I am writing in response to your recent article discussing the slow pace of rebuilding homes after the recent fires. While statistics and timelines are important, I want to share a personal experience ...

Walk into a grocery store in Ventura and Los Angeles counties today and try not to laugh—or cry. The shelves are full, but the prices scream scarcity. What used to be routine errands now feel like ...

This past holiday season, the Westlake Village Sunrise Rotary—together with Friends of Fieldworkers and countless generous Conejo Valley residents— helped bring dignity, joy and hope to some of the ...

I just spent three months collecting signatures in the Conejo to put a citizen’s initiative on the November ballot requiring proof of citizenship to vote in California. This initiative reverses Newsom ...

Conejo Valley residents are being urged to use caution when withdrawing cash from ATMs, as scammers are back at it again, reportedly swiping bank cards and obtaining PINs in order to drain victims’ ...

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The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing. Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business. The ...

DOWN BY THE SHORE—Participants enjoy an early morning jog around Calabasas Lake during the 47th annual Lakeside Fun Run earlier this month. The man-made, 21-acre lake created in the late 1960s is open ...

A Thousand Oaks man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he tried to kill his mother at their Westlake-area apartment earlier this month. The Ventura County District Attorney’s charge of attempted ...

Thanksgiving is a holiday built around abundance—often more than we know what to do with. The turkey is bigger than we need, the leftovers don’t quite fit in the fridge, and backyard fruit trees ripen ...

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