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DUI checkpoint will target wayward drivers in Calabasas The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will conduct a DUI/driver's license checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Fri., March 21 in Calabasas. More ...
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com A volunteer community group called Californians Organized to Rescue Education (CORE) has joined forces with the 12th District Parent-Teacher Association to oppose Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed education budget cuts. More ...
SEEDS OF TOMORROW- Children help put a sycamore tree into the ground during last Saturday's Arbor Day planting at Gates Canyon Park in Calabasas. On a nearby barren hillside, several dozen oak trees were also planted. Calabasas is celebrating its 10th year as an official Tre... More ... 10th annual Method Fest returns to Calabasas The city of Calabasas will host the 10th running of The Method Fest independent film festival from March 27 to April 3. Named after the famous school of acting, The Method Fest is the only U.S. film festival to put the art of acting in the spotlight. More ... ZIP codes won't change The United States Postal Service announced it will not move its processing operations for the Thousand Oaks Post Office from Santa Clarita to Oxnard. The operational change would have required new ZIP codes to be issued to addresses in Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and portions of Westlake ... More ...
By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com Kristianne Pak, a Calabasas High School graduate, has come a long way since cooking up her first dish of macaroni and cheese at the age of 8. Pak, 26, won the San Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Competition, beating out the other competitors with her grown-up signature dish of glazed beef... More ...
Officials say approximately 5,000 runners will take to the streets and trails April 5 for the 23rd running of the Dole Great Race of Agoura Hills. Participants will travel from over 250 cities and 25 different states to join local competitors in one of the premiere runn... More ... Viewpoint School students raise money for Zeitgeist For the past year and a half, students from Viewpoint School in Calabasas have been helping to raise money for Zeitgeist Community Learning Center, a nonprofit afterschool and summer program in the Crenshaw area. More ...
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers 'OH, CANADA'- Students from the Las Virgenes Community Learning Center present a skit about Canada during the Open House and Culminating World Studies performance at the school in Calabasas last Friday. The Learning Center, which is an alternative elementary school in t... More ...
Fundraiser is March 30 The Conejo Valley Friendship Circle will hold its third annual 5K Friendship Walk to raise funds to support programs for special needs children and their families from 1 to 4 p.m. Sun., March 30. The walk will begin at the Chabad of Agoura Hills, 30345 Canwood St. More ...
NATIONAL CHAMPS- The Agoura High School Spirit Team celebrates their seventh U.S.A. Nationals Championship in the crowdleading category. Under the direction of Coach Eileen McGrew, the Charger spirit team competed against 8,500 cheerleaders and songleaders in the annual event at the Anaheim Conve... More ... 'Open Wednesdays' encourages dialogue from cities in Ventura County The Ventura County Community Foundation will host "Open Wednesdays" from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Wed., April 2 at Westlake City Hall, 31200 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village. More ...
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers WALK OR RUN- Medea Creek Middle School eighth-grade students, from left, Amanda Katz, Christina Lovejoy and Jenny Freilach, choose to walk a lap while they are passed by jogger Benson Ishii during the school's jog-a-thon in Oak Park last week. More ... Kessler named Woman of the Year State Assemblymember Julia Brownley (Santa Monica) picked Agi Kessler as her choice for 2008 Woman of the Year. Kessler, a resident of Woodland Hills, is the chair of the Democratic Party of San Fernando Valley. Under Kessler's direction, the party was successful in electing... More ... Moms in Motion host wine tasting Moms in Motion of Westlake Village will host a wine tasting fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Sun., March 30 at The Wineyard, 1948 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. The event will benefit The Wellness Community for cancer support, education and hope. More ...
JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers SEW FUN- A.E. Wright Middle School seventh-grade student Jessica Harnoy, 12, stitches a doll at her "Ye Olde Stitchery Shoppe" during the 33rd annual Medieval Market at the school in Calabasas last week. More ... Production begins on violence prevention video Parents of Murdered Children organizing effort The Ventura County Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children Inc. is producing a community outreach prevention and awareness video with local production company 4eventsphoto. The video will provide youths, adults and professionals in the community with the ability to comprehend what murder cause... More ...
WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers TWENTY-ONE- From left, Mary Trowbridge, Kathy and Eric Terndrup, Pat Trowbridge and Heidi and John Smits play a round of blackjack at the Triunfo YMCA Every Donation Counts Casino Night at the Los Robles Banquet Center in Thousand Oaks on Saturday. More ... Astronomers won't space out The Ventura County Astronomical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Fri., March 21 in the multipurpose room at Mesa Union School, 3901 Mesa School Road in Somis. The speaker will be Dr. Marc Rayman, who has been with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1986. More ... Universal Love Foundation hosts grief center open house Universal Love Foundation will host its House of Hope-Grief and Loss Center open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., April 5 at 28720 Canwood St., No. 104, Agoura Hills. The open house is in cooperation with Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles. The public is invited to bring new, unwrapped... More ...
GROWING UP- Girl Scouts from Lupin Hill Elementary School in Calabasas show off their Daisy Girl Scout certificates at an initiation ceremony recently. They earned their place as new scouts by reciting the Girl Scout Law. The new members of Troop 621 are, back row from left: Cindy Park, Karli Dorfma... More ...
The city of Agoura Hills Department of Community Services has announced the availability of the new Spring 2008 Brochure. Classes are available for children ages 1 through 10, teens 11 through 17 and adults. Dance, art, sports, cooking, fitness, fencing and foreign language classes a... More ... Marie Callender's donates pies for blood drive United Blood Services is holding a Marie Callender's Blood Drive. Through April 12, every blood donor will receive a certificate for a free whole pie from Marie Callender's. Donations may be made Monday through Friday at the UBS Center at 1756 Eastman Ave. More ...
WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers READY TO STRIKE- Westlake Village resident Andy Meyers swings into action during Westlake Village Junior Women's Club Bowling Bash. The event took place recently at Harley's Simi Bowl in Simi Valley and featured a disc jockey, dinner catered by Wood Ranch Barbec... More ... Harbor hopping for Easter The Ventura Harbor Village will hold their Harbor is Hopping event from 1 to 3 p.m. Sun., March 23 at the Village Carousel Stage. Mother Goose will be on hand for storytelling and face painting and the Easter Bunny will be available for photos. The Garden Lady will help children and a... More ... |
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