Acorn offices will close early
      All Acorn offices- Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks and Camarillo- will be closed at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14 for a holiday celebration. They will reopen at the regular time, 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17. Advertising and editorial deadlines remain at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14.
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Holiday DUI crackdown set to begin
      A 19-day law enforcement campaign against impaired drivers in Ventura County starts Friday, Dec. 14, with all 14 of the county's lawenforcement agencies keeping their eyes peeled for DUI suspects through freeway saturation, four sobriety and driver's license checkpoints and in-city DUI p...
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Council wants committee to address sustainability
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      At its annual reorganization meeting Monday night, the Simi Valley City Council established a new committee that would be responsible for starting up a "green" building program and taking steps to enhance community sustainability.
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Part 2 of a two-part series
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
      The digital world of wireless Internet connections allows foreign schemers the opportunity to hide in any corner of the world and operate with near impunity.
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Public hearings address trash pickup fees, building codes, new RV storage facility
By Darleen Principe darleen@theacorn.com
      Even with the City Council's recent decision to approve discard service fee increases, Simi Valley residents continue to have the lowest residential trash service rates in Ventura County.
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