2022-06-17
March against gun violence
Protesters fed up with incessant shootings coast to coastWhen elementary school teacher Brynn Hutchinson goes through active shooter drills with her class, students often have questions. They ask what they should do if the shooter manages to get in the room or where they should hide if they’re in the bathroom when the shooting starts. “We’ve talked about standing on the toilet to get your feet up,” she […]
Hertzberg, Horvath eye November runoff as Stern appears done
ELECTION 2022Local challenger
not likely to gain top two finish
State Sen. Henry Stern (D-Calabasas) has some ground to make up if he wants to break into the November runoff for the District 3 seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. With nearly 366,000 ballots countywide left to be tallied, state Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) and West Hollywood City Council member Lindsey Horvath, also a Democrat, are […]
Roadway, pedestrian safety a thing in Westlake
By ditching dog park upgrades, the Westlake Village City Council took a small step forward in reimagining its streets. Pushed by Mayor Brad Halpern, the five-member council on June 8 shifted $100,000 intended for the city dog park on Oak Crest Drive to the goal of achieving safer streets in a city rocked by the 2020 pedestrian deaths of Mark […]
Remember old Kmart site? Finally there’s a plan
After sitting vacant and in an ever increasingly dilapidated state for the last 18 years, the former Thousand Oaks Kmart site will serve a new purpose. At its Tuesday meeting, the City Council voted 5-0 to approve a 420-unit mixed residential and commercial project for the nearly 11-acre Hampshire Road property submitted by IMT Residential, a builder of apartment complexes […]
‘No’ voters say yes to energy independence
Aware of ongoing concern over America’s dependence on foreign oil fueled in part by the recent pipeline disruptions in Ukraine, voters in last week’s primary election are saying no to a pair of measures that sought to curb Ventura County’s oil and natural gas industry. Measures A and B—the costliest in county history—would have increased local government oversight in the […]
Dogged COVID virus still nipping at our heels
EDITORIALIcky. That’s the name of a Chihuahua that stowed away in its owners’ luggage when they were packing for a flight to Vegas last year. The dog had burrowed into a cowboy boot that was packed at the last minute and wasn’t noticed until parents had to reopen their suitcase at check-in because it was overweight. Thankfully, Icky was safe […]
Longtime local businessman sounds off on the drought
California always had a boomand bust cycle of precipitation due to the El Niño and La Niña oscillation. Currently, we are in the third year of a dry La Niña cycle. We are told by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that La Niña is retreating and by the end of this summer we will be neutral or back even […]
Good guys, bad guys with guns
I did find one part of Mr. Lomas’ recent letter beyond the pale. He cites an incident in which he says, “On May 25 a ‘good guy’ with a gun, who was actually a woman (sic), stopped a man with a rifle—not sure if the man or the woman had the rifle—who shot into a graduation party, as reported by […]