Editorials

If you drove along Kanan and Malibu Canyon roads following last November’s Woolsey fire, you couldn’t help but notice the furious work going on, especially the cleanup. More importantly, crews could be seen installing new fire-resistant metal power poles to replace some of the old wooden ones. Work on the poles began before the fire took place, but after the […]

Americans say we are Africans; Africans say we are Americans. So who am I? Black history is American history, but the significant accomplishments of our nation’s African Americans are sometimes omitted from the curriculum, and we as black Americans are left with little sense of selfworth or belonging. Only 2 percent of the students in the Oak Park Unified School […]

California’s housing problem just never seems to go away. The hyperexpensive homes in Northern and Southern California are making a mockery of middle-class salaries. Young adults, once a powerful home-buying demographic, are finding it difficult to rent, much less purchase a home at the present high prices. Problem is, the important players in the housing game seem unwilling to compromise. […]

With only minutes to go in last Sunday’s Super Bowl—rain falling in the Southland— one city’s hopes and dreams circled the drain. In their place came a new reality: Maybe those other guys really were better than us. The final score would indicate so. As the clock ticked down and Julian Edelman caught his umpteenth pass, hopes that our Conejo […]

We hate to tell you which team to root for come Sunday, but let us at least make the case for why we think local residents—sports fans or not—ought to be pulling for the Los Angeles Rams. For starters, a Super Bowl victory would go a long way toward convincing the franchise that staying in the L.A./Ventura county area long-term […]

Last week’s editorial stating that the City of Westlake Village is among the local cities that have opted to join the countywide Clean Power Alliance immediately was incorrect. Westlake Village residents will not become members of the electricity provider until 2020, based upon the date the city was admitted to the CPA.