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CENTENARIAN— One-hundred-year-old birthday girl Thelma Crowder, center, enjoys a party thrown in her honor by family and friends at Castle Hill Retirement Village in Thousand Oaks on Saturday. "She looks and acts like she's 80," said Jolene Carlson, a Castle Hill employee. "Her mind is as sharp as anyone half her age. More...
Chicago treatment plant officials see how it's done

A bio-gas digestion process from human waste might not be something the average person would travel 2,000 miles to see, but Osoth Janjun did just that. More...

Community Development Director John Prescott discussed the latest developments with Home Depot and Costco and the plans for improving Thousand Oaks Boulevard at the city's goal-setting session last month. The Thousand Oaks Boulevard Association is planning to hold community outreach meetings to discuss its plans for Thousand Oaks Boulevard at 6 p.m. Wed. More...

HISTORY COMES TO LIFE— Ladera Elementary School fifthgrader T.J. Barnholtz, 10, portrays Eleanor Roosevelt in the school's quad. Last month, Ladera's fifth-grade classes transformed the quad into a living history museum, and the students gave speeches about the characters they portrayed. More...
HEALING STATUE— Local children gather around a 5-foot papier mache giraffe named Gigi that brightens up the hall at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center. The giraffe was a community project at Pandora's Paintbox Craft Studio in Newbury Park. More...
Concert review
When Tom and Dick Smothers first brought their sibling rivalry act to San Francisco's Purple Onion nightclub, Dwight Eisenhower was president, the New York Mets didn't exist and America was yet to send a man into space. That was 1959, and today, the Smothers Brothers are the longest-running comedy team in history. More...
THURS., MAR. 5 OneClub Breakfast Third annual Boys & Girls Club event, 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Spanish Hills Country Club, 999 Crestview Ave., Camarillo. Speakers: Tony Pedeferri, Leslie Margolin. Reservations required. More...
All events (subject to change) are listed by name, location and time if provided. If calendars are modified, school sources are asked to contact us with updated information at this e-mail address: steve@theacorn.com. More...
Boys' basketball team will play for section banner Saturday at Anaheim
Will the third time be the charm? That's the milliondollar question locally as the Thousand Oaks High boys' basketball team prepares to make its third CIFSouthern Section title-game appearance since 2002. More...
The Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold a networking breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. tomorrow, Fri., March 6, at the Los Robles Greens Banquet Center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. The Chamber's seven networking groups will be featured at the meeting. More...
SWEETHEART— Shelley, a 6-year-old collie mix, is sweet and calm but a little shy. She prefers women and needs to go to a home with no young children. Shelley can be adopted at the Agoura Animal Shelter at 29525 Agoura Road. Ask for ID No. A3908209. Occasionally pets have already been adopted so call (818) 991-0071 first or visit animalcare.lacounty.gov. More...
Newbury Park The following subjects were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the times, dates and places indicated: a male, 35, at 11:35 p.m. Feb. 25 at Greendale Street and Churchill Road; a female, 41, at 3:10 p.m. Feb. 25 in the 200 block of W. More...
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Community College Districts after a professor censored and threatened to expel a student following his presentation in a public speaking class about marriage and the Christian faith. More...
The Students Against Drunk Driving chapter at Newbury Park High School will host a Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat., March 7 at DCH Honda of Oxnard, 1500 E. Ventura Blvd., Oxnard. For more information, call Colleen Fairman, customer relations manager, at DCH Honda at (805) 973-1132. More...
Save the date
Be sure to mark your calendar for Sun., April 19 when the Thousand Oaks Kiwanis Club Charitable Foundation presents its second annual Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament and Casino Night at The Canyon, 28912 Roadside Drive in Agoura Hills. More...
I'm not sure how one could turn the proposed Home Depot site into a political partisan issue, as was done in your Feb. More...
City revenues are down and expenses are up, making it a challenge to keep a balanced budget. The City Council must do what voters of Thousand Oaks elected them to do—take charge and use their intelligence, experience and judgment to make tough decisions instead of waiting for city staff to do all the work. More...
Realtor Toni Hanson, an agent with Prudential California Realty's Thousand Oaks office, loves devoting her time to Blankets of Love. This program was formed to bring comfort to animals in shelters and pet rescues. More...

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