TIME TO EAT—Above, Gail Burgoni, a fourth-grade teacher at Knolls Elementary School, enjoys a meal of “all the fixin’s” with students, from left, Nicolas Arizpe, 10, Jose More...
Questions posed in survey appear to favor expansion
By Carissa Marsh cmarsh@theacorn.com
An online survey on the proposed expansion of the Simi Valley Landfill, which was sent to members of the local Chamber of Commerce this month, appears to point respondents in a particular direction. More...
Devoted father, U.S. Army veteran died from self-inflicted wound, coroner finds
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...
SHINING UP SHOES—Ava Giller, 4, with her grandmother, Barbara Black of Simi Valley, works on a horseshoe craft while she waits for her brother to return from a trail ride during the Ride On Ther More...
Overseas experience still beneficial if one budgets well
Preston Keldgard signed onto Skype video chat at 8 p.m. at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Even after a long day of classes, the enthusiasm in his voice was apparent when he was asked to describe his studyabroad experience. More...
Middle school children can be mean. Blame it on surging hormones or an overwhelming desire just to fit in. Twelve-to14-year-old kids are also at risk for making stupid decisions. Take the incident last week at A.E. Wright Middle School as an example. More...
Grace Brethren looking to knock off Oak Hills in an East Valley showdown
Now it gets good.
Real good.
There are several tasty matchups on tap for tonight’s quarterfinal round of the high school football playoffs.
Of local interest, Camarillo travels to Moorpark in a top-billing battle of one-loss teams. More...
Nov. 18
At Clover and E. Cochran streets, a 63-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance.
A 31-year-old man was cited for driving on a suspended license at Erringer Road and Arcane Street. More...
For the past decade, Marie Guardino has been in charge of the kitchen at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church on Cochran St.
Whether whipping up 150 tritip meals for the Thursday night bingo crowd or just cooking for a small gathering of the congregation, the ardent church volunteer has always added one key ingredient: love. More...
HOLIDAY GREETINGS—Above, from left, Los Angeles area high school students Lester Dolson, 14, Nancy Dam, 15, and Claudia Gonzales, 16, perform with the Metrolink Holiday Toy Express student More...
Just because a show never makes it to Broadway doesn’t mean it can’t have a life elsewhere. Such is the case with Stephen Schwartz’s “Children of Eden,” a remarkable and intensely moving musical that is being staged by the Actors’ Repertory Theatre of Simi at the Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center. More...
Those of us who work at Waste Management’s Simi Valley Landfill and Recycling Center have been out in the community a lot over the last few weeks, engaging with the public about our modernization and expansion project. More...
Turkey Time—
You know it’s Turkey Time when the air gets cold, the wind blows and the leaves color the ground yellow and orange. In the fall, it’s great fun to jump and roll around in the big piles of leaves. So I went to Wal-Mart, and, believe it or not, they didn’t have leaves for sale. More...
Funny how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
While the Internet has forever changed the way newspapers do business, it has also given publications a way to keep their appearance intact online. The “old school” appreciates this. More...
Kiwanis Club provides Thanksgiving meals to at-risk teens
Thanksgiving just isn’t the same without turkey, pumpkin pie and an overstuffed belly.
With this simple fact in mind, the Kiwanis Club of Santa Susana has spent the past decade making sure teens in need at Apollo High School have a happy, well-fed Turkey Day. More...
Public asked to help find runaway girl, 14