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A well-known local businessman and philanthropist who ran for a seat on the City Council earlier this year was found dead inside a Simi Valley hotel room last Saturday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. More ... Madera Road, Simi’s westernmost north-south thoroughfare, will be widened this winter without a significant impact on traffic, the head of public works assured residents this week. More ... Two Long Beach residents were arrested Nov. 20 in connection with a burglary at a home in the 5800 block of Cochran Street. Just after 10 a.m. last Friday, a woman who lived in the home heard a knock at the front door but refused to answer it, then heard someone enter through the back door. She called 911 immediately. When officers arrived they evacuated her through a window. More ... One local resident has decided to take his opposition to the expansion of the Simi Valley Landfill online in search of support. Scott Ranelletti has created a Web petition in opposition to Waste Management’s proposal to expand the landfill. He sent out a link to the petition on Nov. 15, and 149 residents had signed the petition as of Wednesday. More ... Marie Panec has announced her intention to run for United States Congress, representing the 24th Congressional District, which includes most of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Panec, 55, a Moorpark College biology professor and Oak Park Unified School District board member, is seeking the Democratic nomination in the June 2010 primary election. More ... Two Simi Valley teenagers were arrested last week on suspicion of dealing heroin throughout east Ventura County. At the conclusion of a two-week investigation by a team of law enforcement, authorities arrested Parker Moulton and Tyler Hanna, both 18, as the pair drove away from Moulton’s residence in the 700 block of Hudspeth Avenue in Simi Valley on Tues., Nov. 17. More ... Because of the yearly increase in the number of breath tests collected in the county, the demand for portable breath-testing devices continues to grow. As the trend continues, the Ventura Sheriff’s Department Forensic Sciences Laboratory plans to bring more evidential breath-testing instrumentation to the roadside. More ... Simi Valley’s homeless must find a new place to go on Friday mornings. Due to a lack of funds, the Samaritan Center has been forced to shut its doors one weekday. It’s now open Monday to Thursday from 7 to 11 a.m. and Saturdays from 7 to 9 a.m. More ... A fight between two Moorpark residents resulted in a stabbing and an arrest in the early morning hours of Nov. 20 in the 400 block of Millard Street, Moorpark. More ... Four out-of-town men were arrested on Nov. 18 for allegedly attempting to sell heroin and a stolen firearm in Simi Valley. Investigators received information that Adrian Mayorga, 32, of Palmdale, was distributing large amounts of heroin in the San Fernando Valley and Simi Valley and also trying to sell a stolen handgun. More ... With the rainy season approaching, now is the time for action to protect the community and the environment from stormwater pollutants. Litter, green waste and plastic bottles are a few of the items that can travel with rainwater into storm drains and into receiving waters like the Los Angeles and San Gabriel rivers and the ocean. More ... |
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