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January 28, 2011 / Front Page

Fishing for cookies

GET THAT COOKIE—Six-year-old Claire Arnold of Simi Valley’s Daisy Troop 60235 tries to eat a cookie off a string at one of the games during the 2nd Annual Girl Scout Bake-Off and Cookie R More...

Evicted Simi family suing police department

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

A local family who claims their home was fraudulently foreclosed upon and they were illegally evicted is suing the Simi Valley Police Department, among others, for civil rights violations. More...

Wood Ranch Ralphs may close if sales don’t pick up soon

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

After more than two decades in business, the Ralphs grocery store in Wood Ranch is set to close its doors in June barring a major increase in revenue. More...

Health & Wellness

Parents ‘shocked’ by closure of hospital’s school

By Joann Groff
joann@theacorn.com

After 30 years of service to the community, Simi Valley Hospital has announced that it will shutter its Family Connection Pre-school and Day Care Center March 18 due to financial strains. More...

Connecting

We need the eggs

There’s a famous scene in Woody Allen’s movie “Annie Hall” in which the main character is ending a relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Annie. More...

Time in combat can leave invisible wounds

Family can help returning military

Neighbors who know a service member who is having mental health problems can help. More than 2 million men and women have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001. More...

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California Lutheran Univer- sity will host its annual Chinese New Year celebration from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 3 in Soiland Recreation Center in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center, corner of Olsen Road and Campus Drive, Thousand Oaks. More...

Teens honored for essays on patriotism, democracy

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

Two young Simi students who share a desire to make America a better place will be honored tomorrow for essays they wrote on patriotism and democracy. More...

Applications available for Santa Susana

The Santa Susana Magnet High School admissions office opens its application season for the 2011-12 school year on Feb. 1. More...

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Pets

Pet of the Week

BUDDIES—These two donkeys came in as strays. One is male, the other is female. They’ve bonded but can be adopted separately. More...

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Faith

The Art of Being

Coming home

I believe what every human being most desires is to experience true inner peace. The journey to that place of peace is different for everyone. More...

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Home Improvement

Learn to garden like a pro

The Simi Valley Senior Center will present master gardener classes from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on eight Tuesdays starting Feb. 8 at the center, 3900 Avenida Simi. More...

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Letters

Leave people to grieve their way

In regards to Mr. Rosati’s letter (“The cemetery is the place to mourn,” Jan. More...

Residents should support Ralphs

In speaking with the manager and the assistant manager of the Ralphs store in Wood Ranch, the store is scheduled to close in June of this year unless a 20 percent increase in sales volume is achieved. More...

Opining on the abortion debate

It is an irrefutable scientific fact that, at the moment of conception, every new human being represents a genetically distinct, unrepeatable life. More...

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Vacation Photos

Take Your Simi Valley Acorn on Vacation

Send your photos to vacation@theacorn.com

How to submit: E-mail your vacation photo as a .jpg attachment only to vacation@theacorn.com. Include name, address, phone number and a brief description of the scene. More...

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Neighbors

Group to break ground soon on Simi’s first community garden

Adventist church donated unused field

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

A two-acre plot of dusty, vacant land on the campus of Simi Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church will soon be transformed into the city’s first community garden. More...

Summit puts youth in touch with local leaders

The Simi Valley Youth Council is accepting applications from high school students to attend the 2011 Youth Summit from 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 24 at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5055 Los Angeles Ave. More...

Local hero: Park ranger rescues choking woman

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

What was supposed to be a casual gathering of park rangers to celebrate one of their own turned into a rescue effort with a happy ending. On Dec. More...

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City asks grand jury to investigate SVPD actions

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

In order to clear the police department of any wrongdoing, the city has asked the grand jury to review accusations made last fall that officers delayed a fraud investigation due to election season politics. More...

Residents reject park district’s Chumash plans

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

Although Chumash Park has long been planned and paid for, nearby residents are now raising concerns and saying they’d like to see the site’s existing native landscape left untouched. More...

Uncork the spirit of giving

CHAT FEST—Los Robles Hills Winery owner Marcella Ketelhut, left, talks with Chamber of Commerce ambassador Mike Antoun and Rancho Santa Susana Community Center supervisor Tracy Engel at the Sav More...

Community

Park district gears up for 50th birthday

By Carissa Marsh
cmarsh@theacorn.com

The Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District will celebrate its 50th anniversary this summer, filling the community with music and fireworks. More...

MANNA gets boost from Realtors

A BIG GIFT—Aaron Podell, treasurer of the MANNA Food Bank, accepts a $2,000 donation check from 2010 Conejo Simi Moorpark Association of Realtors co-president Liz Puliti. More...

Body found in wash ruled suicide

The body of a man discovered in the Arroyo Simi this past weekend has been ruled a suicide, police said. Simi Valley Police Lt. More...

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Business

County home building increases

California homebuilders constructed the second-lowest number of homes on record in 2010, posting a modest improvement over the purported bottom that was set in 2009, the California Building Industry Association reported. More...

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Sports

Grace Brethren girls playing great soccer

By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com

Break up the Lancers. The Grace Brethren High girls’ soccer team entered Thursday’s action 15-0-1 and 4-0 in the Frontier League. The Lancers are downright scary—scary good, that is. More...

Total team effort for Simi Valley Eclipse

NICE WORK—The Simi Valley Eclipse Soccer Club girls’ U-12 team finished first in its bracket at the Rich Bailey Friendship Soccer Tournament in Anaheim. More...

All-Star effort from boys’ club team

AYSO CHAMPS—The Simi Valley U-10 boys’ All-Star A soccer squad won the AYSO Area 10E All-Star Tournament in Moorpark. More...

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Police

Police Blotter

Jan. 15 In the 3000 block of N. Divernon Avenue, a 43-year-old man was arrested for violating a protective or restraining order. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance in progress at the Target in the 2900 block of E. More...

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Dining & Entertainment

‘Rent’ triumphantly returns to Simi stage

Play review

By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com

The Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center’s production of “Rent,” the award-winning retelling of Puccini’s opera “La Bohème,” is enjoying an encore run, retaining many of the key actors and behind the-scenes personnel f More...

We’re back for a new legislative session and with it an evergrowing list of tasks to accomplish. We ended 2010 on a low point, with a rising unemployment rate and a looming budget deficit. More...

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Datebook

SAT., JAN. 29 Collection Drive Fundraiser More...

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