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Ventura County farmers found themselves once again at the mercy of Mother Nature as an arctic front engulfed Southern California last weekend. Local ranchers and farmers watched the temperatures plunge and their crops destroyed, prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to declare the area a sta... More...
Oaks Christian School head football coach Bill Redell has a message for Moorpark High junior running back Darrell Scott: Stay with the Musketeers. Scott, the state's secondleading rusher last season with 3,194 yards, has informed Moorpark athletic director Rob Dearborn that he's planni... More...
Practices begin tomorrow, Sat., Jan. 20 for Special Olympics Track & Field competition from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the ARC facility, 5143 Cochran St., Simi Valley. Young adults, teens and children with disabilities ages 8 and up are invited to participate. More...
January is Glaucoma Awareness Month and the American Optometric Association urges everyone to get a comprehensive eye exam. Glaucoma is a class of diseases of the optic nerve where cells die resulting in a gradual and permanent loss of vision. The most common form is painless an... More...
FRI., JAN. 19 Global Dancing West Valley Folk Dancers teach international folk dances, 7:15 to 10 p.m., Canoga Park Senior Center, 7236 Jordan Ave. Line, couple, set, mixer dances. All ages, experience levels. $3. Wear soft shoes. (818) 591-9078. More...
READY FOR BUSINESS- From right, Staples Regional Vice President Frank Gorski, General Manager Michelle Brooks, Moorpark Mayor Patrick Hunter, and other officials were present at the "ribbon shredding" at the grand opening of the new Staples store at 742 Los Angles Ave. in Moorpark. More...
The 24th annual teacher training workshop "The Relevance of Teaching the Holocaust in the 21st Century" will be offered for educators and residents on four consecutive Thursdays from 4:15 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 1, 8, 15 and 22 with an optional fifth session on March 1. More...
Bull's-eye! No Guts No Glory, Moorpark's resident dart champions, hit all the right marks during the Ventura County Dart Association's season. Last month, the team finished its 2006 campaign with a 15-3 record and claimed first place for the third time in the last four years. More...
Words of inspiration and songs of praise reverberated in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week at Simi Second Missionary Baptist Church. The church, which has been in Simi Valley for 30 years, prides itself on its welcoming of all people regardless of race, age, gender or religious backgr... More...
Braving uncharacteristically cold and windy conditions, Jeff and Wyatt James climbed aboard the 64foot catamaran Island Adventure on a recent Saturday morning. Along with about 40 other people, the father and son hoped to catch sight of the Pacific gray whales on their southern migration ... More...
We sometimes forget- we Americans who've been sanitized and coddled by cute Disneyesque versions of such things- that the fairy tale (from the French word feerie, meaning illusion) was originally meant as a cautionary fable, a legend or piece of folklore told to terrify children into ... More...
I've included the unofficial email address under my name for about half-a-year now. I'd like to report that the results are close to 50/50. There seem to be about the same number of messages that were never sent as there are messages that were never written. More...
While it's unlikely that this week's below-30-degree temperatures mean the start of the next Ice Age, they do bring about a thought-provoking question: What if we had to deal with temperatures like these every winter like- dare we say it- the rest of the country? More...
This property's lot is more than 10,100 square feet and the residence has nearly 2,700 square feet. The private residence is secluded and quiet, nestled among ancient oak trees. The setting has a natural creek and golf course views on a cul-de-sac location. The saltwater lap ... More...
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