The city reminds residents that lawns need less water as the days get shorter and cooler. Homeowners can reduce landscape watering by shutting off automatic sprinkler systems during rain and when rain is forecast. City/Waterworks District No. 8 customers must reduce all landscape irrigation to 30 minutes per station per week before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m. More...

With the holidays approaching, law enforcement officials and sobriety advocates drove home the message last week that no amount of alcohol is safe to consume before driving. More...

Jill Haney has been named the 2010 chair of the board for the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce, effective Jan. 1.    As chair, Haney will work directly with Leigh Nixon, Chamber CEO. Haney will officiate at board meetings and committee meetings and provide direction for the implementation of various programs and events.  More...

Stan Mantooth announced his candidacy for Ventura County Superintendent of Schools during a Nov. 2 press conference in Ventura. Mantooth, a Camarillo resident, was appointed county superintendent in September 2008. He replaced Charles Weis, who took a similar position in Northern California. More...

Cody Moore does everything well for the Royal High boys’ water polo team. The super sophomore led the Highlanders in goals (112), assists (67) and steals (67) entering Thursday’s CIF-Southern Section Division 4 home playoff opener against Malibu. More...

THE COLOR OF NIGHT—Marlow is a 3-year-old domestic cat in need of a home. Marlow can be adopted at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, located at 600 Aviation Drive. More...

Nov. 4 On the corner of Madera Road and W. Easy Street, a 36-year-old man was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance. Nov. 5 A 20-year-old man was arrested in the 2200 block of N. Hilldale Avenue and charged with failing to register as a member of a street gang. More...

“The Japanese philosophy of kaizen emphasizes that business gets better a little bit at a time. Progress is made in small, seem ingly insignificant increments. This outlook can help any individual or company who wants to move for ward.” —Dr. Barton Goldsmith More...

MILITARY WIVES— Norma Ayala, left, and Elfriede Becerra honor their husbands’ service in the armed forces during the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Rancho Tapo Community Park on Wednesday More...

Remember 1968? Not the social upheaval or the war or the free love part, but the movie part? Back in ’68, the Motion Picture Production Code (more popularly known as the Hays Code) was abandoned in favor of the present film rating system. More...

This letter is in response to Peter Carrube’s call for boycott on the Civil War reenactment (Simi Valley Acorn , Nov. 6). We need peace-loving, flowertoting, insulated, pudgy, spoiled Americans. I’m one, too. But I’m a vet. More...

If what the Police Officers Association’s PR firm tells us is true, nearly 90 percent of the 121 cops working in Simi Valley have no confidence in Police Chief Mike Lewis. More...

HAPPY COUPLE—Michael and Theresa D’Agostino visit Italy, Monte Carlo, Greece and Switzerland to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. More...

The fellas of Weekertin Daze have come a long way since their days as local rock gods with wild hair and even wilder ways. Looking at them now, one might never guess that the mostly 50-somethings once played at legendary venues The Roxy, the Troubadour and the Whisky A Go-Go. More...

FRI., NOV. 13 St. Patrick’s Day School Holiday Boutique 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the school, One Church Road, Thousand Oaks. Vendors selling jewelry, clothing for adults and children, custom bags, personalized children’s items, custom-made shirts, home decor items, blankets, candy. Gourmet lunch, baked goods for sale. School fundraiser. More...