MHS decathlete teams win back-toback national championships
It was book smarts' night on the red carpet. Nine Moorpark students were greeted by a cheering crowd of 300 Monday upon their return home from capturing their fourth national academic decathlon championship. Sirens blared and residents screamed while the team, just off a flight from Nashville, Tenn. More...
A forum examining the propositions on the May 19 ballot brought students and other community members out to Moorpark College Tuesday morning. David Maron of the League of Women Voters interviewed Herbert Gooch, director of the master's in public policy and administration program at California Lutheran University, about the propositions. More...
Nearly nine months after the Metrolink crash that left 25 dead, Moorpark City Councilmember Keith Millhouse reported that the rail system has undergone several groundbreaking safety enhancements. On Sept. 12, Metrolink 111 ran a red light and crashed headon into a Union Pacific freight train just after leaving the Chatsworth station. More...
Representatives of Caltrans came to City Hall last week to answer questions about a proposed road-widening project geared to ease traffic flow on Los Angeles Avenue. According to an environmental review, the improvements will alleviate a bottleneck in the center of Moorpark. More...
County health officials confirmed Wednesday that two Oxnard boys were diagnosed with the swine flu. Their ages were not released. One reported death in the U.S. has been attributed to the recent outbreak, which first surfaced last month in Mexico. More...
FRI., MAY 1 Thousand Oaks-WLV Chamber Of Commerce Networking breakfast, 7 to 9 a.m. at Los Robles Greens banquet center, 299 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks. Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) leads panel discussion on "surviving the current economic crisis." $27 at door. Registration 6:45 a.m. More...
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers PROGRESS—City Councilmember Roseann Mikos, left, discusses the future of the Patriot Commerce Center with Mike Tingus, president of Lee & Associates, the real estate services company representing the property owner, at last week's ribbon cutting ceremony for the first phase of the project. This phase consists of light industrial facilities, including medical, research and development, and high-tech office and office condominium space. The second phase of the project will consist of a 42,000-square-foot medical building. More...
Tradespeople have potential to earn up to $90,000 annually
According to the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2014 the U.S. will need 100,000 workers to fill job openings in the skilled trades, such as plumbing, heating, ventilation, airconditioning and refrigeration. The shortage of skilled workers is likely to continue, as it appears the next generation of tradespeople is not lined up to fill their shoes. More...
Moorpark boys4x100 relay team believes in its ability to finish first
The Moorpark High boys' 4x100 relay team was either auditioning for "Saturday Night Live" or trying out for the Los Angeles Dodgers. During practice Wednesday afternoon, Brandon Linton, Derrious Johnson, Austin Edmonson and Max Dyce participated in a little impromptu game of baton baseball. More...
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers CURLY AND CUTE—Curly Joe, a 2-year-old male "cockapoo" (cocker spaniel/poodle mix), is friendly, sweet and fun-loving— and he's not a barker. If you'd like to adopt him, ask for No. A464872 at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, 600 Aviation Drive. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so please call (805) 388-4341 or go to vcar.us before visiting the shelter. More...
Someone stole merchandise from the 7-Eleven store in the 500 block of Los Angeles Avenue on April 18. A person sustained severe injuries in a fight on Williams Ranch on April 18. Also, property was stolen from the victim. More...
The Women of Congregation B'nai Emet will host Jewish World Watch for an update on the solar cooker project at 7:30 p.m. Tues., May 12 at the synagogue, 9 W. Bonita Drive, Simi Valley. More...
Photos by JANN HENDRY/Acorn Newspapers CREATIVE CITY—Artist Matt Oppenheimer, above, creates sidewalk chalk art of a face popping up from the ground in the Moorpark Civic Center parking lot at the Moorpark Arts Festival last Sunday. At right, Mesa Verde Middle School sixth-grade student Megan Gratke, 11, tries her hand at throwing clay. More...
"Earth" is Disneynature's feature-length film version of the BBC's remarkable 2006 "Planet Earth" series that spawned a stellar 11-disc DVD set. I can't imagine the set not being a part of every home film li brary in the country, in every secondary and high school's librarand, frankly, every place one findan available DVD player. More...
In regards to last week's editorial cartoon—Moorpark is a town with a large amount of vacant retail space, but we are not a town without a bookstore. We have a thriving, expanding, amazing bookstore. It's youMoorpark Friends of the Library Bookstore, located right here in Moorpark inside the library. More...
Congratulations to Moorpark High School's academic decathlon team for winning another national championship. You read it correctly: The local team from MHS has now won consecutive first-place finishes in competition involving top schools from throughout America. More...
Julio Gomez won the award for Top Listing agent from Prudential California Realty's Oxnard/ Channel Islands office for January 2009. At the company's annual awards banquet, Gomez earned one of Prudential's highest national honors, Chairman's Circle Gold. This places him in the top percentile of Prudential agents nationwide. More...
Relay for Life inspires community generosity