Police encourage businesses to share crime info
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      The Simi Valley Police Department is urging local business owners to get involved in a Business Watch Program to help prevent business-related burglaries and other crimes. Sgt. Jeff Dominick said the program is not a knee-jerk reaction to anything in particular but rather another idea f...
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Rash of stolen SUVs strikes Simi
      According to the Simi Valley Police Department, since October several Cadillac Escalades and other high-end SUVs have been stolen in Simi Valley. Many of these vehicles were taken from public parking areas and later recovered in the San Fernando Valley.
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WM reaches $1-million settlement with California Air Resources Board
By Kyle Jorrey kjorrey@theacorn.com
      Waste Management recently settled with the California Air Resources Board for more than $1 million for failing to properly inspect its diesel truck fleet to ensure state emission standards were met. The nation's largest trash hauler settled for air quality violations that occurred in 2...
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City Council wants builders to go green
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      The Simi Valley City Council wants to reduce resource consumption, improve air and water quality, and create a sustainable community by adopting a "green building" program.
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Nutrition program serves thousands across the county
Service thrives after being taken over by local agencies, cities
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      Senior nutrition programs across the county have been thriving since cities and other agencies took over operations from the county some 30 months ago. In April 2005, the Ventura County Human Services Agency handed over to cities and other agencies the lunch program that provided me...
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New-home sales drop 45 percent from 2006
Builders' group cites mortgage credit crunch, buyers' fear of market risk
      The pace of new home sales remained sluggish in September, the California Building Industry Association reports. The monthly CBIA/Hanley Wood Market Intelligence (HWMI) New Home Sales and Pricing Report showed that new home sales in September were 45 percent below the same month a year a...
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City approves $4.8 million contract to build treatment plant
      The Simi Valley City Council approved nearly $6 million for contracts, purchase orders and contingency funds last week for the reconstruction of the new Tapo Canyon Water Treatment Plant. Macro-Z-Technology, a Santa Ana-based contractor, was awarded a $4.
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Gallegly meets with jail officials to discuss immigration enforcement
      Jamie Zuieback, director of the Office of Congressional Relations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Bart Rodriguez, acting assistant deputy director of ICE, recently met with U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Thousand Oaks) at his Washington, D.C., office to discuss the illegal immigra...
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Stepped up enforcement yields results
      On Nov. 1 the Simi Valley Police Department implemented Operation Safer Streets, a high profile, zero tolerance approach to criminal activity. In the first three weeks, police officers made a total of 101 felony arrests and 287 misdemeanor arrests.
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