I think the City of Calabasas is missing an opportunity to create community goodwill and improve the traffic situation for the Saturday Farmers Market. I’ve noticed a number of vehicles recently that have been ticketed for parking in the eight to 10 prime parking spots on Calabasas Road immediately next to the market stalls. I can’t determine why this is […]
2014-07-03
Active adult center taking shape in Calabasas
City officials in Calabasas are fine-tuning plans for a new adult activity center, which will be built behind City Hall and the library on Civic Center Way. At a meeting June 11, the council reviewed a proposed blueprint for the interior of the two- story, 8,500- square- foot building featuring an open lounge and several activity rooms where seniors will […]
Ghost bike memorial gone missing
Someone removed a white ghost bike memorializing the spot where cyclist Milton Olin was struck and killed by a sheriff’s patrol car on Mulholland Highway in Calabasas last December. The city has been tending to the landscaping area around the bike and was very sensitive to the importance of this memorial to the family. “We are upset by its disappearance […]
County selects new provider for Oak Park Dial-A-Ride, shuttle services
As of July 1, Oak Park has a new operator for its on-call transportation services and the Kanan Shuttle. Ventura County has contracted with the City of Thousand Oaks to offer local public transportation service through Thousand Oaks Transit. Thousand Oaks also provides bus service for the City of Moorpark. Some vehicles have been specifi cally assigned to Oak Park. […]
Afiery big-rig accident
Authorities arrested the driver of a big-rig truck on suspicion of DUI on Sunday after a crash on the 101 Freeway in Westlake Village. The accident occurred just west of the Lindero Canyon Road interchange shortly after 9 p.m. Police say the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle, which ran into the center divider then caught fi […]
Local author discovers manuscript about her father and Elvis Presley
Adams will give talk before ‘Love Me Tender’ airs at parkThere aren’t many new stories about Elvis Presley out there, but Agoura Hills’ resident Allyson Adams will be telling some interesting tales before a showing of “Love Me Tender” at 7 p.m. Sat., July 19 at the Reyes Adobe Historical Site, 30400 Rainbow Crest Drive, Agoura Hills. Adams will speak about her discovery and the publication of a manuscript her […]
Navy pilot shares his harrowing tales as a POW
Navy pilot Capt. Charles Plumb’s F-4 Phantom jet was shot down over Hanoi, Vietnam on May 19, 1967, just five days before he was scheduled to return home. Plumb, who’d completed 74 successful combat missions prior to the crash, was forced to parachute into enemy territory. He spent the next six years in communist prisons but survived to tell his […]
Mayflower Society establishes local colony
Members descended from New World voyageThe Mayflower Society is colonizing the Conejo Valley. The organization, formally called the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, has granted a request by area members to establish a local chapter, or “colony,” just as the nation prepares to celebrate its 238th birthday. Open to any person able to document his or her descent from one of the 102 passengers of […]