May 18, 2006 RSS feed / Community

Council meetings on website

The city of Thousand Oaks' website (www.toaks.org) has been enhanced to include live and archived streaming video of city council, planning commission and other public meetings. More...

Gem and mineral show to feature young jewelry maker

Twelve-year-old Newbury Park resident Chieko Hoki said she creates jewelry out of stones and minerals because she enjoys the process-from discovering a dusty scuffed rock on the side of a road to turning it into the centerpiece of one of her han More...

Graduates look to the future

As the 527 California Lutheran University students receiving their baccalaureate degrees walked across the Mount Clef stadium stage to the rhythm of "Pomp and Circumstance" on Saturday, the cheers of their professors, peers and family members g More...

Couple knows wine, will help launch new stores

WineStyles, a national franchise that "demystifies the wine shopping experience," has named Thousand Oaks residents Levett and Pia Washington as area developers for north Los Angeles and Ventura counties. More...

Women's Club to help two worthy causes

The Thousand Oaks Women's Club raised $4,000 at its March 10 fashion show, a fundraiser in support of two Thousand Oaks organizations that provide health services to community residents in need. More...

'HELLO, STATUE?'-St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, has a home in the Thousand Oaks yard of Mary Leon. His dish holds birdseed. According to Leon, the furry little guest is either paying his respects to St. More...

Knights host golf tourney

The Knights of Columbus, Newbury Park No. 8397, will host the sixth annual Charity Golf Classic on Mon., May 22 at Moorpark Country Club. More...

Make small talk count

Do you dread receptions, banquets, and other business-related social events? Does attending another open house make you want to run inside your own and lock the door? You're not alone. More...

Did you know?

Don't 'Top' Trees Do not "top" trees. Never cut main branches back to stubs. More...

T.O. man arrested in sexual assault

Following an investigation, a Thousand Oaks man, Juan Santos Barrera, 40, was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault around 1 p.m. May 8 near his home in the 400 block of Citation Way. More...

Salon offers full service

The Waxing Goddess Body Waxing salon is at the same location but has a new address for the site. The salon is in The Courtyard business center, 3625 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Thousand Oaks. More...

Know your flag protoco

May is National Military Appreciation Month, and United Spinal Association, a national veteran's service organization, reminds Americans that they can honor the members of our armed forces this month and every month by flying the American flag. More...

Conejo Valley Days honors volunteers

Five service, volunteer and youth organizations were honored at the annual Conejo Valley Days Interservice Club Luncheon May 4 at the Los Robles Greens Golf Course, Thousand Oaks. More...

CLU honors three retiring professors

California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks will mark the retirement of three longtime professors as the semester draws to a close. Michael Doyle of the criminal justice department; C. More...

Don't miss Strawberry Festival

The 23rd annual California Strawberry Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun., May 20 and 21 at Strawberry Meadows of College Park, 3250 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard. More...

A winning combination

MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY-Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge No. 2477 donates a unit flag to Boy Scout Troop No. 3763. The already successful group of Scouts formed less than three years ago in Dos Vientos. More...

Newbury Park man named to board

Newbury Park resident Michael Silacci, executive director of external affairs for AT&T in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, has been elected to the Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF) board of directors. More...

String quartet to debut

The Left Coast String Quartet will perform its Conejo Valley debut concert at 3 p.m., Sun., May 21 at the United Methodist Church of Westlake Village, 1049 Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. The concert is sponsored by More...

Strickland says experience matters

Assemblymember Audra Strickland (R-Moorpark) is seeking a second term because she believes her conservative views are shared by most of her constituents. More...

Picture perfect

PATRICK SHELBY/Acorn Newspapers GOLDEN HOUR-Lisa Lane and Fred Secrease capture a magic moment during last Saturday's fourth annual Support for the Kids fundraising event at Ventura Farms in Hidden Valley. More...

T.O. firm looks to expand

A rapidly growing Thousand Oaks company hopes to nearly double its revenues and its staff over the next three years. More...

Clergy profile: Rabbi Bryski, Conejo Chabad

Rabbi Moshe Bryski, executive director of Chabad of the Conejo in Agoura Hills, said he first entered the local scene as a bus driver transporting children to a Morrison Ranch summer youth camp, and was later "drafted for a temporary position" a More...

Car show benefits charity

Thousand Oaks High School Car Club in conjunction with the Thousand Oaks Police Department and Thousand Oaks Elks Lodge No. 2477, will host its second annual car show from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More...

Bureaucracy separates family

Kanwar Bagga, a 15-year resident of Thousand Oaks and owner of a Chevron station in Ventura, has a simple request for the United States government: allow his wife and daughter to return home. More...

Jumping for a cause

BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers FUNDRAISING JUMPING-Jensen Koff, left, 5, of T.O. and Emilie Lesser, 5, of Agoura are part of a group of 125 kids participating in a Hop-a-Thon at Temple Adat Elohim to raise money for juvenile diabetes research. More...

Four lost hikers rescued by police

Four men got lost on Thurs., May 12 and were rescued by the Ventura County Sheriff 's Department's East Valley Search and Rescue unit. More...

Heschel fundraising gala a big success

More than 400 people gathered in the Air Force One Pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Sun., May 7 to celebrate and raise funds for Heschel West Day School of Agoura Hills. More...

Making beautiful music

IN STEP AND IN TUNE-Cissy Song, 12, and her family moved here from China two years ago. She's a flute player in the Redwood Middle School Marching Band, which will compete Saturday in a Fillmore parade. More...

Pepperdine camp exercises minds and bodies

Three years ago Kip Jerger, founder of Kanoa Aquatics, partnered with iD Tech Camps to reach more Generation Y kids that wouldn't typically choose to surf. More...

Movie night

BIGGEST SMILE-Lena Meade, 5, Rachel Savini, 9, and Britney Barnsdale, 8, enjoy themselves while waiting for the movie to start. More...

Grads appointed to military academies

Eighteen young men and women nominated by U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Ventura and Santa Barbara counties) have been accepted to U.S. military academies. They have until this summer to accept their appointments. More...