March 23, 2006 RSS feed / Community

Lifeguard training offered by CRPD

Conejo Recreation and Park District (CRPD) will offer a course in lifeguard training. More...

Shooting incident looks to be road rage over honked horn

A road rage shooting incident took place in Thousand Oaks on March 4 and resulted in two arrests. More...

Advisory committee to have fewer members

A Thousand Oaks citizen advisory committee will lose 14 members over the next year, beginning this spring. More...

Water system to get improvements

To keep water flowing reliably and safely to residents%27 homes and local businesses, the city of Thousand Oaks will have to make some improvements over the next five years. More...

Mark your calendar for Spring Expo

The Thousand OaksWestlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce will host its Spring Expo from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs., March 30 at Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. More...

Future Oscar winners?

YOUNG AND TALENTED- Last year's winners from the 2005 eighth annual Conejo Teen Video Festival were interviewed at the Adelphia studios in Westlake Village last Sunday. They told how they made their films. More...

Winemaker dining event a success at Hyat

A good meal accompanied by fine wine makes the soul happy. Just ask the many smiling faces who attended the March 17 winemaker dinner hosted by the Hyatt Westlake Plaza. More...

Spring has just arrived. More...

TOHS grad flying high

NOW A PILOT-Tandy Westmiller, a 2000 graduate of Thousand Oaks High School, is now a first officer commercial airline pilot with Expressjet, an affiliate of Continental. More...

Temple members try to save their home

Good things come from adversity. It%27s a tough but productive lesson that members of Temple Beth Haverim in Agoura Hills are learning. More...

Sponsors sought for AAUW event

The American Association of University Women-Thousand Oaks branch will be celebrating its 40th anniversary since being chartered in 1966 with a luncheon on June 3 at North Ranch Country Club, Westlake Village. More...

Navy Seaman Recruit Jeffrey Q. Jennings recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. He%27s the son of Brenda Jennings of Thousand Oaks. More...

Fundraising walk coming for special needs kids

The Conejo Valley Friendship Circle, a local nonprofit organization that pairs teenage volunteers with special needs children, will host a Walk-A-Thon from 1 to 4 p.m. Sun., March 26 at the Agoura High School track, 28545 W. More...

Right in style

FASHIONABLE LADY- Newbury Park resident Madeline Bentley struts her stuff on the Wood Ranch Country Club runway during the recent Thousand Oaks Women's Club Fashion Show. Proceeds were to aid the Conejo Free Clinic, which helps women in need. More...

Donkey rescued from septic tank

The Ventura County Fire Department was called to a home in the 200 block of Rosa Lane in Newbury Park to rescue a donkey that had fallen into a septic tank on March 13. More...

Thousand Oaks Police Department offers Business Watch

The Thousand Oaks Police Department Crime Prevention Bureau offers the Business Watch program. More...

T.O. Business Roundtable seeks applicants

Thousand Oaks is seeking to fill four vacancies currently open on the business roundtable committee. The terms last until April 2008. More...

Ventura County grand jury seeks new jurors

Some residents in Ventura County want to do more to fulfill their civic obligation than simply pay their taxes. More...

Woman of the Year: Schlessinger

Radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger was recently named "Woman of the Year" for California%27s 19th state Senate District by Sen. Tom McClintock (RThousand Oaks). More...

Popular swimming coach to retire

BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers SALUTE TO SWIMMING COACH-Peter Daland, center, will be 85 in April and is retiring. He's flanked by champions and record holders whom he coached. Daland was recently honored at the Daland Swim School on Wilbur Road. More...

Calabasas family stays strong despite tragic loss

The Buelow family of Calabasas has been tested in ways that no family should have to be. More...

Students hold recycling drive

Helping to preserve Earth%27s resources is contributing to the self-esteem of special education students at Acacia Elementary School and teaching them practical skills as well. More...

Tea bar to open in T.O.

The Healing Tree is a new apothecary and tea bar that will celebrate its grand opening with a tea party at 4 p.m. Sun., March 26 at 2711 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. More...

Join the CVD Grand Marshal race

Although the Conejo Valley Days Grand Marshal Race has begun, there%27s still time to join in, according to Scott Wolfe, Conejo Valley Days Grand Marshal Race chairperson. More...

Singles group meets weekly

One Again Inc., Thousand Oaks chapter, is a singles support and social organization for divorced, widowed or separated men and women. Meetings are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at United Methodist Church, 1049 Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. More...

Cat foster homes needed

The Southern California Siamese Rescue is a nonprofit devoted to finding homes for Siamese cats. The organization doesn%27t have a shelter but places the cats in private homes until adoption. More...

Know their globe

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers THEY'RE NO. 1-Lang Ranch Elementary School Geography Bee winners Emily Demsetz and David Huang celebrate after the recent geography challenge. The kids are second-graders and they competed with third-graders. More...

Child spots photographer

JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers 'HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID'-Lang Ranch Mom's Club members Sara Keenan, left, and Stacey Hamlet-Griffith take their focus away from Miranda Hamlet-Griffith, 1, while attending an open house meeting at Conejo Creek P More...

Club to host two dances

The Thousand Oaks Dance Club will host two dances in April at Goebel Senior Adult Center%27s ballroom, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. Light refreshments are served. More...

New owners take over Serendipity in Newbury Park

Joseph and Jules Walters of Westlake Village are the new owners of Serendipity Cheesecakes Bakery in Newbury Park. More...

Teen center to host band concert

The T.O. Teen Center will host a concert for high school kids from 7 to 11 p.m. Sat., April 1 at 1375 E. Janss Road in T.O. Admission is $10; students must bring a school photo ID. For information, call (805) 494-5156. More...