2011-03-03
Oak Park teens are CERTainly ready
A group of Oak Park teenagers is now ready to help if disaster should strike their neighborhood. They are the first high school class in the county to complete the Teen CERT curriculum that consists of disaster preparedness, fire safety and suppression, emergency medical operations, basic search and rescue, CERT operations, disaster psychology and terrorism. Many communities in Ventura County […]
Septic tank owners should come clean, city says
Calabasas files lawsuit against six homeownersIn the final week of a Calabasas City Council race in which septic tank regulations are seen as a dividing issue, officials announced they have filed lawsuits against six property owners who are refusing to have their wastewater systems undergo inspection. Citing unsuccessful attempts to achieve voluntary compliance with the its 2010 septic inspection ordinance, the city filed suit in […]
Hilton made aware of rare plant at site
Foundation pledges to protect Ojai navarretiaThe possibility of destroying a rare Santa Monica Mountains plant failed to stop the the Agoura Hills Planning Commission from approving plans for the new Conrad Hilton Foundation headquarters in the city. Experts warned the Ojai navarretia, a flowering plant native to Ventura County and the western edge of Los Angeles County, could be obliterated on a part of the […]
Leaf blowers, 30th birthday discussed in Westlake
Westlake Village officials are considering a proposal to regulate noisy leaf blowers in the city. Councilmember Philippa Klessig proposed the crackdown because she says the blowers often disturb the neighborhood peace. “It would be nice to have quiet in the early morning and evenings and on Sundays,” Klessig said. But following a brief debate, the City Council concluded that regulating […]
Meeting times change in Agoura
The Agoura Hills City Council will meet an hour earlier starting in March. Instead of opening meetings at the regular time of 7 p.m., the council will start at 6 p.m. beginning with the Wed., March 9 meeting. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Meetings are held at city hall, 30001 Ladyface Court, […]
Your turn to sound off on taxes
The battle between Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Sacramento over the proposed tax extension is born of a long and downright ugly past. Most agree it began when the state couldn’t resist spending the millions of dollars that poured into California’s coffers thanks to the dot-com bonanza of the late ’90s. The state unwisely spent beyond its means and never […]