Waste Management Inc. and The Nature Conservancy are discussing possible options to preserve some of the land in Alamos Canyon for the benefit of wildlife. More...
Moorpark skateboarders are one step closer to having a place where they can 'kickflip, do an 'ollie' and 'grind' without reprimand. The City Council, Wednesday, approved conceptual plans for a 14,000-square-foot skate park slated to be built on a vacant 2.2acre site next to Poindexter Park ... More...
Mother's Day is May 13 and the Moorpark Acorn wants your mom to receive the recognition she deserves. In 100 words or less, please write and tell us why your mother is special. Whether it's a poignant memory that you have, a small story you'd like to tell, or just a few kind words for mom, your ... More...
The bad news is that men have a shorter life span than women. The good news is that the factors that most threaten men's lives are largely preventable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2003 (the most recent year for which statistics are available) nearly 80 perc... More...
Classic Comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace" opens at Camarillo Community Theatre, 330 Skyway Drive, inside Camarillo Airport. Continues through May 13. Friday, Saturday 8 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. (805) 388-5716. Fantasy Painter Simi Valley Art Association meets 7 to 9:30 p.m., Simi Valley Library,... More...
All Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill locations will celebrate the company's 15th anniversary on Mon., April 30. Ofer Shemtov and Eric Anders opened the first Wood Ranch in Moorpark 15 years ago, and the restaurant still operates in the original building. More...
The Moorpark College Forensics team followed up its recent state championship with a third-place finish at the NationaChampionships in HoustonTexas, on April 9 through 14. This is the 11th time the team has placed third at Nationals and the 28th time it has placed in the top three in its 35-... More...
Sunshine, smiles and soccer- it all made for a funfilled weekend at the ninth annual Apricot Jam Tournament at Arroyo Vista Park in Moorpark. According to tournament director Michael Head, the two-day event drew 104 teams from 28 cities throughout Southern California. More...
During a call for service in the 14800 block of Reedley Street on April 5, a man was found to have two outstanding warrants and to be in possession of the drug Xanax. A walkway and trees between Quail Summit Road and Peach Hill Elementary School were vandalized between March 30 and Apri... More...
Calvary Chapel Tierra Rejada , Pastor Jim Olaiz. Peach Hill Clubhouse, at Rolling Knoll Road and Laurelhurst Road. (805) 407-5337 Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter-day Saints, 15351 Benwood Drive, (805) 523-7057. Community Christian Church, the Rev. Mike Woolley, 216 Moorpark Ave., (805) 529-35... More...
The Southeast Ventura County YMCA will host its seventh annual prayer breakfast on the National Day of Prayer from 6:50 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Thurs., May 3 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Prayer, scripture readings and song will be part of the c... More...
The Manninghams are the poster children for dysfunctional marriage in Conejo Players' thriller "Angel Street." This middleclass couple resides on Angel Street in Pimlico, a residential district of central London, in 1880. Despite the outward respectability- servants, good clothes, well-app... More...
Save Our Somis continues to claim that widening Highway 118 will bring about the destruction of their town. According to their dogma, Caltrans wants to eliminate Somis and put in a major freeway connection through Highway 34/ Somis Road. The proposed freeway for the Las Posas Valley has b... More...
Much has been said by analysts of the television industry that the golden era of the news journalist- - those years that produced Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley- - is gone forever. Tim Russert, however, the longtime host and moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press" fa... More...
Waste Management, a private rubbish hauler, will be demonstrating ecological responsibility with the Nature Conservancy (see story on page 1) if an agreement can be reached on saving an important wildlife corridor. It's reassuring to see that the need to save our planet is becoming a bigger... More...
Wide plank floors are prized for their weathered patina and the sense of history and character that they add to a room. Among the many attributes of wide plank floors is the facthat they can be used with radiant heat. More...
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