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Regal ladies serve as city ambassadors

ROYAL VISIT- From left, Miss Teen Moorpark Princess Angelica Paredes, Miss Moorpark Catalina Paredes, Miss Teen Moorpark Megan Wisler, and Miss Teen Moorpark Princess Chaya Turrow drop by the recent mixer sponsored by the Simi Valley and Mo More...

Health & Wellness

Dentist discusses dealing with sensitive teeth

By Rick Borquez, DDS

Why are my teeth sensitive? Exposed dentin is the likely reason. Dentin is the tissue that makes up the core of each tooth. Dentin is covered by a protective coating of enamel. More...

Donate blood at local drives

United Blood Services Central Coast announces that the blood supply remains seriously low. Donors are needed to help replenish the supply through early September. More...

Grants awarded for Ventura County healthcare

Livingston Memorial Foundation has presented grants totaling $375,000 to 31 Ventura County nonprofit organizations for medical and health-related issues during its 2005-06 grant year ending April 30, 2006. More...

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Business

Handling the next job interview after a firing

As if getting fired wasn't rough enough, what are you supposed to write in the box "Reason for leaving" when filling out an application for a new job? More...

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Schools

New friend

SCHOOLS BELLS RING- Melanie Ourhaan doesn't take long to get acquainted with her new fourth grade teacher, Ellen Bailey, during the Flory Academy back-toschool picnic on Monday. More...

How to develop good study habits

With so many distractions tugging at youth these days, it's no wonder it's hard for some students to develop good homework and study routines. More...

Local students do well on exit exams

More than 80 percent of Moorpark High School sophomores passed the California High School Exit Exam administered in the spring. More...

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Family

Family aids in rebuilding of New Orleans

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Although it's been a year since Hurricane Katrina hit, the devastation it caused still lingers in much of the Gulf Coast. More...

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On The Town

Celebrate history at Strathearn Park in Simi

Enjoy a Day of History at Strathearn Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., Sept. 17at 137 Strathearn Place, Simi Valley (enter from Madera Road). Visitors can enjoy special shows and attractions for adults and children alike. More...

A funny play happened on the way to the theater

By Sally Carpenter sallyc@theacorn.com

The Conejo Players' "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," opens with two characters invoking the favor of the ancient Roman deities and appealing to Thespis, the Greek actor who created tragedy (and also the word More...

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Real Estate

Single-Story Ranch Opens To Nearly An Acre Zoned For Horses

This property has everything. Starting on a quiet cul-de-sac of a desirable neighborhood, this single-story ranch is completed by 4-bedrooms and 3-bathrooms (each up More...

Nick Cormier

Nick Cormier was recently welcomed to the Dilbeck team by Branch Manager Chuck Lech. More...

Keli Dahl

Top Selling agent honors for May went to Keli Dahl at Prudential California More...

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Candidate calls for a smoke-free Moorpark

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Moorpark City Council candidate Mark Van Dam announced last week that banning smoking in public places will be a priority issue in his campaign. More...

Boy critically injured in traffic accident

Jamil Jones, 27, of Woodland Hills, was arrested in connection with an accident that caused several injuries on Los Angles Av More...

Local students are back in school with a clean slate

By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

The back-to-school bell rang in a promising new school year for about 7,600 Moorpark students on Wednesday. More...

Community

Accident snarls downtown traffic

Authorities are still seeking the cause of an accident that involved seven cars and one large dump truck at the intersection of Los Angeles and Moorpark avenues on Monday afternoon. More...

New officers at United Way

United Way of Ventura County announced recently that Amy Fonzo, former operations manager for Ventura County's Workforce Investment Board, will join the organization in early September in the new position of vice president/external resourc More...

Contact your area representatives

Board of Supervisors District 4: Judy Mikels (Serving Moorpark, Simi Valley, Somis, Las Posas Valley, Santa Susana Knolls, Box Canyon, Chatsworth Peak, Home Acres, Sinaloa Lake, and Tierra Rejada Valley) 3855-F Alamo St., Simi Valley, CA, 930 More...

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Bulletin Board

FRI., SEPT. 1 Bebop Concert Ronny & the Classics will bring the bebop music of the '50s and '60s to the stage at 8 p.m. at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center, 3050 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. More...

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Sports

Oil companies continue to post record profits while consumers get hosed at the pumps. Politicians spend millions of dollars on losing campaigns, yet underprivileged children go to bed with their stomachs grumbling. More...

By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com

Tim Lins might be the last guy on the planet who wants to be featured in the newspaper. It just isn't his style. More...

Westlake Warriors

Last season's results : (Tied for 6th in Marmonte, 3-7 overall). More...

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Letters

New Orleans still needs help

Piles of trash, debris, destroyed homes, a ghost town lingering in the present day. Believe it or not, this is New Orleans one year after the misfortunate Hurricane Katrina disaster. More...

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Columns

"Little Miss Sunshine"

Let's forget for a moment that I loathe children's beauty pageants, with their JonBenet insanity of More...

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Editorials

Electrical sticker shock

The summer heat wave isn't as bad as it was a month ago, but local residents are still hot under the collar over the big electric bills they've been paying. More...

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Quotes to chew on

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress More...

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