KIDS PLUS WATER- Cathleen De La Torre of T.O. writes: "On Sunday as temperatures reached 100-plus degrees, my children were tired of being at home. . . . We went to Janss Marketplace and found the best thing. The new fountain is amazing.
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By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com
Simi Valley resident Jim Dantona is running for the California Senate. More...
How do you think Amgen's restructuring will affect your life?
JOSEPH POLLICK Retired aircraft welder "It won't. I'm 93 and I've been retired a long time, so nothing's going to bother me. I will just go on with my life. I drive a car and ride a motorcycle. I bowl two times a week." More...
Lorrie Ann Dingman, 40, of Thousand Oaks was recently arrested and charged with two counts of auto insurance fraud, according to the district attorney's office of Ventura County. Dingman was involved in a low-speed, rear-end collision. More...
By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com
Kids need to be taught healthy habits, and Aly Covington wants to be the one to do it. Covington and her partners recently opened a children's gym in Westlake Village called The Empowered Place. More...
Readers Theater Television began its sixth season at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs., Aug. 30 on Time Warner Cable with "Noir," written by Ray Malus of Woodland Hills. More...
MODERN DAY TOM SAWYERS- From left, Jason Adams, 8, and a pair of 13-year-olds, Jake Cavanagh and Sohail Fathi of Thousand Oaks, hunt for crawdads under the bridge in Conejo Community Park. More...
Toastmaster Club TOTAL (Thousand Oaks Toastmasters At Lunch) will host a speech evaluation contest from noon to 1 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 13 in the third level Oak Room at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. More...
Senior Concerns' 22nd annual "Ultimate Dining Experience" netted a record $128,000 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza last month. More...
NEW EAGLE- Barrett Goldberg has achieved the highest rank in Scouting. More...
Chabad of the Conejo will host High Holiday services in the ballroom at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Rosh Hashana will be celebrated from Wednesday evening, Sept. 12, through Friday evening, Sept. 14. More...
Carla Davies of Westlake Village is an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct-sales company which features easy-to-prepare gourmet products. More...
Navy Cmdr. Jeff Hyink recently graduated with distinction and received his master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif. More...
David H. Murdock will host a fundraising event to benefit Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship and the services that they offer to the disabled on Sat., Sept. 15 at Ventura Farms, 235 W. More...
Every Wednesday at noon, the Rotary Club of Westlake Village meets at the North Ranch Country Club in Westlake Village to discuss local and worldwide topics of interest. The Sept. More...
RIDERS MEET- Joe Jolitz of Thousand Oaks was one of about 375 attendees at the Gold Wing District Rally at the Renaissance Hotel in Agoura Hills on Saturday. More...
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By Cary Ginell soundthink@aol.com
Long considered a "B"-level Broadway musical, "110 in the Shade" experienced a trifecta of misfortunes when it made its Broadway debut in 1963, including opening one month before the assassination of President Kennedy, losing its leading la More...
The Democratic Club of Conejo Valley will host U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles) at 10:30 a.m. Sun., Sept. 16 at the Conejo Recreation and Park Community Room, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. More...
Shop Ahoy, a nonprofit organization responsible for delivering nearly 5,000 grocery orders to homebound adults in Ventura County, will host a golf tournament at 11:45 a.m. Mon., Sept. More...
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