Student leaders from four elementary schools in Agoura Hills have formed a joint student council to share ideas about how to serve the community where they live. Introduced at the Dec. 13 Agoura Hills City Council meeting by Danielle Randolph, a fourth-grade teacher and student council advisor at Yerba Buena Elementary School, the Agoura Elementary School Council will meet regularly […]
2018-01-18
Catch up with the Chargers
Agoura High’s girls’ basketball team opened league with some nifty fireworks. The Chargers, 11-7 overall, toppled Oaks Christian 53-48 in double overtime on Jan. 8 in the Marmonte League opener. They’ve also defeated Westlake (48-34) and Thousand Oaks (47-44). “We don’t have great athletes, but we have very, very smart basketball players,” third-year head coach Jason Ancrum said. “I believe […]
This is her time
Longtime best supporting actor gets top billing with first-place ChargersMegan Lee is in the spotlight, finally. As someone who has started four seasons at point guard for Agoura High’s basketball team, Lee gracefully played supporting roles to older players, including Emily Cangelosi, now at UC San Diego, and Jazz Been, who stars for Biola University. Those days are over. Lee is the star. Lee is in charge. “Now this […]
The air up there
Conejo Valley’s Cole Seely is one of top pro riders in supercross circuitAs a child and a fan of off-road motorcycle races, nosebleed seats sufficed for Cole Seely. These days, Seely has the best seat in the house—the driver’s seat. Born in Westlake Village and raised in Newbury Park, Seely hasn’t missed an American Motorcyclist Association Supercross Series event at Angel Stadium since he was 10. Now in his ninth year as […]
Welcome to the fun house
Bolts have won CIF-SS record 145 straight Marmonte League gamesOne way or another, the streak will end this year. Agoura High’s girls’water polo team has won a CIF-Southern Section record 145 consecutive Marmonte League games. The section will no longer recognize the streak when the Chargers, who last lost a Marmonte outing in February 2004, migrate into the Coastal Canyon League next season. The Chargers (6-2 overall, 3-0 in […]
Flu season hits hard local communities hard
Coughs, fevers and headaches abound—Acorn country is in full-blown flu season, and as the county enters its fifth week of fighting the illness it’s hard for officials to say whether it’ll get better anytime soon. “Usually we only see lots of cases of flu for about two or three weeks, so it’s really hard to tell when this is going […]
For those who love to sing
The San Fernando Valley Chorale will launch a new season of singing, collaborative learning and camaraderie with rehearsals on Tuesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. starting Feb. 6 at Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church, 10000 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills. The chorale is a nonprofit, nonsectarian group of men and women singers. New singers can join. No auditions are is […]
‘Odysseo’: A rodeo of a different color
SHOW REVIEWThe Canadian-based Cavalia troupe’s horse-and-acrobat extravaganza “Odysseo,” currently playing under the big top in Camarillo by the 101 Freeway, has been such a galloping success since its opening Nov. 11 that its initial one-month run was extended through Feb. 4. We attended a Jan. 10 performance and, despite the closure of the freeway, the stands were nearly filled to capacity. […]
Astronaut to present celestial views
NASA astronaut and National Geographic author Terry Virts will bring his photos and stories to the Kavli Theatre at 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 2 at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. As pilot of the space shuttle Endeavour and crew member on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Virts spent 200 consecutive days in space as commander of […]
Local Saxer clan shares its musical legacy
CONCERT REVIEW /// The Saxer Family ReunionThe Saxer family, the Conejo Valley’s answer to the Von Trapps of “Sound of Music” fame, gave one of their all-too-infrequent concerts Jan. 13 in an eclectic revue of songs from musical theater history. The show featured 10 members of the growing family of performers, all the progeny of local theater veterans Shelley and Gary Saxer. The Saxers’ history in […]