June 22, 2006 RSS feed / Community

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City hopes to alleviate parking at The Lakes

By Sophia Fischer
Finding a parking space may soon become a little easier at The Lakes shopping center in Thousand Oaks. More...

Residents warned that fire season has arrived

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is fully prepared and opened the 2006 fire season in the southern half of California on June 5. More...

Future Foundation ponders life in 2016

Avi Rutschman avi@theacorn.com

Lacking a crystal ball or time machine, the Conejo/Las Virgenes Future Foundation decided to take a glimpse into the future by inviting a panel of experts to hypothesize what life may be like in 2016. More...

Soroptimists help worthy causes

Soroptimist International of the Conejo recently held its annual Service Awards Program meeting to present monetary awards ranging from $250 to $1,000 to nine community nonprofit organizations. More...

Newbury Park resident earns T.O. Rotary Club's Conlan Award

The Rotary Club of Thousand Oaks has named Ron Gellenbeck as this year's recipient of the John Conlon Award established by the club nine years ago to commemorate Conlan's outstanding contributions to administrative governance and char More...

Libraries to be closed on July Fourth

The Ventura County Library community libraries will be closed Tues., July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. More...

Illegal immigrant convicted of fraud

Thousand Oaks resident Ricardo Negrette-Diaz, 38, was recently convicted of auto insurance fraud and sentenced to felony probation after serving 60 days in Ventura County Jail and paying restitution. More...

Council to vote on trailer for family whose home burned

By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com

All the Pineda family wants to do is to live in a trailer in their Thousand Oaks backyard while their burned house is rebuilt. But city code is preventing them from doing so. More...

Local ham radio operators prepare for an emergency

By Stephanie Bertholdo bertholdo@theacorn.com

Amateur radio operators will have a field day-and night-June 24 and 25, when they will work around the clock to stay on the air under simulated emergency conditions. More...

Local California State Parks offer ideal sites for meetings

Searching for a getaway? Looking for a place to have an office retreat or large family gettogether? Look no further than California State Parks. More...

Hike 2,000 destinations on Simi Valley man's free site

By Joe Cohen Acorn Staff Writer

Simi Valley resident Jim Zuber gets a quarter of a million visitors every single month. Zuber is the founder of localhikes.com, the largest free hiking-related site on the Internet. More...

'Let me outta here!'

'I WANT OUT'- Andrew Burr, 6, of Thousand Oaks is enjoying the ride, but Kenji Shimano, 3, of Simi Valley doesn't seem so happy. The two boys attended Saturday's Touch a Truck event at the Thousand Oaks Community Center. More...