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Emergency prep class—that’s a 10-4
If you want to log some serious air time, chatting with folks across town and around world, channel your energies into the Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club’s upcoming certification courses. Through the club, ham radio enthusiasts can earn two different kinds of Federal Communications Commission licenses, a general and a technical. The five-week courses will be offered Saturdays on March […]
Mother in Grossman trial says cars approached at “insane speed”
Nancy Iskander testifies as courtroom hearing gets underwayFollowing a suggestion by the defense that it was the boyfriend’s car that struck and killed the two brothers, the boys’ mother, Nancy Iskander, described in her opening testimony at the Jan. 29 Rebecca Grossman trial how two cars—one driven by Grossman and the other by her romantic interest, former Dodger pitcher Scott Erickson—approached the Westlake Village crosswalk at “an […]
La Reina announces school closure
School community fights backWithout fanfare, La Reina school this week notified teachers and families it would close its doors at the end of the current school year. Teachers were informed early in the week along with the news they are to receive severance of a single two-week pay period, faculty members told the Acorn. Families of students were told of the closure […]
Knife killer in ‘reefer madness’ case gets sentenced to probation
A woman found guilty in December for killing a short-term romantic interest by stabbing him to death 108 times with kitchen knives will serve no jail time, a Ventura County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday. Instead, Judge David Worley sentenced the 33-year old woman to two years of probation for the May 28, 2018 homicide in Thousand Oaks. Bryn Spejcher, […]
The 100-day ride
Jan. 14 was a difficult day for the local Jewish community, to say the least. Exactly 100 days before, more than 200 men, women and children of Israeli and other national descent were abducted by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Amid the kidnappings, hundreds of others were brutally killed. While about half of the hostages have been released since that terrible […]
Nurses reach deal with Los Robles
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 Robles spokesperson Megan Merino said in a written statement. Merino declined to provide details on […]
L.V. Road claims another cougar
Officials from Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area report that another mountain lion has been found dead on a local road, likely struck by a vehicle. The deceased lion, an uncollared female about one-and-a-half years old, was found Jan. 15 on Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas between Lost Hills Road and Mulholland Highway. National Park Service biologists collected the body, […]
Jury selected in Grossman trial with opening arguments set to begin
A 12-member jury comprising nine men and three women was chosen in the Rebecca Grossman murder trial at Los Angeles County Superior Court in Van Nuys Wednesday morning. The following morning, six alternate jurors were selected—three men and three women. The full jury was then sworn and instructed by Judge Joseph Brandolino. Opening statements were set for Friday morning. Grossman, […]