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Thursday, July 7, 2022

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Supply and Demand


Puff, puff passed


Rebecca Grossman PR plug backfires


LVMWD: Early indications are mandate is working


City contractor will patrol for water offenders


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264 apartments OK’d near high school

264 apartments OK’d near high school

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By Becca Whitnall
becca@thacorn.com
| June 30, 2022

The Thousand Oaks City Council has signed off on another large-scale residential development, its second in as many meetings. On Tuesday, the council voted 5-0...

Blue Bowlers busted in Florida

Blue Bowlers busted in Florida

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By Kyle Jorrey
tonewstip@theacorn.com
| June 30, 2022

The Florida couple who manufactured a controversy in Ventura County three years ago, when they claimed their charity flag football tournament to benefit police was...

Bail set at $1M for man accused of rape, forced solicitation of minors

Bail set at $1M for man accused of rape, forced solicitation of minors

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June 30, 2022

A Newbury Park man was being held on $1.1-million bail after he was charged with forcing two underage girls to engage in sex acts with...

Advisory council chair calls for change in school district

Audio Article

By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| June 30, 2022

CVUSD Alysia Flamer said her daughter works hard in class and wants to go to a competitive college, so the two sought advice from a...

Neighbors

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Former choir member returns to lead group

Former choir member returns to lead group

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By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| June 30, 2022

Emma Roche was 14 years old when she traveled overseas with the Los Robles Children’s Choir for a European tour. The group was rehearsing in...

Entries accepted for arts council show

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

The Arts Council of Conejo Valley is seeking entries for the Summer Open Show Art Competition, which is open to artists 18 and up. Each...

MAKING HISTORY

MAKING HISTORY

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Photos by SUSAN WEININGER/Acorn Newspapers | June 30, 2022

A WARM WELCOME—Above, Moorpark College President Julius Sokenu welcomes guests and talks about celebrating the community of African descent as well as supporting community building...

On the road again

On the road again

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By Becca Whitnall
becca@theacorn.com
| June 24, 2022

While local high school and college graduates spent the month celebrating, another Thousand Oaks resident was focused on his own graduation. Sixty-eight-year-old John Thomson completed...

Mardi Gras Ball selects king and queen

Mardi Gras Ball selects king and queen

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June 24, 2022

Community Conscience has selected Tony Kourounis and Mary Sepe as king and queen of the 29th annual Mardi Gras Ball, set for Sat. July 23...

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July 4 schedule full in Thousand Oaks

July 4 schedule full in Thousand OaksFree Access

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June 30, 2022

Thousand Oaks’ July Fourth celebration—presented by the Conejo Recreation and Park District and City of Thousand Oaks—kicks off with a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. at Borchard Community...

V-ballers net equipment donations for kids

V-ballers net equipment donations for kids

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June 30, 2022

READY TO PLAY—Five teens recently teamed up to collect donations of new and used sports equipment to give to grade-school kids. From left, Kelsey Maguire, 14, of Moorpark; Emily Morge,...

Teach kids how to deal with jealousy

Teach kids how to deal with jealousy

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Bonnie Vandenberg | June 24, 2022

Question: I need help with the “green-eyed monster” that rears up on a regular basis. My son is jealous of my daughter, my daughter is jealous of my son, and...

Health

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Supreme Court decision reverberates locally

Supreme Court decision reverberates locally

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June 30, 2022

DEMONSTRATION—At right, protesters hold up signs at Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards on June 24 during a protest in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade....

BRIEFS

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

Red Cross hosts blood drives As summer begins, the Red Cross sees about a 21% decline in blood donations during holiday weeks, including Independence Day. When blood donations drop, so...

BRIEFS

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June 24, 2022

Support groups meet via Zoom The Livingston Grief and Bereavement Program offers a Survivors of Suicide Loss grief support group for those who have experienced the loss of a loved...

Volunteer instructor offers valuable life advice: Be flexible

Volunteer instructor offers valuable life advice: Be flexible

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By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| June 17, 2022

Yoga instructor Robert Graham stood at the front of the room as a group of older adults watched closely. But on this May evening, the 78-year-old Camarillo resident wasn’t leading...

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A TRAILBLAZER ON ICE

A TRAILBLAZER ON ICE

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By Ally Spooner
Special to the Acorn
| June 30, 2022

Eight years ago, Chelsey Goldberg dreamed of starting a women’s ice hockey team in Israel. Her dream has come true....

There’s no place like home plate

There’s no place like home plate

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By Colin Beazley
Special to the Acorn
| June 24, 2022

BASEBALL /// Conejo Oaks The Conejo Oaks college wood-bat baseball team features players from 25 schools and six states. The...

