Neighbors
Borderline two years later
By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com | November 12, 2020
Two years after they smashed windows, pushed through fences and fled out of doorways to escape the deadliest shooting in Ventura County history, dozens of survivors who lived through the...
Community remembers its shared tragedy
The Acorn Staff | November 12, 2020
Sitting on the porch of the closed Borderline bar and grill Nov. 7, Newbury Park resident Dylan McNey said milestones are hard. He lost eight friends in the 2018 Borderline...
BRIEFS
The Acorn Staff | November 12, 2020
A new look at an historical holiday The Conejo Valley Genealogical Society will meet from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Tues., Nov. 17 via Zoom. Cal Lutheran University History Department chair...
New perspective on Old Agoura
The Acorn Staff | November 12, 2020
In its earliest days, Agoura Hills was a mere stagecoach stop referred to to as “Vejar Junction.” In the early 1920s, after Paramount Studios purchased a ranch in the neighborhood,...
Health
Clearing the air by tracking toxics and chemicals
By David Goldstein
Special to The Acorn | November 12, 2020
This year, the California Legislature passed chemical “right to know” legislation, requiring disclosures of ingredients in cosmetics and feminine hygiene products. Previously, some ingredients could...
Free COVID-19 antibody testing continues in Ventura County
| November 12, 2020
The second phase of a COVID-19 antibody study led by a Ventura County-based public and private partnership group began Nov. 9. The COVID-19 IgG antibody...
Rehab centers see rise in substance abuse
By Brooke Stanley
brooke@theacorn.com | November 5, 2020
This is the second of a two-part series. As the country enters its seventh month of being upended by the pandemic, local behavioral health workers...
Local drug, overdose deaths decrease for first time in three years
By Brooke Stanley
brooke@theacorn.com | October 29, 2020
Part one of a two-part series For the first time in three years, Ventura County deaths resulting from drugs or alcohol have decreased, according to...
Sports
The longest yards
FOOTBALL /// Special report
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com | November 12, 2020
Not everyone can emulate the warlock Adam Vinatieri hammering a...
Runnin’ Rebel runs wild
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com | November 12, 2020
Just call him the Runnin’ Rebel. While that nickname is...
