August 19, 2010 RSS feed / Community

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Only eight days are left to enter Fiction in a Nutshell

The dog days of August shouldn’t zap your creativity. If you think you have a knack for writing, put your creative juices to work and take part in next month’s “Fiction in a Nutshell” contest. More...

LV-Triunfo offers wastewater plant tour

The Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority will conduct a free public tour of its wastewater treatment and recycling facilities from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat., Aug. More...

Proper recycling makes a difference

Using salt instead of sugar or baking powder instead of baking soda can wreak havoc on a recipe. The same is true when trash is put in the recycling bin. More...

Getting the most out of recycling

TRANSFORMING TRASH–Thousand Oaks resident Steve Kane adds a wheelbarrow of shredded garden waste to his brewing compost pile at Las Flores Community Garden. He was busy last Friday. More...

Duplicate bridge for beginners classes offered

Duplicate bridge games for beginning players are offered at 4:30 p.m. Sundays except holidays at Bridge Academy II, 77 Rolling Oaks Drive, Thousand Oaks. The cost is $6, with lunch provided. For more information, call Jean at (805) 494-0965. More...

3 to challenge in the park district

Conejo Recreation and Park District, a special agency formed in 1963 before the city was incorporated, will have an election on Nov. 2 for three of its five board of director seats. More...

It’s about money, says council challenger

nancy@theacorn.com
By Nancy Needham

City Council candidate Ernest LeGault hopes Thousand Oaks residents won’t vote for incumbents who are willing to spend close to $100,000 each to win a council seat that pays about $80,000 over its entire four-year term. More...

Classes help new drivers

The Thousand Oaks Police Department will host a program to educate newly licensed and future drivers from 6 to 9 p.m. Wed., Sept. 8 at the Thousand Oaks Police Station, East County Community Room, 2101 E. Olsen Road, Thousand Oaks. More...

Presentation to offer global warming solutions

The Ventura County air district offers a speaker’s bureau presentation on the impact of global climate change. More...

Ventura County to update disaster mitigation plans

Under the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Ventura County is required to update the current Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. This enables the county to be eligible to continue to receive certain forms of federal disaster assistance. More...