Down syndrome advocate returns to Big Apple
By Eamon Murphy
eamon@theacorn.com | March 15, 2024
The last time Isabella Hass went to New York, she saw herself featured on a billboard in Times Square. In 2021 the Westlake Village resident, now 16, was selected for...
Play ball, do something good
March 15, 2024
The Meadowlark Service League will host its annual Spring Charity Luncheon on Mon., March 18 at Las Posas Country Club, 955 Fairway Drive, Camarillo, and the public is invited to...
Service with a smile in Calabasas
March 15, 2024
The 23rd annual $25,000 USTA Men’s Pro Tennis Championships will take place starting Sat., March 16 at the Calabasas Tennis and Swim Center, 23400 Park Sorrento, Calabasas. Since 2001, Top...
March is Mermaid Month at the Harbor
March 15, 2024
Fans of mermaids will love this. Ventura Harbor Village is featuring its ninth annual “March is Mermaid Month” celebration at the village on Spinnaker Drive in Ventura. Lovers of the sea and landlubbers alike can celebrate these mystical sirens with free ocean-inspired festivities from noon...
Fundraising is in its final stages for the inclusive Morrison playground
By John Loesing
newstip@theacorn.com | March 15, 2024
The Morrison Park Playground project in Agoura Hills got a big boost last week in the form of a $10,000 check donation from the Agoura-based Los Angeles Rams NFL team. Sponsored by the Westlake Village Rotary Foundation, the Morrison Park Playground group previously entered into...
Quest fined for dirty lab disposals
March 1, 2024
Quest Diagnostics Inc., a national medical testing company with offices throughout Ventura and Los Angeles counties, has settled a nearly $5 million lawsuit for the illegal disposal of hazardous waste, medical waste and patient information. The multi-jurisdictional civil lawsuit involved the offices of California Attorney...
Nurses reach deal with Los Robles
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | January 26, 2024
Union nurses at Los Robles Regional Medical Center approved a three-year contract deal Jan. 17, ending seven months of intense negotiations sparked by allegations of unsafe staffing levels at the Thousand Oaks hospital. “ We are pleased they have voted to ratify the agreement,” Los...
The gold sounds
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com | March 15, 2024
From the smoldering catacombs of Acorn Sports Island, which can be seen through the sublime green smog of Monster Island where Godzilla vacations in sunglasses...
Bolts celebrate CIF Final Four
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com | March 8, 2024
Agoura High’s girls’ water polo team made a deeper CIF playoff run than any other local squad this season. The Chargers reached the CIF-Southern Section...
Calabasas soccer star wins big
March 8, 2024
Isabella Rudnick, a Calabasas resident, is a soccer champion. Rudnick, a freshman forward for the girls’ soccer team at Louisville High of Woodland Hills, helped...
La Reina families file lawsuit
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | March 1, 2024
One month after the closure of Thousand Oaks’ La Reina Catholic school was announced, a group of parents, students and donors has filed a lawsuit...
WHS announces, cancels Black History Month dress-up days
Makena Huey
Makena@theacorn.com | February 28, 2024
A Black History Month activity at Westlake High School originally planned for this week that encouraged students to show up to campus in clothing inspired...
Financial oversight issues place Las Virgenes school audit under microscope
By Eamon Murphy
eamon@theacorn.com | February 23, 2024
An independent audit of the Las Virgenes Unified School District’s 2022-23 financial statements found four accounting deficiencies in the sampled transactions— two of which are...
La Reina parents, supporters eye law suit
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | February 16, 2024
Already dealing with the ire of students, parents, alumnae and their supporters, the sponsoring organization of La Reina High and Middle School may face a...
Kindess? Yeah, we could all use a little bit of that
By Stephanie Bertholdo
Special to The Acorn | February 2, 2024
Dr. Kate Vadehra believed in the “power of kindness and in the “goodness and joy that kindness brings.” The late school board member wrote those...
A Gilbert and Sullivan classic goes steampunk
By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com | March 15, 2024
Since its premiere 139 years ago, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Mikado” has become one of the most popular and important light operettas of all time. The satire of 19th century British institutions features several songs that have flourished outside the context of the show, including...
Fans of beloved TV series are in for a big treat with 3-day Simi festival
March 8, 2024
Their house was little, but the influence of the Ingalls family remains gigantic. The 1880s-era adventures of this pioneer family were first chronicled in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s bestselling books in the 1930s and ’40s. New generations of fans began discovering the Ingalls when the “Little...
Play is searing indictment of antisemitism in the South
By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com | March 1, 2024
It’s been over a 100 years since Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old Atlanta pencil factory worker, was horrifically murdered. Leo Frank, the Jewish man who managed the factory, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. Though his sentence was later commuted to life by...
WHS choir goes back in time
By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com | February 23, 2024
It’s been a while since we checked in with Westlake High School’s choir program so we thought we’d see what its acclaimed show ensemble, A Class Act, was up to this semester. In its pre-pandemic phase, ACA performed tightly arranged themed medleys of songs with...
LAY DOWN YOUR BURDENS
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | February 2, 2024
Members of the Conejo Valley Hindu American community gathered at Thousand Oaks’ Sri Venkata Krishna Temple last week to lay down their burdens— both literal and figurative. They did so...
Christmas trees around the world
December 22, 2023
The Reagan Library’s annual holiday exhibit features 26 lavishly decorated trees representing the 26 countries President Reagan visited while in office, as well as a White House tree and a...
Regional cities oppose AT&T bid to drop copper landline requirement
By Eamon Murphy
eamon@theacorn.com | March 15, 2024
Who still uses a landline, anyway? In an emergency situation like a fire, potentially plenty...
County most expensive housing market in nation, forecast warns
By John Loesing
newstip@theacorn.com | March 8, 2024
Ventura County’s housing availability remains at a critically low level, experts said at this year’s...
Conejo Valley home for under $1M
March 8, 2024
Coldwell Banker’s Pat Helton says you’re not dreaming if you think a single-story home in...
Senior workshop to help solo women plan for the future
Andrea Gallagher | October 6, 2023
Recently, a friend asked me if there is a book she can read to learn about the things she should be planning for now that she is getting older. She mentioned that she has other single female friends of varying ages who are wondering the...
SHERIFF’S BLOTTER
March 15, 2024
Agoura Hills An Audi A4 was broken into in the parking lot of LA Fitness on Roadside Drive on Feb. 26. The front passenger window was smashed, causing around $200 in damage, and a purse containing wallet with $30 in cash was stolen from the...
SHERIFF’S BLOTTER
March 8, 2024
Agoura Hills Club Champion on Canwood Street was burglarized early in the morning on Feb. 16. The rear glass door was shattered and about 100 golf clubs heads were stolen, for a total loss of around $10,000. The cost of repairing the door was estimated...