August 14, 2009 RSS feed / Community

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VFW sidewalk needs repairs

What’s up with that?
“Our Boy Scout troop has been working on improving the VFW building and land around it. More...

ARC doing doggone good volunteer work

Donated plastic bags make cleaning up after pets easier

Adults from the Simi Valley site of ARC-Ventura County, an organization that assists those with developmental disabilities, are volunteering their time to make Simi Valley a better place to live by partnering with Rancho Simi Recreation More...

Admiring our country’s best and bravest

New exhibit open at Reagan Library
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com

When visitors enter the new heroes exhibit at the Reagan Library, they are greeted with words from the president’s first inaugural speech written across the wall. More...

Sign up now for next CERT training class

Application deadline is Fri., Aug. 28

The city of Simi Valley Office of Emergency Services is accepting applications for the next Community Emergency Response Training, which begins Sept. 24. More...

Kadota-Fig residents continue to resist General Plan changes

By Carissa Marsh cmarsh@theacorn.com

Lifelong Simi resident and Kadota-Fig denizen Renee Fraser lives in a home that has been in her family for nearly 50 years, since before the city was incorporated. More...

Moorpark man,70, killed by train

A Moorpark resident, Alfredo Aguilar, 70, was struck and killed by an eastbound Metrolink train at about 11 a.m. Aug. 8. More...

Make-A-Wish needs donations

Gifts needed for first meetings

The MakeAWish Foundation grants the wishes of children with lifethreatening medical conditions and is always in need of certain types of toys used as “first gifts” when meeting Wish Children and at Wish Presentation Parties. More...