January 27, 2005 RSS feed / Community

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Tweaking her audio equipment

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers TO SOUND RIGHT, IT TAKES ADJUSTMENTS-Conejo Valley High School student Brianna Evrist makes final preparations on her equipment before performing in a talent show last week. More...

T.O. man pleads guilty to child porn

Ventura County District Attorney Gregory Totten has announced that David Anthony Tomeo, 37, of Thousand Oaks has pleaded guilty to multiple charges arising from a sting operation targeting persons who trade child pornography over the Internet. More...

Sheriff’s Explorers offers positive experience to local teenagers

By Sophia Fischer
sfischer@theacorn.com 
 

John O More...

ARES/RACES at a glance

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

The Amateur Radio Emergency Service/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, or ARES/RACES (pronounced AIR-ease/RAY-seize), is a national organization of licensed, volunteer ham, or short-wave, operators. More...

Beloved Monsignor announces retirement

By Stephanie Bertholdo
bertholdo@theacorn.com

Monsignor Peter O More...

Spring crafters sought

The Sisters of Notre Dame are inviting crafters to donate handmade items of all types for their annual "Swing into Spring" boutique and silent auction scheduled for Sun., March 13. More...

Karate event to benefit Sri Lanka center

By David DuVarney
Special to the Thousand Oaks Acorn

In response to the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, Traditional Okinawa Karate of Thousand Oaks is hosting a fundraiser seminar from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sun., Jan. 30 at the studio, 652 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. More...

Vendor applications available for CVD exhibitors tent

Applications are available for businesses and nonprofit groups interested in exhibiting in the "CVD Marketplace," a large enclosed commercial tent at Conejo Valley Days (CVD). More...

Carrying on a tradition

COMMITTED-The girls from Westlake Hills Elementary School's fifth-grade Girl Scout Troop No. 1032 share their names during a recent rededication and investiture ceremony. More...

Hospital volunteer celebrates 95th birthday

BIRTHDAY GIRL-Los Robles Hospital volunteer Dodie Linn, middle, celebrates her 95th birthday surrounded by other volunteers. Linn has helped at Los Robles continuously since 1970, accumulating more than 8,300 hours of volunteer time. More...

Register for spring classes

The spring brochure of the Conejo Recreation and Park District notes that classes and activities offered for all ages begin the week of March 21. More...

Senior financial seminar offered

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) will present a seminar on senior financial issues from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thurs., Feb. 10 at the Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. More...

It’s a myth that cats like to be alone

Surprising to many, a new nationwide survey of veterinarians raises doubt concerning the solitary nature of cats and highlights the growing consensus within the veterinary community that many cats may be suffering the devastating effects of separatio More...

Free seminar coming on preventing heart disease

A free public education program on "The Prevention of Heart Disease" will be presented from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat., Feb.12 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. More...

RSVP by tomorrow for Chamber luncheon

The Agoura/Oak Park/Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its installation luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thurs., Feb. 3 at the Westlake Village Inn, 31943 Agoura Road, Westlake Village. Reservations are required by Fri., Jan. 28. More...

Education officials, others protest governor’s budget plan

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

Educators and teachers unions across the state reacted with disappointment and anger to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger More...

Another home improvement store wants to open in Westlake Village

By Sylvie Belmond
belmond@theacorn.com

Plans have been submitted to the city of Westlake Village for a new 137,000-square-foot Lowe More...

Communications group helps during disasters

By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

On a recent stormy Monday, Steve King was told to report to an elementary school in Piru. Because of road closures, the Simi Valley resident took the long way around, going through Los Angeles County. More...

Thousand Oaks graduate David Jarvis, a Marine Corps major, has joined 15,000 other service members in a sweep of Fallujah, Iraq. Jarvis is the son of Thousand Oaks resident Katherine Jarvis. More...

‘Living museum’ is looking for volunteers

Training for UCLA botanical garden docents to begin Tues., Feb. 1

The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA, one of the oldest and most developed public gardens in the Western U. S., is seeking volunteers to serve as docents in its public education program for schoolchildren and community groups. More...

Newbury Park Rotarians seek event sponsors

The Rotary Club of Newbury Park and eight Newbury Park-area schools are seeking corporate sponsors for the second annual Big Cat Run, an event featuring 2K, 5K and 10K run/walks, a pancake breakfast, kids More...

Teenage knitters needed

Young adults are invited to join members of the Thousand Oaks Library More...

Local tsunami relief efforts continue

By Sophia Fischer
sfischer@theacorn.com
 

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Local author to tell her story

Fifteen years after surviving torture by Chechen rebels later linked to international terrorist groups, Yvonne Bornstein will be speaking about her experiences and signing copies of her book "Eleven Days of Hell, My True Story of Kidnapping Terr More...

Radio host Dennis Prager to speak

Radio talk show host Dennis Prager will discuss "Israel More...

Women’s Club to host J.D. Power

The Westlake Women More...

Tsunami relief program stopped

Due to requests for solely monetary contributions by relief organizations responding to the needs of tsunami survivors in Asia, the National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles (NCJW/LA) has discontinued its tsunami relief program. More...

Painkillers dangerous to pets

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Animal Poison Control Center is alerting pet owners to the dangers of analgesics, common medications used for the relief of pain, inflammation and fever in humans, such as aspirin, More...