2024: Year of the Entertainer
Jan 3, 2025 · STORIES—The community talent was impressive in 2024. Kevin Hogan on stage as Neil Diamond at a July Agoura Hills Concert in the Park. SUSAN WEININGER/Acorn Newspapers Abigail Thompson performs at an August Westlake Village TGIF concert. SUSAN WEININGER/Acorn Newspapers Dancers are hip to the band Yacht Groove during another of the Agoura Chumash Park
Pet of the week
Jan 3, 2025 · STEAL YOUR HEART—Girl Friday has been waiting for her forever home for nearly three months. The previous owners surrendered this sweet and gentle petite pit mix and she has since captured the hearts of the animal care center’s volunteers. At about 7 years old, Friday is playful yet calm, and thrives on leisurely walks. Though
MLK Day of Service in Oak Park - theacorn.com
4 days ago · MANY HANDS—Above and below, families, friends and students clean up and paint rails at Oak Canyon Community Park during Martin Luther King Jr.’s National Day of Service on Jan 20. The Simi Valley Recreation and Park District has run the MLK Jr. day of service projects for over five years. Photos by ALAN KO/Acorn Newspapers
Holiday cheer carries over to new year - theacorn.com
Jan 16, 2025 · JOYFUL SONGS—Abigail Freeman and her brother Samuel perform a clarinet duet of the song “Fantasie” during the Holiday Cheer event Dec. 10 at the Calabasas Community Center. The festivities featured holiday songs from the city’s Savvy Seniors Singers and performances by students in the Calabasas High School music department. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers CHS students rejoice
Ray of light at city hall - theacorn.com
Dec 27, 2024 · GIVE PRAISE—Students at the Chabad of the Conejo Hebrew School sing songs about Hanukkah during the annual menorah lighting ceremony Dec. 19 at Agoura Hills City Hall. Hanukkah’s first night was Dec. 25. Photos by MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers Agoura Hills City Councilmember Kate Anderson lights a candle …
Sound Man - theacorn.com
“I’ve lived here for 26 years,” said Agoura Hills resident Don Sylvester, “and I know”—he paused to estimate—“65 people. His wife, popular city council member and new mayor Penny Sylvester, knows all but 65 people, the husband quipped.. Don Sylvester said he said will go to the grocery store in town with his wife to buy bananas and emerge an hour later, having been stopped so ...
Crafting a stronger community
Jan 10, 2025 · CREATIVITY GALORE— Adults and kids alike put their creativity to work during the Yarrow Family YMCA Family Winter Craft event Dec. 27 in Westlake Village. Above, Ryan Grabow, family coordinator for the Yarrow Y, helps 2-year-old Josie Carroll with her paper firework craft. Photos by MICHAEL COONS Acorn Newspapers Ana Ghisellini, her 4 …
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New chapter in life of Pulitzer-winning journalist. By Eamon Murphy [email protected] | January 24, 2025. A recent interview with Howard Rosenberg—Agoura Hills resident, longtime television critic for the Los Angeles Times, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and currently a fiction writer—began with the subject interviewing...
Oak Park governance on ballot - theacorn.com
Sep 27, 2024 · As an unincorporated area in eastern Ventura County, Oak Park has no city council that governs it. But the community does have a municipal advisory council (MAC) to represent its interests to the county Board of Supervisors. The Oak Park MAC is a five-member body with designated liaisons for the school district, parks and recreation,
To the rescue
4 days ago · PITCHING IN—Donated clothes and other items are sorted at the County Line Cars and Coffee show on Jan. 11. Photos by MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers Among the many local organizations helping out in the wake of the recent wildfire disaster was an Agoura Hills-based food bank that served meals to 350 evacuees at its warehouse on Jan.