HOME AWAY FROM HOME-Royal High sophomore Breeana Martin, 16, prepares to open her new locker for the first time on Wednesday, the day school started for area students. More...
Love Is a Choice When I sit down with a couple for an initial meeting, I always ask about how they met and were first attracted to one another. More...
The Simi Valley YMCA will begin a new session of a healthy family weight loss and wellness program based on the principles of Dr. Doug Markham, author of "Total Health" and "Beyond Atkins." More...
Sharpen your pencils, zip up those backpacks and polish some apples because the start of a new school year is underway in Simi Valley Unified School District. More...
There aren't enough people like Claire Vereczky Malis. Now there's one fewer. She died on Sunday at 83 and the sun isn't shining as brightly now that she's gone. More...
It gets little public attention, yet 21 school districts in Ventura County rely on it like army battalions depend on their maintenance companies. More...
FRI., SEPT. 1 Bebop Concert Ronny & the Classics will bring the bebop music of the '50s and '60s to the stage at 8 p.m. at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. More...
Former Simi Valley police officer Rick Rinehart says he was going "nowhere near" 67 mph at the time of his 1994 collision with Margaret "Peggy" Spahr's car outside the Los Angeles Avenue Metrolink Station, despite an investigation by the Califo More...
Every year the Simi Valley City Council must undertake the unenviable task of deciding which community groups will receive available federal government funds-called Community Block Grants-and which will not. More...
In last weeks' feature story, "Painter juxtaposes icons with imagination in Simi studio," artist Nelson De La Nuez's signature painting "The Promised Land," was incorrectly titled, "Promiseland." More...
Thanks to a recent City Council amendment to Simi Valley's zoning laws, a group of local gymnasts won't have to roll up their mats and summersault elsewhere. More...
Safeway Inc. recently announced the launch of a fiveweek fundraising campaign to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Through Labor Day, more than 1,500 Safeway and Safeway-owned stores across the U. S. More...
The Ventura County Chapter 255 of the Service Corps of Retired Executives is offering an instructional seminar consisting of six workshops aimed at teaching new entrepreneurs the basics of starting and managing a small business. More...
Tim Lins might be the last guy on the planet who wants to be featured in the newspaper. It just isn't his style. More...
What are the top storylines to watch for on the gridiron this year? I've compiled a list of four things to keep your eyes on in 2006. Debate and enjoy. More...
The Conejo Players' "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," opens with two characters invoking the favor of the ancient Roman deities and appealing to Thespis, the Greek actor who created tragedy (and also the word More...
MADE IN THE SHADE-Simi Valley resident Norma Wallace takes in the afternoon and stays cool under her Chinese umbrella during the New West Symphony League's "Day at Ascot" fundraiser for youth musical programs at Ventura Farms in Thousa More...
Ronny & The Classics return to the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center at 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 1 to delight sold out audiences with bebop music of the '50s, '60s and more. More...
The Tapo Simi 4-H Club will accept new enrollments at its general meeting at 7:30 p.m., Mon, Sept. 11 in the multipurpose room at Valley View Middle School in Simi Valley. More...
The Simi Valley Family YMCA board of directors will hold its third annual Barn Party from 6 to 10 p.m. Sat., Sept. 9 at Strathern Historical Park. More...
Striving to offer families more for their money, Centex Homes introduces Affordability Days, offering loan packages with interest rates as low as 0.875 percent to increase buying power and substantially lower monthly payments. More...
Frances Lewis, sales manager of the Coldwell Banker Westlake Village Promenade office, recently congratulated Yasmine Karar for having recently listed in excess of $7.3 million in transactions. More...