S-O-K-A spells Heschel
      I can understand Jess Thomas' frustration at the Heschel school approval which is planning to be dumped on Agoura Hills residents. This site has obviously been chosen due to its relatively low cost in spite of the fact that other adequate sites in Agoura Hills and vicinity were availabl...
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Supervisor ignored traffic impacts
      After reading Supervisor Yaroslavsky's recent Acorn guest opinion, he failed to address any of my major concerns about the worsening traffic impact this project will have on Agoura Hills communities east of Old Agoura such as Hillrise, Morrison Ranch, and Oak Valley, where I live.
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Heschel bashing is getting old
      Over the past 10 years, local families, with broad community support, have sought to build a nice school on a small part of a large parcel of property they already own that is adjacent to, but not within, the city of Agoura Hills.
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Long term costs not calculated
      Zev Yaroslavsky says he has "openly supported the Heschel school since it was proposed," but resents Jeff Thomas' implication that Heschel has enjoyed a "special relationship" with his office. Aside from the quiet relationships between Heschel's principal players, can Zev support a project and ...
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No SOS for Jewish day school
      Why does Los Angeles County refuse to acknowledge that Save Open Space appealed the Heschel school decision? This school project is just plain in the wrong place. It is a national park buffer Conservancy work program property that contains numerous animal trails. Will the new mounta...
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Why no affordable housing required of Hidden Hills?
      At a recent presentation to Calabasas homeowners' presidents regarding the Calabasas General Plan update, the planning staff explained the process and progress so far.
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Smoking law will help apartment dwellers
      In his letter to The Acorn Jan. 31, Michael Siegel asserted that the new smoking regulations recently passed in the city of Calabasas would make life more difficult for the residents in apartments. He could not be more wrong.
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Thanks for the new school
      As a parent of a third-grader at the Las Virgenes Community Learning Center, I'd like to praise and thank the Las Virgenes Unified School District Board for having the courage to start and support a new and progressive school such as ours.
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Countrywide executive was let off the hook
      Recent news concerning Countrywide has not been good. How could it be otherwise? Poor decisions by incredibly well paid and selfserving executives overseen by a board with serious vision problems have resulted in Countrywide's demise.
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Oak Park speeding is detested
      I was stunned at the juxtaposition of the two speeding-related articles published on the front page of the Jan.
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