken on or about the weekend of July 19 from the cul-de-sac at the end of Buttonwood Avenue in Oak Park. According to the owner, a sign was placed on the hoop stating "Free, please take," possibly creating a cover story for the theft. More...

DRESS UP— Shannon Latson, an Oak Park resident, holds up a feather-fringed blouse she considered buying at the Conejo Valley Church of Christ Estate Sale fundraiser last Saturday in Thousand Oaks. More...

It isn't every day that children are recognized for their extraordinary ambition. Fourteen-year-old Zachary Johnson from Agoura Hills is one such young person, his hands involved in numerous extracurricular activities and his eyes set on a future career in politics. More...

GROOVIN' ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON— Jeff Nagel and Jennifer Graves, a Thousand Oaks dentist, relax at a pond-side table in the Westlake Village Inn Wine Cellar during the Midsummer Eve of Wine & Arts, a fundraiser sponsored by the Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks to benefit the Special Olympics, at the Westlake Village Inn on Sunday. More...

If you drive south on Kanan Road past Agoura Road, I'm sure you have seen the five mattresses someone dumped off the road approximately the second week of July. Now there are only four of them. If you have trash, there is a new and convenient place to dump it and apparently no one cares. More...

Coyote, always the jokester, the court jester, teaching us from the backdoor rather than through direct input. . . . About a month ago, I walked off my porch and looked down at the concrete sidewalk leading to the driveway. There, in diagonal pairs, were muddy star-shaped tracks, side by side. There was about 1. More...

When was the last time that you, your family and friends did something fun that also benefited a worthy cause? It's something relatively inexpensive, suitable for all ages and is close to home, not in downtown L.A., Hollywood or Las Vegas. More...