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The kids are alright


New city manager ready to step in


Shots arrive, what’s next?


Westlake approves warning light on street where…


Oak Park joins wider back-to-school movement


Neighbors

I spy with my little eye

COMMENTARY /// The road less traveled
By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| March 4, 2021

A golden eagle launching into flight. A coyote smiling in the sun. A doe peering into the camera for a one-eyed close-up. They say a picture is worth a thousand...

One owl who was not so wise

COMMENTARY /// CWC patient of the week | March 4, 2021

The California Wildlife Center said it successful treated an injured Western Screech Owl, who was admitted Feb. 1 after the female bird flew into a window pane in Westlake Village....

Collecting books for Africa

| March 4, 2021

A book drive for Books For Africa will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Fri. to Sun., March 5 to 7 and March 12 to 14 at Evenstar Park...

YMCA outdoor classes safe, fun

| March 4, 2021

Branches of the Southeast Ventura County YMCA offer outdoor, in-person enrichment programs for children, preschoolers through age 11. The Yarrow Family YMCA in Westlake Village holds classes Mondays, Thursdays and...

Youth clubs mark 20 years

The Acorn Staff | March 4, 2021

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Conejo Valley is celebrating 20 years since its founding. The organization was founded in 2001 by Thousand Oaks resident, community leader and philanthropist...

Family

Squirrel of the Month

| December 3, 2020

OUT OF HIS GOURD— Diane Lind submitted this photo on behalf of her 13-year-old daughter Zoe, an eighth-grader at Lindero Canyon Middle School. Zoe took the picture in the family’s backyard in Agoura Hills. The critter discovered the Halloween jack-o’-lanterns and began feasting on them....

BRIEFS

The Acorn Staff | December 3, 2020

Agoura Hills gets in the holiday spirit The City of Agoura Hills will host the following ways for residents to celebrate the holidays while still staying social distanced. Santa at the Adobe: A drive-thru event will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Sat., Dec....

Sky’s the limit for active college student and her service dog

The Acorn Staff | September 17, 2020

Wherever Leizelle Mitchell goes, her Shadow follows. Sometimes Shadow will go just ahead of Mitchell’s walker. Shadow will push a crosswalk button with her nose or pull open a door so Mitchell can get through. The 3-year-old service dog acts as an extension of her...

Health

Assisted living outbreak comes with heart-rending tale

By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| March 4, 2021

Before Patricia Chambers died in 2016, she told her only son that she was worried about what would happen to her husband, Robin, who had dementia. So Pat’s son made a promise to his dying mother. “I said, ‘Mom, don’t worry. I’ll take care of...

Nursing students learn firsthand about life on the front lines

By Brooke Stanley
brooke@theacorn.com
| February 25, 2021

As a student nurse, Bouchra Gygax had given shots before— but none like this. As she was preparing to push the needle into the arm of a waiting healthcare worker at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, she said, the glass vial containing the...

Letters of cheer for seniors

| February 18, 2021

The Ventura County Area Agency on Aging continues to seek letters of support and encouragement as part of the Letters of Support Campaign, which was launched in September 2020 in partnership with Meals on Wheels America. The campaign provides older adults and people with disabilities...

Red Cross to hold local blood drives

| February 11, 2021

The Red Cross seeks healthy individuals who can make an appointment to give blood or platelets. All blood types are needed. As a thank-you, those who come to give in February will receive a $5 Amazon gift card via email, courtesy of Amazon. Restrictions apply....

Sports

The ultimate team player

FOOTBALL /// Fresno State Bulldogs
Eliav Appelbaum
Email: eliav@theacorn.com
| March 4, 2021

Omer Melzer-Bronstein isn’t a football player, but he’s got his own uniform. Donning a baseball hat, sunglasses and a polo shirt, Melzer-Bronstein wheels around the...

Lions’ super signing day

| March 4, 2021

Oaks Christian High celebrated its seniors with a socially distanced signing day. Twenty Lions attended last month’s event. The athletes who signed scholarships include Youssef...

Sight for sore eyes

CROSS COUNTRY /// Coastal Canyon League duals
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com
| February 25, 2021

Jack de la Rionda had not raced in more than a year. Before the senior captain for the Royal High boys’ cross country team woke...

Schools

Student volunteers step up to serve, mentor

By Rob McCarthy
Special to The Acorn
| February 25, 2021

Growing up in a small town near the Canadian border, Makenna Drye saw the value of volunteer service early in life. The senior at Cal...

Online showcase for school’s music talent

| February 18, 2021

The Agoura High School Music and Tri-M Music Honors Society premiered the AHS Music Winter Virtual Showcase 2021 on Jan. 28. The virtual concert featured...

SAT subject test and essay a thing of the past in post-pandemic world

By Christina Cox
christina@theacorn.com
| February 11, 2021

High school students will have two less things to worry about when applying to college this spring. The College Board nationwide testing group announced it...

