Busy burglar finally nabbed
| November 19, 2015
Detectives from the Lost Hills Sheriff’s station arrested Timothy Bertram, 48, in Santa Barbara County Nov. 12 in connection with a string of commercial burglaries that occurred in Agoura Hills...
Stormwater project remains under scrutiny
By Sylvie Belmond
belmond@theacorn.com | November 19, 2015
Six months after residents in Oak Park voiced strong concerns about a proposed stormwater treatment project that would require the removal of two dozen trees along Kanan Road, officials from...
Questions remain about potential health risks
By Melissa Simon
melissa@theacorn.com
TOXIC DILEMMA
Part three of a three-part series | November 19, 2015
Contamination left over from decades of nuclear testing at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory has been pegged by many as the source of cancers and other health issues in the...
The Power of Books
By Sylvie Belmond
belmond@theacorn.com | November 19, 2015
The Solis family knows firsthand how reading can help a sick child. Books can help ease the anxiety that goes along with a hospital stay, said Mary Solis of Calabasas,...
Tree lighting at The Promenade
| November 19, 2015
The Promenade at Westlake will have its annual Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 20 at 100 Promenade Way, Westlake Village. The event will feature a winter...
A mission to help Fred Jordan Missions
| November 19, 2015
Since 1944, Fred Jordan Missions has provided food, warm clothes, blankets and services to people in need in the Los Angeles area. Statistics show there are more than 53,000 homeless men, women and children in Los Angeles County. The reason for homelessness varies from person...
It’s alumni batter up at Calabasas High
| November 19, 2015
The annual Calabasas High Baseball Alumni Game will take place at 10 a.m. Sat., Dec. 19 on the varsity field at 22855 W. Mulholland Hwy. Players and coaches representing Coyote teams from the past 35 years are scheduled to play against the current 2015-16 varsity...
Scouts serve up goodwill for food pantry
| November 19, 2015
DONATE HERE—Above left, Troop 856 Junior Girl Scouts Noa Levy, 9; Lelah Shapiro,10; Zoey Schwartz, 9; Jessica Litwak,10; and Ayala Feldman, 11 of Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School in Northridge,flag passing cars to stop and give to the Calabasas Food Drive-Thru charity held Nov. 15...
Students behind kids with cancer
By Adrienne Wigdortz Anderson
Special to The Acorn | November 19, 2015
When Alexa Yarnell left Oak Park two years ago to attend college at New York University, she was set to major in biology, but her career path and outlook on life underwent a change after she learned about the struggles of a 7-year-old girl stricken...
A special day
| November 19, 2015
The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention will present the Didi Hirsch International Survivors of Suicide Day from noon to 4 p.m. Sat., Nov. 21 at the Agoura Hills Library, 29901 Ladyface Court This year’s program will have a special screening of “Family Journeys: Healing and...
Jones’ pick-six helps Patriots make history
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com | November 19, 2015
Michael Jones sat out his first five games of last season after transferring schools. He practiced with the scout team, waiting for a chance to...
Get to know Michael Jones
| November 19, 2015
Michael Jones, 17, is a senior captain for the Viewpoint High football team. The cornerback and wide receiver helped the Patriots win their first 11-man...
Hightower stands tall for Coyotes
By Jonathan Andrade
jandrade@theacorn.com | November 19, 2015
Brian Hightower’s dance moves put rapper Drake to shame. The Calabasas High football star turned the sideline into a dance floor during the final minutes...
Louisville girls on quest for success
By John Loesing
newstip@theacorn.com | November 19, 2015
Louisville High, the all-girl Catholic school in Woodland Hills, hosted a Nov. 14 evening gala to raise funds for school programs and projects. More than...
Viewpoint aces robotics competition
| November 19, 2015
Viewpoint High School in Calabasas is one of three winners in the inaugural VEX Robotics Competition hosted by the Ventura County Office of Education Nov....
HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
| November 19, 2015
Agoura Chargers Fri., Nov. 20: ComedySportz/G building/6 p.m. Mon., Nov. 23: Thanksgiving week-no school through Fri., Nov. 27 Calabasas Coyotes Fri., Nov. 20: New student...
Symphony dancers will have a ball
| November 19, 2015
New West Symphony members will put on their dancing shoes for the organization’s annual Poinsettia Ball fundraising gala Fri., Dec. 4 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza. Themed “Dancing with the Stars at the Poinsettia Ball 2015,” the event will partner community leaders with dance professionals...
Musical offers nostalgia, glamour
By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com | November 19, 2015
Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” was a show that signaled a cataclysmic change in musical theater in the early 1970s. A revue taking place in a time-ambiguous setting, it utilizes a story that has no plot. The Conejo Players’ new production of “Follies” is a potent, ravishing...
Maggie Anderson dishes about ‘Elf’
By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com | November 19, 2015
The musical version of “Elf,” the popular 2003 film starring Will Farrell, arrives in town this week, courtesy of Theater League’s national tour, with the costumes, sets and props no doubt carried by a festive sleigh accompanied by the sound of jingle bells. “Elf” is...
Central Coast wines in Conejo Valley
Ela Lindsay | November 19, 2015
Wine lovers in the Conejo Valley should take note of the crop of vintners and tasting rooms that have taken root in this area. No longer do you have to travel to the Central Coast to taste the wonderful flavors of grapes grown right in...
Gateway Church is setting the table
| November 19, 2015
Gateway Church will host its annual community Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner from 2 to 5 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 26 at 29646 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. One of its biggest community events...
Giving thanks
| November 19, 2015
Temple Adat Elohim will host Conejo Valley Interfaith Association’s annual Thanksgiving Service at 7 p.m. Wed., Nov. 25 at 2420 Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The theme is “Thankfulness is Universal.”...
Changes afoot for Baxter International
By Andy Nguyen
andy@theacorn.com | November 19, 2015
Baxter International, a Fortune 500 company with a long history in Thousand Oaks, received an...
Pollo Loco remodel complete
| November 19, 2015
El Pollo Loco announced a Dec. 3 date for the reopening of its Agoura Hills...
Let’s talk turkey
Elizabeth Kirby | November 19, 2015
It was all so simple on Adair Street. For Thanksgiving, Mom ordered the bird from our local yokel, threw it in the back seat of the station wagon next to the barf bucket, scrubbed it (the turkey, not the bucket), stuffed the puppy, slathered it...
Are you ready for the ‘holi-daze’?
Ela Lindsay | November 19, 2015
Hopefully my loyal “Life in the Single Lane” followers have been able to find me here with my new column head and its new name. Although there was nothing wrong with the old one, the newspaper has been updating the look of all of the...
Tenacious grapevines cling to life in rural Agoura
Gloria Glasser | November 19, 2015
An octet of elderly grapevines clings to life on the perimeter of my rural Agoura community. They were abandoned and struggling for survival when I moved to the area 21 years ago, and remain so today. I’d stumbled on the vines during an early exploratory...
SHERIFF’S BLOTTER
| November 19, 2015
Agoura Hills A burglar stole $1,000 in cash and caused $1,250 in damage breaking into Agoura’s Famous Deli in the...