The Calabasas Environmental Commission said goodbye earlier this month to a student representative who has worked diligently to promote environmental awareness in the community. Rebecca Peters graduated from Calabasas High School last spring and has left her post on the commission to start her college career at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. More...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has recognized Oak Park as one of 11 California school districts with exemplary wellness policies. More...

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The Phyllis Bell Salon has added Josie Redington to the staff of the Westlake hair and skin care salon. Redington is certified in advanced PCA peels and offers specialized facial treatments using high end corrective products imported from France and other places around the world. More...

Agoura Chargers Fri., Sept. 25: PSAT sales in the AAC Sat., Sept. 26: PSAT Boot Camp/A-1/9 a.m. Sun., Sept. 27: PSAT Boot Camp/A-1/9 a.m. Mon., Sept. 28: No school-fall recess More...

The Westlake High girls’ golf team won the Marmonte League championship in 2008. This year, the Warriors are even better. “It’s very obvious that they’ve got one of the premier teams in all of Southern California,” Agoura head coach Gary Gray said. More...

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Agoura Hills A thief stole a $1,350 electric guitar, a $700 acoustic guitar and a $150 case from The Canyon club on Roadside Drive Aug. 20. Someone stole two flat screen televisions valued at $5,400 from a business in the 28500 block of Canwood Street Aug. 31. The culprits also caused $1,000 in damages to get into the location. More...

“Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” —Erica Jong While attending college as a young adult, one of the things I did to earn money was to teach music. More...

A year ago I started living-out a dream I have had for many years: to backpack and camp the entire 220-mile length of the John Muir Trail in the protected wilderness areas of the High Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, from Yosemite Valley to Mt. Whitney. More...

Keith Kramer passed away September 5th, 2009 at the age of 52. He is survived by his wife Shelley, children Daniel and Jessica, parents Harvey and Marilyn, brother Jeff (Liz), sister Andrea Jill Nieto (Xavier), 3 nephews, and niece and numerous cousins. 38A19I More...

The second annual Underwood Farms Folk Festival will be Sat. and Sun., Oct. 3 and 4 at the farm, 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark. Gates will be open from 9 a.m. to 6. Musicians will play from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event is a celebration of California folk music and will feature some of the finest musicians in the region. More...

As one of the dozens of volunteers that worked at the Vietnam Wall over the Labor Day weekend, I would like to respond to Mr. Bill Hynes’ complaint about the way the wall was honored on the last day. I think Mr. Hynes missed the whole point of the wall. The wall is about the 58,261 names etched on the wall and not about us. More...

“Inspiration comes with a deadline,” quipped Art Buchwald when asked how he responds to his publisher’s demands. More...

Residents and officials in Oak Park have long warned about the dangers of Medea Creek Middle School traffic. Impatient drivers negotiating the hills and curves in front of the school frequently come within inches of hitting students. More...