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March 24, 2005  RSS feed
Westlake High School helps the hungry
RANDY THOMSON/Acorn Newspapers FOOD FOR THE NEEDY-Westlake High School students, from left to right, Lauren Russell, Joelle Abed Elahad, An Hoang and May Lou help organize a student food drive to benefit Manna, the Thousand Oaks food bank. More...
CVUSD math curriculum criticized
Part one of two
by some
By Michelle Knight
knight@theacorn.com

Jo Anne Cobasko and Richard Zisko asked the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Board of Education earlier this month to offer parents an alternative to Everyday Mathematics (EM), the district More...

City takes closer look at major improvement projects
By Sophia Fischer
sfischer@theacorn.com

Our homes require ongoing maintenance to keep things operating smoothly, from simply mowing the lawn to hiring professionals to replace the roof. Imagine taking care of the home of 126,000 residents, and you have the task facing the city of Thousand Oaks, where maintenance More...

 Health & Wellness
• New resources available for troubled youth
Parents of an adolescent who needs some type of counseling or psychiatric care have more options now than in the past. Twenty years ago, when an adolescent had exhausted home and outpatient resources and needed care outside of the home, he or she was typically referred to a psychiatric hospital unit, military school or possibly a residential treatment center. More...
• Balance key to good health
• Breast cancer update offered
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 Schools
• article has image Standing Out From the Crowd
I tell my students that if I had to apply to college now, I would never get into the University of Pennsylvania. My high school grades and SAT scores were fine, but I had virtually no extracurricular activities or community service. More...
• article has image Full Story
• Westlake teen wins state contest
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 Business
• Vision center opens
Franz Michel, MD has announced the opening of Newbury Park Vision Center in Newbury Park. Michel is a medical doctor who specializes in the eyes and did subspecialty training in Cornea and Laser Eye Surgery at UCLA, where he is an attending staff physician. More...
• K-Swiss goes solar
• Learn public finance at CSUN
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 Pets
• article has image Conejo Recreation and Parks offers pet health classes
Conejo Recreation and Park District invites dog and cat lovers to learn more about their pet More...
• article has image Pet of the Week
• article has image Squirrel of the Month
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 Police
• Newbury Park
Between 5 p.m. March 13 and 8 a.m. March 14 in the 300 block of Windtree Avenue, someone committed vehicle burglary. The loss was $250. More...
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 Faith
• Calvary recovery program seeks to help
For the past five years, Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village has been helping people overcome addictions through Celebrate Recovery, a free, Bible-based 12-step program. More...
• Catholic organizations generous to worthy causes
• Church to host Easter egg hunt in Newbury Park
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 Family
• article has image Siblings have fun like a team
RANDY THOMSON/Acorn Newspapers 'MY BROTHER'S FUNNY'--Jake Hudes, 4, and his little brother Chad, 2, just scored some quarters from their mom and dad during Sunday lunch at Chuy's in Thousand Oaks on Sun. More...
• Young teenagers urged to get advice
• Local mothers’ group to look at twin development milestones
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 On The Town
• Cal Lutheran choir to present concerts on campus, at church
The California Lutheran University Choir, directed by Dr. Wyant Morton, will present a "home" concert at 8 p.m. Tues., March 29 in Samuelson Chapel on the CLU campus at 60 W. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. More...
• article has image "Hostage"
• Final performances slated for comedy
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