Sandy Espinoza wants her cat and 13 dogs back from Los Angeles Animal Care and Control so she can take them with her on a road trip to Missouri. Esponoza said she and her pets were separated on Aug. 4 when the California Highway Patrol came to her Thousand Oaks home and arrested her for a warrant on an unrelated matter. More...

To commemorate the life of their infant son Jason, who died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) when he was 4 months old, Katie and Andy Lutz will host Jason's Race, an October benefit to raise funds and awareness about the syndrome. More...

THURS., SEPT. 25 English Roses Ventura County Rose Society meets at Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center, 5100 Adolfo Road, Camarillo. Doors open 6:30 p.m. Celebration of members' roses 7 p.m. Program 7:30 p.m. Suzanne Horn gives PowerPoint presentation on David Austin and romance of English roses. Visitors welcome. More...

New VICA chief speaks The Agoura /Oak Park/ Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a breakfast at 8 a.m. Wed., Oct. 1 at the Calabasas Country Club, 4515 Park Entrada. The event will feature Stuart Waldman, new president of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. More...

LOOKING AHEAD— Oaks Christian seventh-grade students, from left, Madison Lauritzen, Shelby Livingstone and Christina Glover, look at a rendering of the future Oaks Christian Middle School complex during a groundbreaking ceremony in Westlake Village last Friday. More...

It wasn't a shock that moments after the Calabasas High football team beat Hueneme last week, 23-13, the CHS students rushed Keith Ritchie Field. Who could blame them? The last time the Coyotes had won a home game was against Nordhoff on Sept. 27, 2002. More...

SOFT TO THE TOUCH— Misty, a 9-year-old female domestic long-hair cream colored cat, was surrendered by her owner. Misty can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. To take Misty home, ask for ID No. A3851400. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so please call (818) 991-0071 first or visit animalcare.lacounty.gov/. More...

Agoura Hills Vandals shattered two windows worth $750 at a school in the 29000 block of Laro Drive between Sept 8 and Sept. 9. A burglar stole a $300 satellite receiver and caused $250 in damages to a vehicle parked in the 29200 block of Fountainwood Street Sept 8. More...

At their dances, retreats and weekly lounge nights, the members of Temple Aliyah's youth group appear to be happy teens simply having a good time. But there's a lot more going on among the young people who make up the United Synagogue Youth chapter at the Woodland Hills congregation. More...

The Agoura Hills Planning Commission last week adopted the Agoura Village Specific Plan and also approved an updated environmental impact report for the commercial and residential development on Agoura Road. More...

MAKE 'EM SMILE— Above, Dancers from Retter's Academy of Dance and Starlet Academy show fancy footwork during the fifth annual Thousand Oaks Arts Festival at the Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks last Sunday. More...

Great for Calabasas, one more new regulation. It seems that Calabasas has a quest for a near perfect utopia. Every time I look they are regulating something. Now it's fundraising carwashes. They have an oppressive regulation regarding recreational vehicles parked on your own property, antismoking, anti-plastic bags, etc. More...

It would be nice if we had more kids in our school system, but it probably isn't in the cards, at least in the foreseeable future. Declining enrollment is not a unique problem. Other school districts in California, particularly in affluent areas, are experiencing the same phenomenon. More...