Nancy Levy of Agoura Hills has found a creative way to help her country. A preschool music teacher at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks, Levy wrote and recorded the song “Carry My Love” to benefit Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit group that sends care packages to members of the U.S. military and their children, veterans groups and other organizations related […]
2013-05-02
On the Trail
The Bibliophile’s Trail Sometimes even an old canyon crawler like me craves concrete for a change . . . fewer foxtails caught in my socks, no poison oak rashes, no ticks to dodge. Pounding the pavement one breezy afternoon in Agoura Hills produced one of the finest fresh-air footpath junkets I could’ve wished for. I’ve dubbed this library-tolibrary route via […]
Big Sunday, a day of giving
Hundreds of students, teachers, moms, dads and business owners are planning to volunteer their time on Big Sunday to help make their community— and communities beyond their borders—a better place to live. Big Sunday is a statewide volunteer event during which people offer aid to nonprofits, schools and other agencies that need help. Oak Park Unified School District has partnered […]
Channel Island Boating Center is completed
Oxnard soon will have a new, regional attraction where visitors can learn about boating, the marine environment and current preservation efforts: The Channel Islands Boating Center. Construction is complete on the 15,000-square-foot building at 3880 Bluefin Circle, Oxnard. The County of Ventura owns and built the facility. Construction began on the boating center in October 2011. The center will provide […]