Marie Panec of Oak Park has announced that she is running in 2010 for the Democratic nomination for the 24th Congressional District, a seat currently held by Republican Elton Gallegly.  Dr. Panec is in her second term as a  board member of the Oak Park Unified School District and has taught biology at Moorpark College for 12 years. At [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2009
Conejo Valley Resident Marie Panec Announces Run for Congress
September 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Oak Park, Ventura County
Tags: 24th Congressional District·Elton Gallegly·Marie Panec
Now Newbury Park Gets to Bite the Bullet on Water Conservation
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Water Issues
Thousand Oaks area customers of California American Water Company are invited to attend a meeting about proposed mandatory water conservation measures.  There are two meeting times to choose from on Wednesday, 9-30…either 1:30 PM or 6 PM, at thePalm Garden Hotel, 495 N. Ventu Park Road. For more info, go to : http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/AMERPR/735728458x0x320763/49b9100b-0f14-4ca8-af97-015ccd6591fa/CA_AWK_09.23.09.pdf There are three water [...]
Look, We’re on TV!
September 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Newbury Park, Oak Park
Tonight, I was watching the end of Huell Howser’s “California Gold” on KCET, when he went to a promo for Ken Burn’s series on the National Parks that is also running on the station. And, where was Huell for the promo? In the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA)! That is our home national park, [...]
Tags: Huell Howser·Ken Burns·Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Parents Want to Start Bridges Charter School at Closed University Elementary
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Thousand Oaks
Parents of children attending the Open Classroom magnet program at Conejo Elementary in Thousand Oaks, are organizing to start Bridges Charter School to open next school year. According to an article in the 9-24 Thousand Oaks Acorn, the parents sent a letter to CVUSD Superintendent Mario Contini, saying that they wanted to house the school at University [...]
What is Happening the Week of September 28
September 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Thousand Oaks, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Ventura County
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Yom Kippur Thousand Oaks Planning Commission Meeting at 6:30 PM. The date was listed on the meeting calendar on the city website, but there is no agenda posted, so I am wondering if the meeting has been canceled. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 The Ventura County Board of Supervisors are in recess. Ventura Regional [...]
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Why Did the Coyote Cross the Street?
September 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Oak Park, Outdoors
OK, it doesn’t quite have the ring of, “Why did the chicken cross the street?” However, I am always surprised to see a coyote or two crossing a suburban street during the day, and wonder why. That happened this morning at 7:30, as I was driving on Doubletree in Oak Park. Two coyotes crossed the [...]
Seriously, It is Hot Out There!
September 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Meditations, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
The Thousand Oaks Arts Festival was my destination about noon today, and I felt lucky to get a tree-shaded parking place in The Lakes parking lot. What I did not stop to figure out, while I was parking, was just how much black-top surfaced parking lot I was going to have to walk to reach [...]
So Water Rate Tiers Don’t Bring Tears
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, Green, Las Virgenes, Oak Park, Triuinfo Sanitation District, Water Issues
The public water districts that I know, have all recently instigated new tiered water rates, with each usage tier having a higher rate than the previous one. This is in response to the water crisis in California. Here in SoCal, as you know, the Metropolitan Water District has cut back allocations to member districts at least 15%, [...]
Tags: California drought·Conservation·Las Virgenes Municipal Water District·Triunfo Sanitation District·Water Rates
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Meditations, Outdoors
I couldn’t resist using the title of a 1958 hit by the Platters, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” to describe what is happening outside today. The sky looks so clear and blue, and I don’t smell smoke or anything else in the air, but I am all congested since taking my long morning walk. Also, [...]
Serving the Conejo and More?
September 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Meditations, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County
When I returned to SoCal after years away, one restaurant name that tickled me a lot was “Eggs N Things.” Every time I see the local one in Thousand Oaks on Moorpark Road at Janss, I ask myself, “what are things? Are they really something I want to be eating?” However, I am happy to report [...]