In addition to choosing two council members in the November municipal election, voters in Calabasas will decide whether they want to continue protection of open space in their community. The Calabasas City Council voted unanimously to place a measure on the November ballot that will seek to add a new layer of defense for the designated open spaces. Officials are […]
2015-05-28
Briefs
Take a stand on human trafficking The Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking will present a Pearls of Gratitude awareness event called “In Plain Sight”about human trafficking at 11:30 a.m. Sat., May 30 at Muvico in The Oaks mall, Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Tickets, which can be purchased in the lobby one hour prior, are $15 for adults and $10 […]
THE Event going green this year
Gala has raised $780,000 for school districtThe Foundation for Las Virgenes Schools, an umbrella organization that raises extra money for the 16 local schools, is hosting its fourth annual party at the Calabasas Tennis and Swim Club on Sat., June 6. Party organizers announced that the shindig, touted as THE Event, is going green this year. The group connected with Waste Management and the Las Virgenes […]
Winning posters take a fair amount of work
The Ventura County Fair has selected the winners of its sixth annual Children’s Poster Contest open to youth in grades five through 12. This year’s fair theme is “A Country Fair with Ocean Air.” The contest received 57 entries from every city in Ventura County. The judges were: fairgrounds CEO Barbara Quaid, Ventura County Fair director Jim Salzer, Youth Expo […]
Calabasas concerts return
ABBA tribute band to kick off 2015 Sun Sets series on June 7The Sun Sets concert series returns to Calabasas Lake, starting with a June 7 performance by Abba Fab, a tribute band that will play songs from the well-known Swedish band ABBA. The group was popular for its monster 70s and 80s hits such as “Waterloo,” “Fernando,” “Honey Honey” and “Dancing Queen.” The Sun Set concerts are co-sponsored by the city […]
Calabasas mayor clowns around for ‘Red Nose Day’
During Chamber luncheon, Lucy Martin promotes fundraising campaign as part of global movementBefore she began her speech at the 2015 Calabasas Chamber of Commerce Mayor’s Luncheon May 21, Lucy Martin put on a red clown nose and asked the audience to do the same with the red noses on their tables in recognition of a worldwide movement that aims to lift children out of poverty. “Red Nose Day” is a fundraising campaign […]
Mac Stelle, LVMWD leader, dead at 94
Macneil “Mac” Stelle, one of the founding members of the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, died May 17 at the age of 94. According to David Pedersen, general manager of the water district, Stelle died in his sleep at home in Thousand Oaks. Both Stelle and his wife, Alice, were instrumental in the growth of not only the water district […]
Believe it or not, heavy rain a concern
Filtering storm water an expensive propositionIn the middle of a record drought, it’s hard to believe that storm water runoff is high on the list of worries. But when it rains it pours, and on May 14 a group of 50 people gathered in a community room at Diamond X Ranch to discuss what to do when polluted runoff from those winter storms enters the […]