By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
To attract more students to Conejo Valley Unified School District and to offer parents a choice in alternate teaching styles, the CVUSD Board of Education approved creation of a science and technology magnet school in Newbury Park in More...
former Northern California Educator
Westlake Village resident Elmer Johnson passed away June 5, 2008, shortly after being diagnosed with leukemia. He was 87. Mr. Johnson was born November 22, 1920 in Horton, Iowa. More...
Kristen Spear, 11, of Thousand Oaks has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss California Pageant to be held Aug. 14 to 16 at the Hyatt in Anaheim. The pageant is for girls ages 10 through 12. More...
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers TESTING READINESS- Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club member Mike D'Amore, left, and Neil Waybright of Moorpark, right, watch and listen as student Marshall Dormire tries to make contact with other ham radio operators. More...
Air Force ROTC Cadet Stephen A. Snelling has received an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship for $15,000 per year of attendance at the University of Washington at Seattle. More...
The Westlake Village Junior Women's Club will present the 39th annual Westlake Village Community Fourth of July Parade starting at 10 a.m. Fri., July 4. The parade will assemble starting at 9:45 a.m. More...
The Friends of the Thousand Oaks Library will hold a used book sale from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Fri., July 11 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., July 12 at the Newbury Park Branch Library, 2331 Borchard Road, Newbury Park. More...
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers NOT A GOOD PLACE TO LAND- Boy Scout Michael Larsen, 11, of Troop No. 765, lands in jail during Ventura County's second annual Monopoly tournament at St. Paschal Baylon Church in Thousand Oaks. More...