Big changes are coming to the Hyatt Westlake Plaza thanks to a redesign unanimously approved last week by the Thousand Oaks Planning Commission. “It was a short hearing for such a big project,” said Planning Commission chairperson Janet Wall. More...

United Blood Services—Central Coast will offer the following local blood drives for next week. Another 2,538 units of blood are needed before the end of the month to maintain a healthy supply. 8 a.m. to noon, Fri., Dec. 22, Newbury Park Community Center, 2745 Teller Road, Newbur... More...

Conejo Players Theatre will hold auditions for “Schoolhouse Rock Live” from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Mon. through Wed., Jan. 1 to 3 at the theater, 351 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Performances will be March 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11. To audition, prepare an uptempo song, showing vocal range an... More...

THURS., DEC. 21 Bring Toys To Improv Agoura High School’s Comedy Sportz hosts family-friendly improv benefit for Toys for Tots, G Bldg., 28545 Driver Ave. Junior varsity team 6 p.m., varsity team 7 p.m. Musical entertainment at halftime. Refreshments, souvenirs for sale. $5 genera... More...

The Conejo Valley and Triunfo YMCAs will offer winter camps during the upcoming winter school break for children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Triunfo YMCA camps will be Dec. 22 through Jan. 5. Conejo Valley YMCA camps will run from Dec. 26 through Jan. 5. More...

Stats can be deceiving, but the scoreboard never lies. The Oaks Christian football team was dominated by Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa in nearly every statistical category during the CIF Division III state championship game on Saturday afternoon at the Home Depot Center in Carson, and ye... More...

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VISION IN BLACK AND WHITE — Founder, 5, a female black-and-white domestic shorthair was surrendered by her owner. Founder can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. To take Founder home, ask for identification No. A3198901. More...

Thousand Oaks A vehicle was stolen Dec. 12 in the 700 block of E. Avenida de Las Flores. Police responded to a burglary Dec. 12 in the 4000 block of Skelton Canyon Circle. A vehicle was burglarized Dec. 12 in the 4000 block of Skelton Canyon Circle. More...

The Westlake Church of Religious Science invites the public to the following upcoming activities for the holiday season. All services will take place at the church at the WaterCourt, 880 Hampshire Road, suites V and W, in Westlake Village. More...

I don’t like shopping. I might even say I hate shopping. I prolong clothes shopping for myself for as long as I can, sometimes wearing shredded pants, faded shirts and sole-flapping shoes until my wife is so embarrassed to be around me that she drags me to the store. More...

After my letter to the editor was printed in the Nov. 23 Thousand Oaks Acorn (“War vet should get the Bronze Star that he lost”) about former Staff Sgt. Henry Welz, who was in the Army’s B Battery of the 890th Field Artillery Battalion, I have received five very import... More...

You’d be amazed at how much time volunteer sports coaches and instructors spend helping our children. Ten or more hours a week working with a program isn’t uncommon for some of these unselfish men and women. With several practices a week plus games on the weekends, their sacrifice... More...

This home has 5 bedrooms, 3 baths and is approximately 3,200 square feet. It is located on a lot that is about 32,000 square feet and zoned for horses. The home features a living room with a custom fireplace and a formal dining room with a built-in buffet with a granite counter. The... More...