For an estimated $49 million a Discovery Center for Science and Technology can be built and equipped to enrich the lives of more than 1 million children, families and educators. More...
Parents and students of Wildwood Elementary showed up in full force at the district's March 13 board meeting after news leaked that Principal Darlene Hale's contract wouldn't be renewed. More...
After the Women's Health Initiative was published, women became aware that synthetic hormone replacement carried risks that they had not previously been aware of. More...
First 5 Ventura County is sponsoring its second annual countywide poster contest for high school students. This year's theme is "Healthy Teeth Begin at Birth." Poster entries are due Fri., April 20. More...
THURS., MARCH 22 Polyantha Roses Ventura County Rose Society meets Cowan Conference Center, 550 Airport Way, Camarillo. 7 p.m. questions/answers by consulting rosarians. 7:30 p.m. feature speaker James Delahanty, club past president. More...
The following Azusa Pacific University students made the academic dean's list: +Laura M. Anderson of Thousand Oaks, graduate of Thousand Oaks High School, sociology +Sean M. More...
JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE GROWLING- The Newbury Park High School Competition Cheer Team took first place in both group stunt and junior varsity categories at the Showcase of Champions. The event took place at Sea World in San Diego. More...
The following area residents were named to the dean's list for the fall 2006 semester. +Megan Spehar of Thousand Oaks attends Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. More...
Ventura County Marketing Professionals is a new networking and professional development group dedicated to supporting those working in the fields of marketing, public relations and graphic design. More...
Newbury Park A police officer arrested a male, on a charge of disturbing the peace by fighting at 11:37 p.m. March 2 in the 700 block of Newbury Road. More...
PASSIONATE PLAYER- Jessica Kane, a longtime volleyball player, uses a volleyball as an accessory during her walk down the runway at Modelette 2007, a fashion show presented by the Conejo Valley chapter of the National Charity League, on Sunday in More...
Vendors are needed for the ninth annual Stand for Children Day "Party in the Park," which will take place S u n . ,May 20 a t Conejo Creek Park i n Thousand Oaks. More...
A significant longterm investment, such as purchasing an automobile, is no time for succumbing to whims. When car shopping, take time to research the options. More...
A popular principal at Wildwood Elementary School won't be returning next fall despite an outpouring of support at last week's Conejo Valley Unified School District Board of Education meeting. More...
WHIPPING AROUND THE PARK--Tom Morr and his son, Garrett, enjoy some quality time together with Teko, the family's whippet, at the dog park. The popular "Park and Bark" is on Avenida de Las Flores, just west of the 23 Freeway overpass. More...
Complacent Thousand Oaks residents are becoming crime magnets, attracting gang members from the Los Angeles area to their city and providing opportunities for local youths to also become criminals. More...
LOVE LEARNING--Ginger Roberts of Thousand Oaks is one of 10 Pepperdine University students participating in the Professional Development Program offered at Manzanita Elementary School. More...
Virgilio Garcia, winner of the Conejo Valley Boys & Girls Clubs Youth of the Year award, is in the eighth grade at Los Cerritos Middle School, not seventh. More...
March is always a little interesting for avid film folk- - too soon after the Academy Awards to think about next year's contenders and too early for summer blockbusters. More...
Fusing symphonic music with photographs of the Yosemite National Park landscape, the New West Symphony and Larry Janss have created a unique series of concerts geared to transport the audience into the wild beauty of the West. More...
By beating Mexico in a bestof-three game series last week, the United States Field Hockey team has earned a chance to compete in the 2007 Pan American Games this July in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More...
WINNING IN THE RAIN- Thousand Oaks first baseman Karli Adkins, right, makes a play on Westlake's Nora Sobczak during Tuesday's 4-1 Lancer victory at TOHS. The Lancers are now 3-3. More...
MARCHING ON- The Newbury Park AYSO girls' U-12 All-Star soccer team won the Section 10 playoffs in Bakersfield. The team's final game against North Hills was a tough battle and went to penalty kicks before Newbury Park prevailed. More...
SHY AND SWEET- Sarah, a 5-year-old female black Labrador/retriever mix can be adopted from the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road, just west of Kanan Road. To take Sarah home, ask about identification No. A3629572. More...
Hanna Madell was called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah on March 10 at Temple Etz Chaim. She is an honors student at Los Cerritos Middle School and the daughter of Gina and Dale Mandell of Thousand Oaks. More...
Temple Adat Elohim will celebrate Passover with a Middle Eastern Second Night Seder at 7 p.m. Tues., April 3 at 2420 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. The public is invited. More...
If you watch "Law and Order," then you know that detectives have to balance testimony, evidence and probability. A wife explains that her husband is innocent, but the police suspect him because they see blood on his shirt. More...
First we have to tolerate Mike Dunn's unprofessional, troublemaking tactics on our kids' school board, and now we Acorn readers get to hear from his wife pushing the same agenda: religion in the public schools. More...
In the Thousand Oaks Acorn March 8 article "Evolution versus creationism under the microscope again," Moorpark physics teacher Clint Harper was quoted: "Fossil records prove that evolution is true. More...
Ruth Rose of White House Properties, Westlake Village, has been congratulated by owner/ broker Marty Williams for her production for January. She has been named top producer with more than $17 million in listings and sales. More...
Broker associate Shirley Richards of Coldwell Banker Westlake Village Regional attended the annual seminar for Certified Residential Specialist designees. More...
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