The 2019 real estate market is going to be more of a balanced market, which means sellers will no longer have the upper hand. Buyers are being choosy and want the most for the dollar. As a seller, how do you put your best house forward? Here are the top mistakes real estate agents commonly see made by homeowners looking […]
2019-02-07
Los Robles Hills residence has two bonus rooms plus separate guest suite
Fifth bedroom, bath over garage has private entranceThis Country French estate has panoramic views of Thousand Oaks. City lights, mountains and July Fourth fireworks can be seen from the backyard. The five-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom house has 3,715 square feet and is in gated Los Robles Hills, Entrance is through a paver driveway and private gate to gardens filled with fruit and avocado trees, roses and birds. The house’s […]
Agent with stellar reputation returns to Rodeo Realty
After a six-month departure, top agent Carmen Mormino has returned to Rodeo Realty. “I am overwhelmingly excited to bring my real estate practice back to Rodeo Realty, my ‘home’ for the previous 12 years,” said Mormino. “The reason for the return is simple, yet powerful. In my opinion there is no company out there whose values, priorities, integrity and standards […]
Sheriff’s Blotter
Agoura Hills On Jan. 31 someone broke into lockers at the LA Fitness gym on Agoura Road and stole personal property. One contained credit and debit cards, home and car keys, worth an unknown amount. A second locker contained a pair of jeans, a wallet with credit and debit cards, a driver’s license, cash and car keys, worth $570. A […]
Cannabis on the go
Local cities told they must allow home deliveriesCalifornians have had access to legal cannabis for over a year, but in many communities the product has been difficult to obtain. A new state law makes acquisition easier by allowing home deliveries. The law that took effect in January modified existing rules so that cities, which previously controlled every aspect of the commercial cannabis industry within their borders, can […]
Calabasas High School wins county Academic Decathlon
Smart students ace the competitionCalabasas High School won the Ventura County Academic Decathlon for the third year in a row during competition held the last two weekends in Oxnard. Coming in second place is Thousand Oaks La Reina High School, followed by Westlake High School in third. Calabasas High School is also the winner of the Super Quiz portion of the competition. Students from […]
Los Robles Medical Center settles class-action lawsuit
Employees say they were shortchangedAlthough it admitted no fault, Los Robles Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay nearly $3 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it owes some employees and former employees back wages. The settlement is the result of a suit filed in June 2014 by former Los Robles nurse Jeanette Munden, who complained that the hospital prevented employees from […]
Student groups host gun-violence forum
Sue Orfanos, mother of Borderline Bar and Grill victim Tel Orfanos, 27, said Sunday that her son’s friends now plan escape routes at every venue they go to. The Thousand Oaks resident said their new reality reflected a failure of American adults to act, noting that Scotland and Australia changed their laws following mass shootings in their countries, while the […]
Heads are still high despite big game loss
With only minutes to go in last Sunday’s Super Bowl—rain falling in the Southland— one city’s hopes and dreams circled the drain. In their place came a new reality: Maybe those other guys really were better than us. The final score would indicate so. As the clock ticked down and Julian Edelman caught his umpteenth pass, hopes that our Conejo […]