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Road closures planned for Tapo, Stearns Stearns and Tapo streets will be closed for several days this month. Stearns Street northbound will be closed Monday through Friday, July 9 to 13. Tapo Street northbound will be closed Monday through Friday, July 16 through 20. More ... Get your pet vaccinated for rabies The Department of Animal Regulation, in conjunction with the Ventura County Veterinary Medical Association, will offer a low-cost rabies vaccination clinic at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17 at the fire station, 1910 Church Road, Simi Valley. More ... County school board adopts controversial science textbook By Darleen Principe darleenp@theacorn.com After extensive review and consideration, the Ventura County Board of Education voted 3-1 last Thursday to adopt a seventhgrade science textbook that critics say portrays the theory of evolution as fact and contains other content that some call questionable. More ...
By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com Stevie Rascon, a 16-year-old Camarillo resident, sits at his family's living room table and downs his fifth consecutive shot of vodka in as many minutes while fellow teenage partygoers egg him on to continue the high-octane drinking game. More ...
By John Loesing newstip@theacorn.com According to the California Building Industry Association and other housing permit data, single-family housing starts in May stayed relatively level statewide, while multifamily homes saw a strong boost. But production for both single and multifamily units remains well behind la... More ... Dry weather hasn't caused water shortages, yet Officials warn residents to start conserving now By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com The need for water in our daily lives is indisputable: We drink it, shower with it and use it to clean our homes and keep our yards lush. But the life-sustaining liquid could become less plentiful in the future. More ...
Alice Redondo says she's ready to spend time quilting, reading and walking By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com Alice Redondo is a smalltown girl at heart. She remembers attending grade school in a one-room schoolhouse in central Minnesota. She even knows how to make hay and milk a cow. And now, after retiring from her post as the deputy director/ city clerk of Simi Valley, Redondo... More ...
The Rotary Club of Simi Sunset will host the Rhythm and Brews Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 28 at Corriganville Park in Simi Valley. The fest will feature microbrew tasting and contest, food and retail vendors and six bands playing rock 'n' roll, alternative and progress... More ... Reagan Library announces lineup for free summer lecture series The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library will host the following free lectures this summer. +Lech Kaczynski, president of Poland, will deliver a lecture at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. He will also present the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest award, posthumously to Reagan for his ... More ... AARP offering mature driver course at Simi senior center AARP will conduct a 4.5-hour mature driver refresher course for seniors who have completed the 8hour AARP course within the last five years. The course will be from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18 at the Simi Valley Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi. More ...
BILL SPARKES/Acorn Newspapers NOT-SO-OPTIMUS PRIME- Parker Sorensen, 20, left, and Ryan Collins, 16 of Simi Valley ham it up outside the Regal Theatre as they wait in line for the new "Transformers" movie to open. The young men are part of a group of friends who like to make costumes r... More ... representing characters fromB&G Club welcomes new board member Hartfield is no stranger to service Thomas J. Hartfield of Simi Valley has accepted a position as a board member of the Simi Valley Boys & Girls Club. Hartfield, a native of Simi Valley and president of Hartfield Financial and Insurance Services since its founding in 1991, has been married to Lisa for 13 years. They hav... More ... Scouts hosting garage sales Zack McCoy and Domenic Hartlove, Boy Scouts from Troop 605 from St. Rose of Lima in Simi Valley, have planned two garage sales from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 7 and 14 at 2251 Copley St., Simi Valley. More ... Learn the benefits of home ownership Free classes on the advantages of homeownership will be presented by the Area Housing Authority of the county of Ventura. The seminars are educational only. There are no sales involved. Seminars address tax advantages of home ownership, programs available for financing for a ... More ... See the 'Faces of Nature' in Newbury Park The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area will present an exhibit of masks called "Faces of Nature" from July 1 to Sept. 30 at the Satwiwa Native American Indian Culture Center at Lynn Road and Via Goleta in Newbury Park. The center is open weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. More ... |
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