I’m writing regarding last week’s article about City Council approving a $6 million expenditure for efforts to create a downtown. Having emerged from an unplanned low-density suburb, the City of ...

MAKING SPIRITS BRIGHT—Westlake High School baseball players deliver Christmas trees for families at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme. Team members raised money both for the school’s baseball ...

Thousand Oaks residents who drove to Christmas Ranch Tree Farms this month to cut their own tree were greeted with locked gates and a chain-link fence surrounding the property. The business had closed ...

As a supporter of the recent steady leadership on the Thousand Oaks City Council and Councilmember Kevin McNamee’s intelligent and sound contributions in particular, I was heartbroken to learn about ...

Southern California Edison cuts power to the same grid in Newbury Park when there is a Santa Ana wind event. Why? What do they physically do? How are they preventing fires? Why are traffic signals in ...

Rick Clausen is the new head coach of the Westlake High football team. Clausen won two CIF-Southern Section championships as offensive coordinator at Calabasas and most recently assisted at Alemany, ...

The Ventura County district attorney’s office will once again light its Hall of Justice building in red—not to celebrate the holidays but to demonstrate solidarity with Mothers Against Drunk Driving ...

A new in-home care option for seniors has recently become available in Thousand Oaks and the surrounding areas. The company Seniors Helping Seniors works to pairs seniors who need assistance with ...

SNOW WHITE—Meet Zelda, ID No. 5655411, a beautiful 5-year-old cat that recently moved to the Habikat room at Agoura Animal Care Center. She is still adjusting to her new environment where she enjoys ...

A Thousand Oaks man convicted of beating and paralyzing his young daughter will spend at least the next several years behind bars. At a Dec, 12 hearing, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Catherine ...

In a tradition that spans three decades, Thousand Oaks’Temple Adat Elohim will host a free turkey dinner on Christmas Day for anyone who needs a warm meal and warm company. The event will be held from ...

With visions of Thanksgiving still dancing in their heads and just days before the big ho-ho-holiday, young and old continue to head out in search of the perfect Christmas tree. For 68-year-old Glenn ...