Catherine Warburton’s 80-year-old father and 77-yearold mother had just moved into her Santa Rosa Valley house when the father fell in the kitchen and broke his neck. Coming off a car accident for which he was treated for six months, Warbuton’s father needed special treatment. “He couldn’t go into a skilled nursing facility without a ‘sitter’ because they didn’t want […]
2014-09-18
Jazz show is all ablaze
Studio Channel Islands Art Center will present a performance by soul jazz singer and songwriter Ebony Ann Blaze at 7 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 25 in the Blackboard Gallery at 2222 Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. Advance tickets are $25 or $30 at the door. VIP tickets are available. For more information or to buy tickets, visit the website www.studiochannelislands.org.
What’s New On DVD?
Sizzling romance and comedy episodes made their way to viewers this month. Just released: an updated version of the memorable ensemble film “The Big Chill,” as well as the final season of the insightful “Californication,” which concludes its Showtime run. In addition to Lawrence Kasdan’s “Big Chill,” the Criterion Collection offers two other acclaimed motion pictures for August: “Y Tu […]
The Movie Nut
“The Drop” is the patient person’s crime thriller. It’s slow, deliberate, measured, fragmented in its approach to the story it tells. Characters emerge from the shadows, surrounded by silences. Everything starts in a reflection. The film takes its time to set the mood, engage the audience, put the plot in motion. Bob (Hardy) narrates when he needs to. In the […]
Program on God and the brain
The Christian Association for Psychological Studies Conejo Valley (CAPS) will present a talk on “God, Attachment and the Brain” from 9 to 11:30 a.m., Fri., Sept. 26 at Calvary Community Church, room 2014, 5495 Via Rocas, Westlake Village. Shannae Rickards Anderson, PhD, will give the program. The event is for psychotherapists, counselors, pastors and interested public. Admission is free. For […]
Final thoughts on texting case
As the old axiom goes, “Two sets of eyes are always better than one.” In California, bicyclists travel in the same direction as motorized traffic, and since bicyclists do not have eyes in the back of their head, only one person is looking. In the Calabasas accident, neither driver was looking out for the other, so neither could take evasive […]
Shelter the horses
An abandoned thoroughbred gelding found on a railroad track and an Arabian mare that was discovered tied up to a pole in Baldwin Hills are both ready for adoption at the Agoura Animal Shelter. The emaciated horses were transferred to Agoura Hills about two months ago, said Nelson Gonzalez, an attendant at the shelter for the past five years. Since […]
Sheriff’s Blotter
Agoura Hills A vandal caused $ 400 in damage smashing a window and denting the door of a car parked in the 30100 block of Agoura Road Aug. 31. Someone caused $ 300 in damage puncturing the tire of a car parked on Strawberry Hill Drive Aug. 28. Calabasas A burglary occurred shortly before 6 a.m. Sept. 3 at an […]
A threatening dog shot by sheriff’s deputy
A call about a suspicious person sitting in a car in front of an apartment building in Old Agoura took a strange turn on Monday and resulted in a large dog being shot by police. According to a report from the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, the property manager of an apartment complex in the 5000 block of Chesebro Road in […]