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LONG BEACH—The latest twist in the CIF-Southern Section Northern Area releaguing saga carried the shoc More...

Thousand Oaks City Council members think Simi Valley will be a better steward of undeveloped land than the county’s been. The council voted 4-0, with Councilmember Claudia Bill-de la Peña absent, to approve Simi Valley’s request to remove from a greenbelt agreement 228 acres that include the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum and seven adjacent parcels. More...

Marie Panec has announced her intention to run for United States Congress in the 24th Congressional District, which includes most of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Panec, 55, a Moorpark College biology professor and Oak Park Unified School District board member, is seeking the Democratic nomination in the June 2010 primary election. More...
The Wellness Community Valley/Ventura is seeking volunteers for its 18th annual Holiday Homes Tour scheduled for 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat., Dec. 5 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sun., Dec. 6. The self-guided tour is the cancer-support organization’s largest fundraiser of the year. More...
Concert review
Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf,” which was commissioned in 1936 to teach Russian children the instruments of the symphony orchestra, has since become an enduring classic. The Westlake High School Chamber Symphony recently performed the work in a special concert held at the Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center. More...
Underwood Family Farms’ 12th annual Fall Harvest Festival will present “It’s All About Pumpkins” from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat. and Sun., Oct. 24 and 25, 3370 Sunset Valley Road, Moorpark. More...
The facilitator is a vampirologist
UCLA Extension will present a special seminar on “Dracula and His World” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Oct. 24 in Haines Hall, Room A18 on the UCLA campus in Westwood, Los Angeles. The class will be taught by vampirologist Leslie S. Klinger, editor of “The New Annotated Dracula.” More...
Westlake Warriors (6-0) at Newbury Park Panthers (5-1) Friday, 7 p.m.
The Panthers are backed into a corner. Lose at home Friday night against the undefeated Westlake Warriors and Newbury Park’s hopes of claiming at least a share of the Marmonte League football championship are a distant memory. More...
Ventura County residents are invited to join Whisky Business, a whiskey tasting club for those looking to better understand and learn the differences between various types of whiskey. The club will provide a place where drinkers can taste and compare a variety of whiskeys in a relaxed atmosphere. Bimonthly meetings are slated to begin in early 2010. More...
Every Friday morning at 9:30 the 150 preschool students at Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks shout good morning to classmate Jordan Tilles, who cannot come to school. More...
This is an open request to Conejo Valley Unified School District board members to honor their “primary responsibility to act in the best interests of every student in the district” by authorizing the Bridges Charter School’s charter petition. More...
“A woman over the age of 40,” Mom declared á la Coco Chanel, “should always wear short hair.” Although I’m years beyond Mom’s hairy deadline, I finally decided it was time to hit the mark and connect with my inner Coco. Trying to look like Rapunzel when my hormones come in a bottle is absurd. More...
Graffiti is a national problem, although it’s worse in Southern California because of gangs and gang wannabes. Graffiti is troublesome for Thousand Oaks, just like everywhere else. No community is immune. Graffiti won’t go away soon and might be a permanent problem. After all, it’s been around for a very long time. More...

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