Libraries to be closed on July Fourth
     The Ventura County Library community libraries will be closed Tues., July 4 for the Independence Day holiday.
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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.
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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. Due to his illegal immigrant status, the felony conviction makes Negrette-Diaz eligibl
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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. The family is in an emergency situation, but the city isn't handling it as an emergency, says Dianne Fritsch
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. In a beautiful natural setting, you can have your meeting and enjoy the variety that state parks have to offer. Whether you are looking for woodl
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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. The meeting was at Marie Callender's restaurant in Thousand Oaks.
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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.
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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 charitable causes in the Conejo Valley and Ventura Cou
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'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. It was hosted by Conejo Recreation & Park District.
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