Before Monday, the first day candidacies for the Nov. 2 City Council elections were officially open, Mayor Dennis Gillette had raised more than $10,000 and Councilmember Andrew Fox had filed intention forms to collect donations. More...
QUICK WORK STOPS FIRE–Ventura County firefighters contained a 2-acre brush fire that was reported about 10:40 p.m. on July 6. The blaze burned a hill behind St. Paschal Baylon Church. More...
AN EARLY START– Angie Rosen, development manager for the Alzheimer’s Association Central Coast Chapter, speaks during the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk 10 Kick-Off Party at BJ& More...
THURS., JULY 15 Whizzing Around The World With Irma At Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. World traveler & writer Irma Kackert gives slide presentation on Costa Rica in Central America. More...
CREATING WORLDS— Ken Gorman, the director of iD Tech Camps at California Lutheran University, helps Abigail Cohen, 7, of Woodland Hills create her own 2D video game during a session at iD Tech C More...
Women’s Economic Ventures will offer free Self-Employment Training orientations in Thousand Oaks from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 19 and Aug. 2, 9, 16 and 23. More...
HAPPY TWOSOME—Maude, left, an 8-year-old female shepherd mix, and Panda, a 7-year-old male samoyed mix, are the best of friends and were surrendered together by their owner. More...
SCRUBA DUBBA—Thousand Oaks High School juniors, from left, Alan Faust, Everett Kelly and Samir Matin wash cars during the Thousand Oaks High School band’s carwash fundraiser. More...
Conejo Valley Unified School District’s superintendent believes it’s time to investigate new ways to fill projected revenue gaps during the next few years. More...
An elderly couple in Dos Vientos woke up to a terrible fright earlier this month. The Jewish couple discovered someone had vandalized the front of their home with swastikas and profanity. More...
Is it really possible to forget about $30,000? Apparently Circuit City, an electronics store no longer in Thousand Oaks, is unaware it once gave Thousand Oaks $30,000 for a security deposit, according to city records. More...
The Thousand Oaks Police Department has noticed many motorists using cellphones while driving without a handsfree device, which is against the law. A crackdown has already started. More...
Moorpark College Theatre Arts will present its summer 2010 production of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy “Two Gentlemen of Verona” in the studio (black box) theater of the campus Performing Arts Center, 7075 Campus Drive, Moo More...
“Predator” (1987) was one of those sci-fianomalies—a cheap scifi slash-monster flick starring then- B-list icon Arnold Schwarzenegger, who’d scored big-time three years earlier with his sci-fieffort “Terminator.” More...
William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of two star-crossed lovers, “Romeo and Juliet,” will be presented by Classics in the Park for a limited run at 8 p.m. Saturdays July 17, 24 and 31 at Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. More...
The Juniors Division All-Star baseball team from Thousand Oaks Little League claimed the District 13 Tournament banner with a 6-5 victory over Moorpark on Tuesday afternoon at Channel Islands High. More...
On the same day Major League Baseball’s finest clashed in the All-Star Game, local stars from Moorpark and Conejo Valley collided on the diamond. More...
The Shepherd’s House will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its charter as a Foursquare church at the celebration services at 9 and 11 a.m. Sun., July 25 at 95 N Oakview Drive, Thousand Oaks. A special reception will take place at 6 p.m. More...
St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church will welcome its new pastor, the Rev. Stan Ferguson, on Sun., July 18 at the church, 1360 S. Wendy Drive, Newbury Park. More...
The Acorn chose not to cover the well-attended July Fourth TEA Party gathering at Hendrix Park because Acorn policy is not to cover “protest” demonstrations. More...
The stupidity of our past and present City Council never ends. Before the City Council chambers and Civic Arts Plaza were constructed, the city promised to avoid additional traffic problems for Thousand Oaks Boulevard. More...
In the past year, the City Council has approved a number of fiscally reckless items. The most recent is the $400,000 angled parking misstep. Just think what city jobs that could provide or other wiser expenditures. More...
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