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FESTIVITIES—Clockwise from right, Sarah Zavala, 6, poses with Santa at the Moorpark Kiwanis Club’s annual Breakfast with Santa at the Moorpark Boys & Girls Club ast Saturday. More...

The Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to impose new requirements for candidates seeking the treasurer-tax collector’s job, a move that will end Audra Strickland’s bid for the post due to her lack of training in finances. More...

‘We’re held hostage,’ one says

About 50 residents of Villa Del Arroyo Mobile Home Park met with federal, city and county watershed representatives last week to voice their dismay over a government revision that now forces them to obtain costly flood insurance. More...

On a frosty morning last week Republican Assembly candidate Jeff Gorell stood outside Silver Star Chevrolet in Thousand Oaks and accepted an endorsement from the California Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from the Camarillo and the Oxnard Chambers also gave their endorsements to the financially conservative, pro-business candidate on Dec. 9. More...
Simi Valley Hospital unveiled the last piece of its new Patient Care Tower to local city and hospital officials on Tuesday. More...
FRI., DEC. 18 Parade Of Lights, More...
For some people, the idea of giving blood is unnerving. It shouldn’t be, said Fabiola Navarrete, a student who donated a pint of blood to United Blood Services last week. The process can save a life and isn’t painful, she said. More...
Freshman QB scores from 2 yards out to lift Warriors past Moorpark in CIF title tilt
“Sometimes nothin’ can be a real cool hand.” — Cool Hand Luke, 1967 Westlake High freshman backup quarterback Justin Moore figured: Why not? More...
TOO CUTE—Vixen, left, Dasher and Prancer are all 2-month-old kittens. Vixen is a female and Prancer and Dasher are her brothers. More...
Nov. 18 Thieves stole a package containing items valued at $400 from the front door of a home on Blue Ridge Court. Nov. 26 Between Nov. 26 and Dec. 7 someone stole valuables stored in an open trailer on Tierra Rejada Road. Nov. 28 More...
FESTIVAL FUN—Juggler and comedian David Cousin performs at the annual Hanukkah Festival, sponsored by the Chabad of Moorpark, in the Tuscany Square shopping center in Moorpark last Sunday evenin More...
‘TIS THE SEASON—The Metrolink Holiday Toy Express band grooves to jazzy holiday tunes during the train’s stop in Moorpark last Sunday night. More...
Funny how history’s successes are so often easily forgotten buits failures—often measured in terms of millions of lives or countries in ruin—are indelibly stamped into books and plastered on the silver screen. More...
In order for Scott Tignac, operations manager for Waste Management, to “set the record straight,” some additional facts should be added (letters, Acorn , Nov. 27). More...
Want to avoid that lump of coal in your stocking? Then do your last-minute shopping locally. More...