December 15, 2006 RSS feed / Community

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City aims to prohibit medicinal marijuana dispensaries

By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com
Simi Valley could soon become the first city in Ventura County to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. Introduced at Monday More...

For the Record

In last week More...

Proponents of Prop. 36 admit room for improvement, but say program is working

Part 2 in a two-part series
By Avi Rutschman avi@theacorn.com

Simi Valley police officials may not be happy with the terms of Proposition 36, but some county and state officials say the measure can be the saving grace in the state More...

Not your average toy run

RIDING FOR KIDS More...

College foundation receives scholarship money for nurses

The Los Robles Medical Staff organization has donated $10,000 to the Moorpark College Foundation to be used for 10 scholarships for Moorpark College nursing students. More...

Neighborhood councils looking for new board members

Vacancies exist on each of the city More...

Police looking for man who robbed gift shop at gunpoint

An armed man robbed Rayeli More...

Holiday season brings early Acorn deadlines

Deadlines for the Dec. 29 and Jan. 5 editions of Simi Valley Acorn will be 24 hours earlier because of Christmas and New Year More...

Plans to merge two county agencies hit a roadblock

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Moorpark Mayor Patrick Hunter, who is the chair of the Ventura Council of Governments, wants to consolidate the agency into the Ventura County Transportation Commission, but the idea has encountered a significant stumbling block. More...

City will look for help in dispute with SCAG over housing allocation

Numbers are unrealistic, council says
By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com

The Simi Valley City Council is going on the record with its disapproval of the Southern California Association of Governments More...

Former mayor goes to work for Waste Management

Longtime former Simi Valley mayor Bill Davis has joined Waste Management as a community relations consultant in the company More...

Police say a single tagging crew is responsibile for latest rash of graffiti

Vandalism is not related to gangs, officer says
By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com

A group of local taggers may have been responsible for up to 120 acts of graffiti in a single week this month, according to Lt. Greg Riegert, head of the department More...

Food drive aims to feed 100,000 hungry people

This year More...