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Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks and about two dozen residents challenged a public utility project that would bisect a rural neighborhood west of Moorpark and the Santa Rosa Valley. They voiced their concerns at a California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) hearing in Ventura last week. More...

The seven men and women who comprise the Casa Conejo Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) met for the first time when they were sworn in on Wed., Sept. 16 at Walnut Elementary School. The council represents an unincorporated section of Newbury Park outside Thousand Oaks’ jurisdiction that’s seeking more attention from Ventura County. More...

Buck, an 80-pound deer, has never run away before, but on the night of Sept. 12 the statue went missing from its Newbury Park home in Deer Ridge. “He was too well loved and taken care of,” said deer owner Theresa King. More...
Cure in the Canyons wiltake place 11 a.m. Sun., Oct. 4 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Two Dole Drive, Westlake Village. Guests can visit 29 cabanas on six acres and take part in free products, spa and beauty treatments from various vendors. More...
Steven Soderbergh’s mind must be a strange and wondrous place. The guy’s obviously a talented director. More...
THURS., SEPT. 24 Chamber Fall Business More...
Newbury Park Panthers Mon., Sept. 28: No school Thousand Oaks Lancers Mon., Sept. 28: No school Westlake Warriors Fri., Sept. 25: Administrative staff meeting/10:15 a.m. First grade referral Senior barbecue/quad More...
Thousand Oaks Lancers (0-2) at Canyon Cowboys (0-2) Friday, 7 p.m.
Instead of huffing and wheezing through sprints at the end of practice, the Thousand Oaks High football team had a little fun. For the last 15 minutes of Tuesday’s practice, the Lancers played 4-on-4 against each other, with players picking their own teams. What ensued was hilarity, team bonding and a highlight reel of blooper material. More...
Kim Heggen has been appointed financial services officer for Rabobank’s Westlake Village branch, according to Jeff Paul, executive vice president of community banking. More...
“There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the be ginning of a new life.” —Author Unknown More...
The Vallecito Mobile Estates decision that City Council made is one of the most unpopular in recent times. I agree with council that legally it’s a battle that can’t be won. That being said, I find this entire human tragedy absent of creativity by the city of T.O. More...
“Inspiration comes with a deadline,” quipped Art Buchwald when asked how he responds to his publisher’s demands. More...
A dark cloud visited Conejo Valley last week when a father fell off the edge and descended into that deep dark place where no person should ever go. He murdered two beautiful and innocent children by stabbing them to death and then took an overdose of pills and committed suicide. More...
Guest opinion
What Americans need right now are jobs. Instead, Washington is killing them. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stimulus package was supposed to hold unemployment below 8 percent. Instead, since President Obama signed the bill in February, unemployment has skyrocketed nationally from 7.9 percent to 9.7 percent. More...

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