Home Depot is giving it another shot. The home improvement giant is taking the steps needed to build an 89,000-square-foot store and 13,400-square-foot garden center on the vacant former Kmart site on Hampshire Road at Foothill Drive in Thousand Oaks. On Tuesday, the City Council agreed that Home Depot’s development permit and zone change request can make their way through […]
2011-01-13
Old Westlake Hospital will be torn down
The long troubled Westlake Hospital has finally flatlined. Plans are underway to demolish the two hospital buildings at 4415 S. Lakeview Canyon Road in Westlake Village, bringing to an end a more than 15- year struggle to keep the hospital running in one form or another. Rarely was it able to make money. The site belongs to Hospital Corporation of […]
City looking for suggestions on how to spend federal grant money
Warm food and shelter for the homeless. Free medical treatment for the working poor. Engaging after-school activities for teenagers with developmental disabilities. These are just some of the services supported by federal Community Development Block Grant funds in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park in 2010-11. For the upcoming fiscal year, the city is invitingresidentstocommentata6p.m.hearing Tues., Jan. 18 in a third-floor […]
Public can give input on auto mall sign
A public forum to discuss the Thousand Oaks Auto Mall sign is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wed., Jan. 26 in the banquet center of the Los Robles Golf Course, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. The forum is being hosted by the Auto Mall Association and facilitated by the city of Thousand Oaks. The meeting is designed to provide project […]
Cal Oaks Bank now California United
T.O.-based bank was bought out last monthThousand Oaks-based Cal Oaks State Bank was acquired last month by Encino- based California United Bank. “We’re excited to expand our presence in such a strategic part of Southern California,” said David Rainer, president and chief executive of California United Bank, making the announcement Jan. 3. “This, we think, is a win-win for their customers and our customers and the […]
Give us your best
A community’s most precious resources aren’t the amenities it boasts, but the people who make them possible. In March, the Thousand Oaks Acorn will reveal its list of the Top 25 Local People of 2011, a golden salute to the leaders and volunteers, business people and educators who’ve proven to be the key players in our community over the past […]
Solar panels aren’t a bright idea
Thank you for your coverage of the Newbury Park Library solar panels in your last issue. I am a resident of Newbury Park and was at the community meeting on the issue. An associate of mine was at the City Council meeting when this project was unanimously approved by the sitting council members. Neither at the community meeting nor at […]
All council pay must be reviewed
I was glad to see that the Thousand Oaks City Council is “finally” getting around to looking into the lifetime benefits issue. Hopefully they will get this injustice corrected quickly. Did we ever figure out who approved this in the first place? Next up, I would hope that the entire City Council part-time pay package is reviewed. What is their […]