MR. AGOURA HIGH

MR. AGOURA HIGH

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By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com
| June 17, 2022

Jason Rosenthal has spent his career racking up records, wins and championships. He transformed a school that didn’t field a...

Schools

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CENTURY ACADEMY CLASS OF 2022

CENTURY ACADEMY CLASS OF 2022

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June 24, 2022

Class of 2022 are Century ‘historians’ who watched school grow, evolve

Class of 2022 are Century ‘historians’ who watched school grow, evolve

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By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| June 24, 2022

The Century Academy Class of 2022 has seen a lot of change. They saw the school expand to include sixth- and seventh-graders. They watched the campus move from Waverly to...

NEWBURY PARK CLASS OF 2022

NEWBURY PARK CLASS OF 2022

Audio Article

June 17, 2022

LOOK OUT, WORLD—From top to bottm: Christian Merrill takes a selfie with Nathan Summergill and Maddy Mekari before the start of Newbury Park High’s commencement June 10. Taryne Brown waves...

On the Town

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Spend ‘One Night’ with Glaser

Spend ‘One Night’ with Glaser


A country fair with ocean air­— and hot tunes

A country fair with ocean air­— and hot tunes


A summer of Shakespeare awaits

A summer of Shakespeare awaits


BRIEFS

BRIEFS


A perennial drop of golden sun

A perennial drop of golden sun


Faith

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Shelter needs kitten food

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

Ventura County Animal Services needs 3,000 cans of kitten food to get through the rest of “kitten season,” the time of year when unaltered cats go into heat and produce...

Local charity brings healthcare to Nicaragua

Local charity brings healthcare to Nicaragua

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By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| June 24, 2022

When Dr. Carlo Reyes arrived in a small village in Nicaragua last month to put on a free medical clinic, the first patient who saw him was an elderly woman...

Teen honors Navajo heritage in his mitzvah project

Teen honors Navajo heritage in his mitzvah project

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By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| June 10, 2022

Agoura Hills teen Ellis Green grew up visiting the Navajo Nation reservation in New Mexico several times a year to connect with friends, family and the Native American heritage on...

Business

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Students learn from STEM pros

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By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com
| June 30, 2022

On an afternoon in May, several dozen Thousand Oaks High School students crowded around a small industrial mill as Stephen Hodge, a mechanical engineer at Haas Automation, showed them how...

EYE ON LOCAL AREA STOCKS

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

Audio Article

June 24, 2022

Business Spotlight is a special promotional section reserved for Acorn advertisers only. Howie Walfish and Friends of Clean and Clever Comedy will do comedy shows at people’s homes on the...

Surgeon Has Right Touch

Audio Article

June 24, 2022

Dr. Joanne Wang, a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon in hand and upper extremity, is the newest physician to join Ventura Orthopedics. Wang specializes in surgery for traumatic and degenerative conditions of...

EYE ON LOCAL AREA STOCKS

Audio Article

June 24, 2022

Crime

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SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

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June 30, 2022

Newbury Park June 1 A burglar broke into a storage locker at Extra Space Storage on Grande Vista Drive. June 9 A phone scammer attempted to swindle someone in the...

Letters

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Fire mitigation a worthy goal

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

Credit to the Thousand Oaks City Council for listening and...

No progress in drought relief

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

When I read in the June 24 Acorn that the...

Water ignored in Kmart project

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

Thank you for the article about the development planned for...

Conservation appreciated

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

On behalf of California Water Service, I’d first like to...

Put aside name-calling

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

After several weeks of reading letters to the Acorn regarding...

Misinformation leads to hate

Audio Article

June 30, 2022

Remember those adult faces contorted with hate, spewing expletives at...

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Fireworks are back and so is the danger

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Acorn Editorial Board | June 30, 2022

After many went on hiatus during the pandemic, professional fireworks...

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June 30, 2022

FRI., JULY 1 ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ The Stagecoach Inn Museum...

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Pet of the Week

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June 30, 2022

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Looks like we’ve got an answer to what’s behind our internet woes in Thousand Oaks/Newbury Park ==> https://twitter.com/cosmicspacenerd/status/1544874134567395329

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Someone didn’t read this week’s editorial https://www.toacorn.com/articles/fireworks-are-back-and-so-is-the-danger/

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Happy Fourth of July from the TO Acorn family to yours! Hope to catch you at @ConejoRPD concert beginning at 5. Fireworks at 9 present by @CityofTO and CRPD. Patriotic music simulcast by KHAY 100.7 FM. Special viewing event @JanssMarketPl. Come out and celebrate America!

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