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Entries Tagged as 'History'
Image of 1971 Santa Monica Mountains Mystery Poster
January 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Conejo Valley, Green, History, Las Virgenes, Malibu, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks
Tags: SMMNRA
Seeking Info About ’70′s Poster Advocating Saving the Santa Monica Mountains
January 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Arts, Conejo Valley, History, Oak Park
I just received this email as a comment to a post…
Tags: Oak Park·Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area·SMMNRA
Photos of New Oak That Replaces 400-Year Old Oak on Westlake Boulevard, in Thousand Oaks
November 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · History, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Westlake Village
King Gillette Ranch: The National/State Park that Isn’t, Part II
November 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Green, History, Outdoors, Uncategorized
I guess we have to acknowledge that both the U.S. and California are in a budget crunch and money is hard to come by for park maintenance, as Econerd pointed out in her comment for Part I. One way to raise money for parks is to contract them out for movie and TV shoots, which is happening at King Gillette [...]
Tags: California State Parks·King Gillette Ranch·MRCA·SMMC·SMMNRA
“Biggest Loser” in 12th Season on NBC, Has Conejo Valley Tie
October 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, History, Outdoors, TV Shows
I enjoy watching TV shows that are filmed in the Conejo Valley or nearby, and looking for familiar vistas and scenes. The “Biggest Loser,” where contestants compete to lose the most weight, is one of those TV shows. It is filmed at Gillette Ranch, which is a California State Park at the corner of Las [...]
Tags: California State Parks·Coenjo Valley·King Gillette Ranch
Conejo Valley Unscathed Through Fire Season
October 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Agoura Hills, California, Conejo Valley, History, Oak Park
After living in the Conejo Valley for a decade and a half, I get wary and on guard from the end of August, through September, and into October, every year. I check the weather report in the VC Star and on TV, because I am hoping that we do not get a prolonged heat spell [...]
Tags: 2005·Topanga Fire
1967 Video of Cruising Down Kanan Road!
October 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Development, History, Oak Park
This video that Lois Spencer made from her husband’s 1967 movie of a trip down Kanan Road is a classic! For those of us who were not here then, it shows us what the Conejo Valley looked like before development, and for those of us who were here, it is a trip down memory lane [...]
Tags: 1967 Conejo Valley Video
Thousand Oaks Historic Westlake Oak Tree Had Disease that Prompted Quick Removal – Why?
October 15th, 2011 · 3 Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Development, Green, History, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Why was the Westlake Village oak tree felled on Thursday?
Tags: Removing Westlake Oak·Thousand Oaks Oak·Westlake Village Oak
