May 5, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Record high gas prices slow down Moorpark residents

Everyone is affected by the rising cost of fuel. Gas prices have reached record highs, up almost 46 cents in a month, according to news reports. More...

Health & Wellness

Community support sought to fight Lou Gehrig's disease

Based in Agoura Hills, the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the ALS Association is one of 41 chapters of the ALS Association, the only national nonprofit voluntary health organization devoted solely to the fight against amyotrophic lateral scl More...

Early screening urged to detect prostate cancer

Annual prostate cancer screening rates in California dropped slightly this year. More...

Post-polio group to meet in Simi Valley

The Post Polio Support Group will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sat., May 6 in the fireside room of United Methodist Church, 2394 Erringer Road, Simi Valley. More...

Business

Small business development center opens

Small business assistance is now available to businesses and entrepreneurs in Ventura County, thanks to the recently launched Small Business Development Center (SBDC). More...

Get help with gambling addiction

Do you borrow money to finance gambling? Is your life a nightmare from the downhill spiral of compulsive gambling? Gamblers Anonymous (GA) helps people worldwide who have a gambling problem to return to normal, happy lives. More...

Sports

Moorpark boys' tennis team heading back to the playoffs

Musketeers prepping for Marmonte League tourne

For the second time in three years, the Moorpark boys' tennis team is headed to the CIF playoffs. More...

Golf legend Jack Nicklaus opens new par-3 course at Sherwood Country Club

There was more than one high-profile bear roaming the Conejo Valley last week. More...

Family

Keeping teens on the road to safety

According to the latest information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, teens have the highest crash risk of any drivers, at nearly four times that of drivers over 20. More...

On The Town

'Steel Magnolias' celebrates women, family, friendship

First Light Players presents its spring production of "Steel Magnolias" by Robert Harling May 12 through 21 at Simi Hills Christian Church, 4307 Walnut St., Simi Valley. More...

Fairy tales in the park

Gypsies in a Trunk presents a new series of Fairy Tales in the Park with an upbeat, updated version of "Jack in the Beanstalk" at 4 p.m. Sat., May 6 at the Rancho Simi Community Park Amphitheater, Simi Valley. More...

Mother's Day party at center

Celebrate Mother's Day at 1 p.m. Fri., May 12 at the Active Adult Center, 799 Moorpark Ave., Moorpark. The program includes prizes for the female guests, cake and ice cream, and More...

Editorials

Graduation: A milestone of stress and enlightenment

As Moorpark parents scramble to ready themselves- and their children-for graduation, the days become filled with endless to-do lists. Pay for prom, get the proper clothes, make sure the kids get to their event and home safe again. More...

Immigration boycotts raise awareness

Immigrants skipped work and school to gather throughout cities in Ventura County early on Monday to protest House Resolution 4437, a bill that proposes toughening immigration laws. More...

Homeowners upset about use of eminent domain

"It took 30-something years for me to be able to get a house. Why do you want to come over and take away the little that I have?" asked Octavio Tamayo at More...

Community

Stopping gangs needs police, residents to work together

Part three of three parts Just 11 miles north of Moorpark sits the town of Fillmore, a quaint, agricultural community of 14,000 residents who live amidst the citrus groves of the Heritage Valley. More...

Subject: Lack of supervision can lead to mischief

Some of you who read the previous column might be interested to know how the trip down to San Diego with the Moorpark High School baseball team went. More...

Aiming for the stars

A SPACE ODYSSEY- Moorpark residents Brody Richards, 9, and his brother, Logan, 12, sit next to NASA Astronaut Janice Voss as she described her adventures in space during the first of two presentations at Flory Academy of Sciences and Technology last More...

Bulletin Board

FRI., MAY 5 Rocking It In Calabasas Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center, 27040 Malibu Hills Road, Calabasas hosts a rock concert at 7 p.m. featuring the Good Cheer, Animatronics, Francine Dancer, Cicada and We Are Lions. $7. More...

Schools

Moorpark College to launch electronic messaging network

The 2005/06 Associated Student (AS) Government board of directors at Moorpark College has announced that they will leave office on May 31 with a parting gift to the college of $20,000. More...

School carnival to present fun games, prizes

Enjoy the fun at Peach Hill Academy's Posse Carnival from 4 to 8 p.m. Fri., May 12 at 13400 Christian Barrett Drive, Moor-park. The Peach Hill PTA is hosting the carnival this year. More...

Faith

Worship with jazz at St. Patrick's

The Matt Harris Jazz combo will play during worship at 10:15 a.m. Sun., May 7 at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, One Church Road in Thousand Oaks, off El Monte Drive and one block north of Janss Road. More...

Church announces new worship times

Redeemer Lutheran Church in Thousand Oaks has changed the time of its worship service and Sunday School from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for both events to attract more young couples with small children and the unchurched. More...

Family Shabbat offered at local synagogue

Congregation B'nai Emet will host its monthly Family Shabbat at 7 p.m. Fri., May 5, followed by an Oneg Shabbat dessert reception and Israeli dancing at 8 p.m. More...

Letters

Judy Mikels deserves support

What a sad statement on our community if Supervisor Judy Mikels has to invite the press to her Simi Valley home to dispel lies that her challengers are conveying out in our neighborhoods. More...

Problems with Prop 82

Nobody can argue with the needs of education and the value of starting children on an educational path at an early age, buProposition 82 goes about the funding in all the wrong ways. More...

Food pantry needs donations

I am writing this letter on behalf of the Food Pantry in Moorpark. We are getting to a critical stage on clothes and food and I am making an appeal to all people in the area to please assist us in any way you can. More...

Real Estate

At The End Of A Cul-de-sac

This single-story house at the end of a culde-sac in the Oakbrook More...

Neta and Tom Foster

Prudential California Realty welcomes the veteran team of Tom and Neta Foster to the Thousand Oaks Regional Office. The Fosters recently moved to the Conejo Valley to continue their real estate career of more than 30 combined years. More...

Jordan Cohen

Jordan Cohen, estates director at Re/Max Olson & Associates Inc., Estate Brokerage, was commended for his sales production in March with sales totaling more than $5.2 million for the month. More...