COLLEGE STANDOUTS

| February 11, 2021

Grasen Campbell of Oak Park and Riley deVarannes of Agoura Hills made the fall 2020 dean’s list at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. Benjamin Diamond...

Innovative social media approach helps in the classroom

By Ian Bradley
ianbradley@theacorn.com
| January 28, 2021

Winnie Sloan is all about her students. The Oak Park High School science teacher will do whatever it takes to make sure they understand her...

On the Town

A rebellious slave’s plea for redemption

By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com
| February 25, 2021

Conejo Players Theatre in Thousand Oaks continued its focus on worthy, one-person shows with “Nat’s Last Struggle,” a one-act, one-man performance written by Virginia playwright Patty A. Wray. CPT’s production marked the West Coast premiere of the play, which was streamed online for three performances,...

Find deals, meals during Conejo Restaurant Week

| February 25, 2021

Foodies, this is your moment: The weather’s warming up, outdoor dining restrictions have been lifted and the second annual Conejo Valley Restaurant Week kicked off Fri., Feb. 19. The event continues through Sun., Feb. 28. Diners can explore special menus and offers at over 20...

A note-perfect reminder to ‘never forget’

By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com
| February 11, 2021

International Holocaust Remembrance Day took place Jan. 27, marking the date 76 years ago when the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland was liberated by the Allies during World War II. New West Symphony celebrated the momentous occasion by presenting a week’s worth of music, interviews...

Character-rich drama a perfect choice for COVID era

By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com
| February 4, 2021

Playwright Arlene Hutton’s “The Last Train to Nibroc,” a World War II drama about two Kentuckians finding love while returning home after respective disappointments, was a surprise hit of the 1998 New York International Fringe Festival and went on to have a brief run off-Broadway....

Faith

Church responds to needs of community

The Acorn Staff | February 25, 2021

Before the pandemic, the Church of the Epiphany, an Episcopal church in Oak Park, was already providing regular assistance to local social service organizations through its outreach program. With the...

Interfaith Zoom forum

| February 25, 2021

The Ventura County Interfaith Community will host a Zoom forum on “Where Do Souls Come From?” at 7 p.m. Tues., March 9. Speakers from various faiths will present their views...

Houses of worship see a drop in donations, attendance

By Brooke Stanley
brooke@theacorn.com
| January 7, 2021

Some residents have responded to the challenges of this year by turning to their faith while others have drifted away. Whether because of financial struggles, health concerns or an inability...

Business

Agoura Hills business cuts to the chase

| March 4, 2021

Knife Aid, a brick-and-mortar based business in Agoura Hills, has come up with a sharp...

The ins-and-outs of home loans

| March 4, 2021

Logix Federal Credit Union will host online home-buying seminars at noon and 5 p.m. Wed.,...

EYE ON LOCAL AREA STOCKS

| March 4, 2021

Columns

Drawing closer to God through solitude

Sally Carpenter | March 4, 2021

Simon and Garfunkel sang about “The Sound of Silence,” but silence is not something we want or seek. Solitude frightens us. Alone, we have no distractions to take our minds off our feelings, fears and frustrations. We’re afraid God might ask us to do something...

Sacrifices for greater good during pandemic

Andrea Gallagher | February 18, 2021

The novel “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng keeps swirling in my mind these days because one of its basic themes is the conflict between rule followers and rule breakers that we see playing out in America today. The story features two main characters, both...

Chronic stress in pandemic, no kidding

Andrea Gallagher | January 21, 2021

I’m not sure anyone could have predicted what the beginning of 2021 would look like, particularly as we ushered out 2020 believing it was one of the most challenging years on record. And now, as our new year begins, we are seeing an unprecedented surge...

Nature provides relief in tough times

Gloria Glasser | January 7, 2021

Mercifully, nature appears to be among those things the pandemic cannot beat back. This became obvious on a recent jaunt from Bennett Park in Westlake Village’s First Neighborhood out to Westlake Lake on Lindero Canyon Road and on to the Las Virgenes Reservoir in the...

Robin Rousselet

| January 7, 2021

It is with profound sadness we announce that Robin Noel Rousselet has passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 due to sudden cardiac arrest. Robin was born on April 12, 1957 in Hollywood, California. He was a loving husband, father and great friend to all...

Crime

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

| March 4, 2021

Calabasas On Feb. 19 someone vandalized the Taco Bell on Las Virgenes Road by spray-painting several walls of the building,...

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| February 25, 2021

Catalytic converter thieves and poop pirates are public enemy No. 1

| February 25, 2021

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We’re ready for back-to-class

| March 4, 2021

Can we please stop the madness and get our kids back in school? We have...

Development redux

| March 4, 2021

Here they go once, again, trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s...

Stop ‘nonsense’ Parks recall

| March 4, 2021

Linda Parks has worked hard across a wide spectrum of causes throughout the Conejo Valley....

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