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Motorists who use the rural portion of Moorpark Road between Moorpark and Thousand Oaks may have noticed large earthmovers grading an area near Sunset Valley and Read roads in the Tierra Rejada Valley. More ... We had the incorrect time for a Thousand Oaks speech on Sunday by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles). Waxman discussed global warming and other issues. His speech began two hours earlier than the time listed in last week's article. We apologize to the people who were late because of More ... The Agoura Hills-based Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the ALS Association and the Conejo Valley Little League are stepping up to the plate to battle amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. More ... As dozens filed in to the Thousand Oaks Library to hear the parents of a 20-year-old Marine speak about his death in Iraq, Carlos Arredondo, the father of the soldier, was busy taping poster-sized color photos of his lost son on the front wall of the library. More ... Honoring outstanding individuals, groups or causes is something the Thousand Oaks City Council often does prior to conducting business during council meetings. More ... Seniors and residents with an income of $40,000 or less may be eligible for a property tax rebate. More ... Anyone interested in running for Thousand City Council or in obtaining information on candidates must do a little research on the city website to find the information. More ... FISHY EYES- Thousand Oaks resident Katie Goodman, 5, watches fish in the aquarium in the new children's facility at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, which recently opened. More ... American Tortoise Rescue, a nonprofit turtle and tortoise rescue based in Malibu, has a large number of water turtles available for adoption.Called redeared sliders because of the red stripe next to their eyes, these are the most common turtles given up for adoption. More ... The Book Bag, a nonprofit community bookstore, recently announced it will donate $1,000 to the Conejo Valley Adult Literacy Program. More ... RESCUE SIMULATION- Thousand Oaks resident Dennis Wasserman readies a device that produces "blood" for fake wounds he will suffer during a staged bombing scenario last Friday at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo. Funded by a Homeland Security grant, the Ventur More ... Hilary Gushwa, Miss Ventura County International 2006 and founder of the nonprofit organization Heart2Heart, recently hosted a bone marrow drive at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church in Newbury Park. More ... Guests will dine, donate and be entertained at the Comedy in the Conejo fundraiser event planned for Sun., Aug. 13 by the Kiwanis Club of Thousand Oaks. More ... The Green for Baby store in Thousand Oaks is in business to give babies a healthy start in life by providing a variety of organic cotton clothes that are free of bleach, pesticides, flame retardants and other chemicals. At the store parents will also find wood cribs and 100 natural cri More ... CHAMPIONING AN ISSUE- U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) addresses audience at the Hillcrest Community Center in Thousand Oaks. Among other topics, he discussed global warming, referring several times to the Safe Climate Act of 2006, which was introduced in June. More ... The financial services firm Edward Jones ranks highest in full-service investor satisfaction for the second consecutive year, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study, announced Matthew Jones, investment representative in Camarillo. More ... Mariclare and Marvin Suomi of Beverly Hills have pledged a $500,000 gift for the construction of a new Early Childhood Center on California Lutheran University's north campus in Thousand Oaks. The new center will replace the one that has housed the preschool for more than 30 years. More ... A charity tennis camp for adults and children will be offered from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sat., Aug. 5 at Sunset Hills Country Club, 4155 Erbes Road, Thousand Oaks. One hundred percent of the donations will go directly to the Southeast Ventura County YMCA (Conejo Valley, Triunfo and Simi Valley F More ... MAKE WAY FOR PIXIE- Harry Schlitz enters a Thousand Oaks Library lecture room with Pixie, a real sled dog, during a presentation about dog sledding last Friday. Schlitz talked about the story of "Balto" while he showed off his touring sled-dog team, Pixie, Sorrel and Su. More ... SHARING THE WEALTH- Beth Maiman of Agoura Hills, right, spent six months collecting new and used children's DVDs and videos to donate to residents of Casa Pacifica, a children's group home in Camarillo. She also raised enough money to purchase a new DVD/VCR player for the children. Barbara Kramer, d More ... Community RSS feed |
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