We are pretty laid back in the Conejo Valley and the one major celebrity encounter I had was very relaxed – even neighborly – in a Conejo Valley way. I met John Schneider in Brown’s Photo Store in Agoura Hills, around the fall of 1999 or 2000. The store, which was a good place for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Agoura Hills'
Conejo Valley Celebrity Encounters
June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Meditations
Tags: Agoura Hills·John Schneider
Historical Home in Agoura Being Taken Down by NPS
May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Development, Green, Outdoors
After nearly 100 years of existence, the Varney homestead, located in Agoura’s Lobo Canyon, is being dismantled by the National Park Service. The Varneys were originally from what is now North Hollywood, where they owned Lankershim Waterworks. When William Mulholland brought water the San Fernando Valley, the Varneys had to find another occupation. So, Edmund (Pop) [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills·Lobo Canyon·National Park Service·Varney Homestead
Thousand Oaksians?
February 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Lake Sherwood, Las Virgenes, Meditations, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
Have you ever wondered what to call yourself as a resident of your Conejo Valley city or community? Well, I got to wondering that, as I sent out an email to folks who live in my community of Oak Park. I came up with Oak Parkians, Oak Partinos, and Oak Parkistas, all which sound pretty [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills·Calabasas·Lake Sherwood·Newbury Park·Oak Park·Thousand Oaks·Westlake Village
No Partridge in these Pear Trees
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Green, Outdoors
Econerd, who posts comments frequently at the Conejo Post, sent in a comment to “What’s Blooming in the Conejo.” I am posting it here as an entry on it’s own: “The pear trees on Kanan Road from Thousand Oaks Boulevard to the Ventura County line (in Agoura Hills) should be in full bloom in a week [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills·Pear Trees
Water Runoff Collection in Agoura Hills
January 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Green, Water Issues
I guess you know now that I am interested in water issues, and that extends to storm water collection or runoff. At the left is a photo I took in fall, 2009, of a Los Angeles County Debris Collection basin on Agoura Road, west of the Reyes Adobe Exit from the 101. It is one [...]
Battle of Garage Sale Signs in Agoura Hills
December 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Meditations
Garage sales, seems to me, are an American institution, not quite up there with Mom and apple pie, but important none the less. So, it amuses me to watch the battle of the garage sales signs that takes place every Saturday in Agoura Hills. Evidently these benign pieces of Americana are anathema in the city [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills·Garage Sales
Back to the Books, free in Thousand Oaks
June 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village
On Tuesday night, the Thousand Oaks City Council repealed the library fee of $70/year for library users living outside the city, and that was effective Wednesday.  I am very pleased. I was willing to pay the fee as a nonresident, but have always looked at the large T.O. Library on Janss Rd. as the [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills·Newbury Park·Oak Park·Thousand Oaks·Westlake Village
Say What, Agoura Hills?
June 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Agoura Hills
OK, I don’t know if this post is addressed to Agoura Hills, or Los Angeles County, but it is to whoever is working on the Kanan Road sidewalks. By the Agoura Famous Deli, sidewalks on both sides of the street are torn up. Sections are just dirt right now, with the cement removed, and standards and plastic tape [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills