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Car vandals hit Calabasas neighborhood
Bird Streets targeted
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com

A rash of car vandalism has plagued the Bird Streets area of Calabasas. Residents say they are being targeted weekly by tire slashers. More...

City proceeds with Mountain View annexation
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com

The Calabasas City Council voted unanimously to begin the annexation of Mountain View Estates amid mostly positive responses from the neighborhood’s residents. The city wants to bring into its boundaries the 385 singlefamily homes in Mountain View Estates, as well as Gates Canyon Park (8 acres) and 558 acres of protected open space, totaling about 840 acres. More...

 Community
• article has image Wallet thief targets female shoppers
Placing a purse in the child seat of a shopping cart could mean saying goodbye to the wallet inside. More...
• Oak Park tank approved
• Poll disagrees with report
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 Health & Wellness
• article has image New chief nursing officer at Los Robles
Greg Angle, president and CEO of Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, recently announced that Tracy Weintraub has joined the Thousand Oaks hospital as chief nursing officer. More...
• Doctor attends conference in Paris
• Class on Parkinson disease slated
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 Bulletin
Board
• article has image Datebook
FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall More...
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 Schools
• article has image Computer education on the button at Oak Park
Oak Park High School’s computer classes have been revamped to provide students with more advanced training. Computer instructors Patti Pawloski and Erik Amerikaner have added Web design, animation, graphics and programming to their in-depth technology courses. They’ve had the financial support of a state grant and the school’s parent-faculty club. More...
• OPHS scrimmage, barbecue
• Meeting will assist parents of incoming high school freshmen
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 Faith
• article has image Synagogue helps foster kids get good start at school
Childspree provides supplies
For most children, backtoschool preparation is fun and exciting. Not so for many children in the community whose limited resources do not allow them to go shopping for the school supplies and clothing that they need. More...
• Friendship Circle to host fair
• Church to offer Alpha Course
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 Family
• article has image Oak Park’s new water park makes a splash
The new splash pad at Oak Canyon Community Park in Oak Park opened last weekend, and the timing couldn’t have been better as the water and cool spray from the park gave local children a welcome break from the sweltering heat. More...
• After-school Club Chaparral opens
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 Dining & Entertainment
• Entries open for fiction contest
The Ventura County Writers Club is sponsoring its 10th annual Short Story Contest with a grand prize of $500, secondplace prize of $250, and thirdplace prize of $125.  All submitted stories must be original and may not have been previously published in any newspaper, magazine or book, whether or not the author received compensation. More...
• Festival seeks new plays
• article has image “Taking Woodstock”
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 Letters
• Scout thankful for assistance
On Sun., Aug. 23, 50 people from my Boy Scout Troop 127 worked on my Eagle project, including four Eagle Scouts. More...
• Did school play a dirty trick on residents?
• Libraries are a safe haven for kids
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 Columns
• article has image Snakes shedding
I just spoke to a friend in the Adirondacks. In the northeast, a crispness hangs in the air and colors flash through the trees as fall approaches. Yet here, summer still blazes. Los Angeles summers are luxurious, leisurely and long, so much so that we may not realize all that occurs during these months. More...
• article has image Ask The DMV
• article has image Wife uses ‘bad memory’ for her benefit
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 Editorials
• Fall ball is here, so let’s be good sports
A few years ago, an experienced sportswriter said something that astounded us. “Kids will have fun and play their hearts out. It’s the parents,” he said, “who ruin things.” More...
• article has image Cartoon
• FOR THE RECORD
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