December 5, 2008 RSS feed / Community

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Simi Dog Park beginning to take shape

By Carissa Marsh cmarsh@theacorn.com
With construction well underway on Simi Valley's first dog park, Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District officials are anticipating a March 2009 opening of the longawaited offleash dog park. More...

Give the gift of prevention

With the start of the holiday season, the Simi Valley Police Department will increase its patrols of local shopping centers and malls. More...

Volunteers help feed hungry mouths

Photos by WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers THANKSGIVING BLESSINGS—Simi Valley residents and Rotary Club of Simi Sunrise members Shannon Graham and Lindsey Garner, above, serve turkey and gravy at the senior center's 18th annual free Thanksg More...

Christmas Around the World exhibit now on display at Reagan

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum presents its 15th annual Christmas Around the World exhibit through Jan. 4 at the museum, 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley. More...

Football league braces for Super Saturday

The Gold Coast Youth Football League will play its Super Bowl IV and Championship Division games Saturday at Royal High in Simi Valley. More...

Bank gives $1,000 each to 22 county nonprofits

Wells Fargo awarded 22 Ventura County nonprofits $1,000 each in unsolicited contributions at the company's annual Community Support Breakfast held at Los Robles Greens Golf Course in Thousand Oaks recently. More...

Nationwide contest challenges students to memorize and recite poetry

Contact county arts council for information

The Ventura County Arts Council invites all public, private and parochial high schools, as well as home-schoolers, to participate in the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, a competition that engages high school students in t More...

City Council to have final say on Bridal Path family's cows

Mayor questions planning board decision
By Carissa Marsh cmarsh@theacorn.com

Last Wednesday, two members of the Simi Valley City Council appealed a decision by the planning commission that allowed a Simi couple to keep eight cows, two pigs and 12 hens at their Bridle Path home. More...

Grant aimed at helping victims of domestic violence

Interface Children Family Services has been awarded funding to continue providing crisis response for victims of domestic violence. More...

2 teens booked for breaking into cars

Two Simi Valley residents were arrested Wednesday after police determined they were responsible for breaking into several vehicles in a condominium complex located in the 2700 block of Erringer Road. More...

Christmas trees on sale at the Y

The Simi Valley Family YMCA will sell Christmas trees through Dec. 21 at the Y at 3200 Cochran St. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays; 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays; and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. More...

Look to 'Fill the Boot' next weekend at Sycamore and Cochran

Firefighters will be in the streets raising money

For the first time, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties are uniting to help raise money to fight neuromuscular diseases at the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Fill the Boot fundraiser. More...

Vets remember Pearl Harbor

Simi Valley veterans organizations will commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor at 11 a.m. Sun., Dec. 7 at Rancho Tapo Community Park and Veterans Plaza, 3700 Avenida Simi, Simi Valley. More...

Employees find novel way to fill slow days

ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR CHALLENGE— Men's Wearhouse employees Matt Axworthy, left, and Ryan Ritzau toss a football around in the parking lot next to the Tapo Canyon retail store on Saturday morning. More...

Early sign-ups offered for spring baseball

Simi Valley Baseball League will take early sign-ups for the 2009 spring season between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 6, 7, 13 and 14 at the fields on Royal Avenue between Sequoia and Tapo Canyon. More...