Recent years show a dip in teenage alcohol and drug use in California
     Attorney General Bill Lockyer, Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell and Kathryn P. Jett, Director of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, recently released the results of the 11th Biennial California Student Survey that showed high school students' drug a
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The age of discovery
     SQUISHING IN SOCKS- Emma, 1, daughter of Dan and Mackenzie Paranick of Simi Valley, makes rainbow stew with her toes and some plastic wrap at the Moorpark College Child Development Center's annual Discovery Day.
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     Traits of a family man What makes a guy a family man? With the help of some other family men-young and old-I put together this list of traits. You might be a family man if:
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Ventura County children face problems with homelessness, substance abuse
Report reveals one in five families lives in poverty
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
     In contrast to the county's image of bucolic affluence, a recent report found that one in five families lives in poverty, a situation compounded by the high cost of housing.
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