The board of directors of the nonprofit Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation recently announced that Rodney Fernandez will be retiring as the organization’s executive director at the end of 2011, after 30 years of service to the community. Upon retirement Fernandez plans to teach, start a nonprofit management practice and become a master gardener. He and his wife, Melinda, live in […]
2010-12-03
A2Z Health offers variety of healthcare professionals
A2Z Health is a wellness center in Thousand Oaks that offers multiple healthcare providers, educational health classes and services. The healthcare providers include a dentist, a nutritionist and a personal trainer. Acupuncture, chiropractic, esthetician and massage therapist services are also offered. Massage school education is available. The massage school offers certifications for 300 hours for massage technician, 500 hours for […]
Wood Ranch to open new restaurant
Agoura Hills-based Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill Inc. has announced it will open a new restaurant in summer 2011 at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine. Wood Ranch Irvine will be the company’s 14th Southern California location. Including the bar area, the new restaurant will seat about 220 guests. Eric Anders and Ofer Shemtov began the Wood Ranch chain in […]
Be observant when visiting the elderly this holiday
The holidays are a wonderful time to visit family and friends— bringing the kids to see Grandma, visiting Aunt Betty or taking some homemade cookies to an elderly neighbor. If we just keep our eyes open during those visits, seniors can tell us a lot about their needs. Seventy-five-year-old Aunty Honey lived alone after her husband passed away. Amy visited […]
Mistletoe: A bothersome but romantic berry
Q: After leaves started falling off the large sycamore tree in my front yard, I noticed that some of the areas of my tree, way up on the top, are still green. Talking to a neighbor, he said the patches are mistletoe. There are three “globs” of it about the size of a basketball in different areas of my tree. […]
Ask The DMV
Do you have questions about general driving-related requirements like registration and insurance? Are you unclear about laws and restrictions related to driving? The California Department of Motor Vehicles has answers. “Save Time by Going Online” at www.dmv.ca.gov. Q: I recently paid my renewal fee on time via mail. Will I get pulled over and issued a ticket for the expired […]
Target readies for face-lift
There may be a new Target in town, but the old store on Cochran Street isn’t going anywhere. Loyal Target shoppers on the east end of Simi Valley can rest easy because rumors that the store will close aren’t true, said Assistant City Manager Brian Gabler, economic development director for the city. The retailer is planning a remodel. “They aren’t […]
Longtime deputy sheriff retires from post
As far back as Marty Rouse can remember he wanted to be a deputy sheriff. Throughout his childhood in Malibu, up until his graduation from the police academy in 1979, Rouse set goals that kept him on the path to becoming a peace officer. “Even during the rock and roll era,” said Rouse about staying on the straight and narrow, […]
Student cast aces Broadway’s ‘Guys and Dolls’
Players portray street types with energy, humorNewbury Park High School’s Panther Players have rolled another natural seven with its latest production of “Guys and Dolls,” the classic musical based on novelist Damon Runyon’s story and characters. Runyon was virtually responsible for defining the street slang of New York gangsters and other lowlifes who camouflaged their ruthlessness behind a façade of pseudo-formal, contractionless speech. Guys wore fedoras […]
Conservatory orchestra to perform
The Colburn Orchestra will perform under the direction of music director and conductor Yehuda Gilad in the third program of its season at 3 p.m. Sun., Dec. 5 in the Fred Kavli Theatre, Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The program includes Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to La Forza del Destino; Frank Martin’s Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, […]