Unusual for the day after Labor Day…we have a misty and gray sky, as the kids head to school on the old traditional starting day. Of course, most students now start back sooner, sometimes by weeks, but today is when my internal alarm clock tells me that it is time for the school year to begin. Above is a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Thousand Oaks'
Back to School and Safety
September 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Education, Las Virgenes, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Tags: Conejo Valley·CVUSD·Oak Park·OPUSD·Thousand Oaks·Westlake Village
Update on Angled Parking Construction at The Lakes
September 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Development, Economy, Elections, Thousand Oaks
The sidewalk is now installed for the new angled parking places, being created by the City of Thousand Oaks, with the goal of increasing shoppers at the Lakes Mall. This photo was taken today (9-5), and it also shows a line of new cement, running next to Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The new Thousand Oaks interactive public [...]
A Little Bit of Paradise, Conejo Valley Style
September 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Green, Outdoors, Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks resident, Ben Pankratz writes, “This beautiful year-round falls plunges seventy feet, down a volcanic rock wall in Wildwood Park. The park is located in Thousand Oaks, at the west end of Avenida de los Arboles. The round-trip hike on Moonridge Trail is about three miles.” Ben says he took this photo in January, [...]
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Total Comp for Top Public Administrators, Part II
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Economy, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
Ventura County’s CEO, Marty Robbins, had a higher compensation package than I posted 8-29. This according to an article in the VC Star this morning (9-3). The Star article states that the paper was furnished with a revised total comp amount of $386,874, instead of $338,087 reported previously, to include “tax-payer-paid contributions to Robbins county-provided retirement, Medicare, [...]
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Owls Are In
September 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Economy, Education, Thousand Oaks
While shopping in a store at the Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks with my granddaugther last week, I happened to notice chains with owl pendants on display. I pointed them out to my knowledgeable thirteen-year-old descendent, who told me, “Grandma, owls are in, right now.” “Who-whoooo knew?” Then, I realized I had been seeing a lot [...]
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Thousand Oaks Laying Larger Sewer Pipe
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Development, Thousand Oaks, Water Issues
If you have driven by the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza lately, you know that Thousand Oaks Boulevard is a mess. The good news is that it seems to be an organized mess, and even though T.O. Boulevard reduces to one lane in either direction for part of the construction area, I did not experience a slowing or [...]
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School Days
August 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Education, Lake Sherwood, Las Virgenes, Meditations, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Here are school start dates, hot off the internet! In Thousand Oaks, Conejo Valley Unified School District started today, August 30. Both Las Virgenes Unified School District and Oak Park Unified School District start Wednesday, September 1. There go those lazy, hazy days of summer, that is, if we ever had them this summer! There [...]
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Total Compensation for Top Public Administrators
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Economy, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
The VC Star today, deliniated the total compensation package of city managers throughout Ventura County, plus that of Ventura County’s top executive. Let’s look at the only city in the Conejo Valley that is listed. According to the Star, the city manager of Thousand Oaks, Scott Mitnick, has a total comp of $354,577. Interestingly, the CEO [...]
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Volunteers Abound in the Conejo Valley This Summer
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
An article in the 8-29 VC Star reported that over 1400 folks worked on 108 volunteer projects this summer in Ventura County, according to Camarillo’s Action Foundation. They came from 24 churches. The article did not say how many volunteers and projects were in the Conejo Valley, but they did describe work going on at Park [...]
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Stagecoach Inn
August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, History, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
I finally giddy-upped over to the Stagecoach Inn Museum in Newbury Park on Friday. Since I have lived in the Conejo Valley eleven years, I thought it was about time to tour this historical landmark, and time for me to take a grandchild along too. If I had known that I would enjoy going through this copy of [...]
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