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 the National Down Syndrome Society’s annual video exhibition, displayed on giant screens in the heart of Manhattan. Now she’s heading back to the Big Apple to speak at the United […]
Neighbors
Play ball, do something good
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 help out with the cause. The fundraiser will also feature a tennis and pickleball tournament, silent and live auctions, and an onsite boutique with vendors, the latter of which will […]
Service with a smile in Calabasas
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 Seed Tennis Academy and the City of Calabasas have hosted the event. And, once again, Cadillac of Calabasas will be the title sponsor. Doubles qualifying for the Pro Tennis Championships […]
March is Mermaid Month at the Harbor
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 to 3 p.m. on select dates, as well as on Sat., March 16 and 23. […]
Mom says she won’t sacrifice herself on the ‘altar of having it all’
COMMENTARY /// Women and motherhoodWomen: We’ve been hoodwinked, bamboozled, lead astray, run amok and flat-out deceived. But don’t feel too bad. I fell for it also. I sacrificed motherhood on the altar of Having It All. My daughter was 2 when I decided to go back to work. The professional world had taken on a mythical, fantastical quality in my mind during previous years […]
Author’s ‘From Miniskirt to Hijab’ a fitting topic on heels of International Women’s Day
The Conejo Jewish Academy in Agoura Hills will host a lecture titled “Finding Freedom and Liberation: The heroic Fight for Self-Determination,” delivered by Jacqueline Saper, author of “From Miniskirt to Hijab—A Girl in Revolutionary Iran.” The lecture will be Mon., March 11 at 7:30 pm. Jacqueline Saper (named after Jacqueline Kennedy) was born in Tehran to an Iranian father and […]
International Women’s Day: Following noteworthy leaders from past to present
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, MARCH 8Prominent women in local government, including Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors chair Lindsey Horvath, marked International Women’s Day by discussing their paths to leadership, and the importance of serving as role models to others, during a luncheon at the Agoura Hills Event Center on March 5. “(I’m) so happy to see this room packed to the gills because we […]
Teaching women to reach higher
COMMENTARY /// International Women’s DayWhen I think of honoring our sisters on International Women’s Day, I’m drawn to Uganda and the many trips I’ve taken to meet up with women in the small villages there. I’ve been to Uganda 19 times since I founded The Greater Contribution in 2006, a nonprofit that provides micro loans, education and business skills training to help Ugandan women […]