Shangri-La doesn't exist
      "That never happens here" is the typical reaction in Conejo Valley when something horrible happens somewhere else. We live, after all, in a mostly quiet, almost bedroom community. Oh sure, Southern California bank robbers occasionally stop by, but only because they go wherever the freeways take them. They grab the money and run.
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For the record
      Due to an editing error, Vicki Melia was incorrectly identified in a photo caption last week. She's the mother of Lance Cpl. Anthony Melia, a marine who was killed in the Iraq War. Although veterinarian Dr. Leslie Schwartz is retiring, the Arboles Animal Clinic will stay open in the shopping center at Moorpark Road and Avenida de Los Arboles.
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