August 27, 2009 RSS feed / Community

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Man arrested for alleged possession of pornography

Thousand Oaks police made an arrest seven months after executing a search warrant and seizing computers and digital storage devices at a home in Newbury Park in connection with a child pornography investigation. More...

Ask the Arborist

Q: Frank and June wrote to me about a large pine tree growing on a neighbor’s property that is leaning over their cabin in the local mountains. Their first choice is to remove the tree, but the neighbor said they can only top it. More...

Democratic Club will host upcoming events

•The Democratic Club of Conejo Valley will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 9 at the Grant Brimhall/Thousand Oaks Library, 1401 E. Janss Road. More...

Women’s Club will visit WW II Aviation Museum

The Thousand Oaks Women’s Club will sponsor a docent-led tour of the Commemorative Air Force WWII Aviation Museum at the Camarillo Airport at 11 a.m. Wed., Sept. 9.  The group will meet to carpool at 10:15 a.m. More...

Acorn Bits

Useful numbers for Thousand Oaks residents Animal Care and Control (818) 991-0071 Environmental Programs Hotline (805) 449-SAVE Emergency Preparedness (805) 449-2453 Street Light Repair (800) 611-1911 Traffic Signal Information (805) 449-2400 More...

Free training offered for ESL tutor volunteers

Laubach Literacy of Ventura County is offering a free workshop to train volunteers as English as Second Language tutors of adults. The workshop will be on two days: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., Sept. 12 and 9 to 11 a.m. Sat., Oct. More...

Meetings at library are open to the public, but exactly who is the ‘public’?

Complaints came into the Grant Brimall/Thousand Oaks Library after hundreds of people were shut out of a public meeting there earlier this month. More...

Valuables left inside vehicles continue to be stolen by burglars in Conejo Valley

Many thieves are opportunists who only strike when it’s easy

As residents continue to leave valuables inside vehicles, thieves continue to steal them. On Aug. 13 someone called the police about a suspicious vehicle parked on the 300 block of Wynn Court in Thousand Oaks. More...

Club helps moms make new friends

By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com

Patty Bleau didn’t know anybody in Simi Valley when she moved there from Massachusetts in 2004 with her husband and baby. More...

Beginning square dance classes offered

Buckles & Bows Square Dance Club will host weekly beginner square dance classes from 7 to 9 p.m. every Tuesday beginning Sept. 8 through May at the Thousand Oaks Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest. More...

GOP women host Michael Reagan

EXCHANGING PLEASANTRIES–Michael Reagan mingles with guests, including Elaine Anthony of Thousand Oaks, left, and Rosemary Licata, president of the Thousand Oaks Republican Women’s Federate More...

Red Cross seeks nominations for award

The American Red Cross of Ventura County seeks nominations for the sixth annual Clara Barton Awards, which will be presented at a dinner and gala on Sat., Oct. 10 at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks. More...