IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers SNOW FOR A DAY—Dillon Walia, center, and Anthony Vertullo, both 5, scream with glee as they slide down a hill of tightly packed powder during the seventh annual Snow Day at Grace Brethren Elementary School last Friday. About 60 children, in grades kindergarten to second, enjoyed 12 tons of delivered snow, which teacher Lanan Kendall reported didn't melt completely until Monday. More...
A developer's plan addressing lingering issues at Runkle Canyon raised more questions than answers at a public hearing last week during which Simi residents and nuclear activists criticized the objectivity of the builder's consultant and called for an independent entity to carry out future testing at the site. More...
Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to win your heart. Do you recall the moment your spouse or loved one walked into your life? Did fireworks go off and Cupid's arrow find its mark? Or was it a less-than-traditional courtship? More...
The City Council last week unanimously approved a text amendment to the city's development code that allows disabled people to request reasonable accommodations be made to their homes. More...
Robin Millar, administrative director of rehabilitation therapies at Simi Valley Hospital, will receive the Healthcare Professional of the Year award from the Ventura County Medical Resource Foundation. Millar, who became director of the hospital's Child Development Center in 1979, will be a guest of honor at the 16th annual David C. More...
In the wake of billion-dollar federal government bailouts, the average citizen is left wondering, who's going to bail out the American family? The Simi Valley Town Center answered that question this week with a bailout plan of its own: It awarded a local family $2,500. More...
In the eyes of at least one Justin Elementary School student, Kristy Aiani is a modern-day Michelangelo. For her senior project at Santa Susana High School, Kristy, 17, spent 11 weeks painting a mural on Justin Elementary's back wall to help beautify the campus and encourage literacy. More...
Local fans will get a chance to see international soccer stars play when the Ventura County Fusion hosts Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer, and GAIS of the Swedish First Division in a series of public exhibition games at Buena High in Ventura this month. More...
On Jan. 28, a 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with domestic battery in the 4100 block of Deborah Street. An 18-year-old man was arrested Jan. 28 on the 118 Freeway (eastbound) near Kuehner Drive and charged with the possession of marijuana for sale. More...
Movement held in honor of fallen protest leaders King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi
The Center for Spiritual Living in Simi Valley will host a series of events celebrating the Season of Nonviolence, a 64-day worldwide educational, media and grassroots campaign demonstrating that nonviolence is a way to solve conflicts and transform lives. More...
My wife changed our plans, canceling my casual get-together with friends and setting a more important get-together of her own. I was available to watch our 5-year-old son that Saturday evening after all. The three-bedroom house was silent—not the silence of mischief, but the silence associated with peace—and I was enjoying it. More...
Michael Berg (Ralph Fiennes) is a successful middleaged attorney living in Berlin in the mid-'90s. One morning, he flashes back to his youth, when as a teenage boy (played by David Kross) he meets Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a woman twice his age. More...
Why worry, after all, "It's mostly state money." This is in regards to the City Council approving a plan to lay out $23 million for bike path improvements. All I can do is just shake my head in disbelief. More...
The fear of what we cannot see, more than activists, watchdog groups or government red tape, is what has most greatly hobbled the proposed 461-home development in Runkle Canyon. Radiological contamination is a unique threat because the general public has no way of proving whether or not it's there. More...
Dedicated lab scientist is a woman of many interests
Kind, tough, generous, productive, energetic—these are the words used to describe laboratory supervisor Barbara Santos, who's worked at the Water Quality Control Plant in Simi Valley for 25 years. Once in her office, it's easy to see how all these personality traits come together. More...
FRI., FEB. 6 Conejo Valley Newcomers Club Monthly coffee at Corner Bakery, 111 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. For residents of Conejo Valley, Simi Valley, Moorpark, Oak Park, Camarillo. Phone: 805.677. More...
Water district may put a lid on plastic bottles