This photo is from Thousand Oaks resident Ben Pankratz, who is also a contributor to the Conejo Post. Ben says of the photo, which was taken in November, 2008: “ The hiker is on Old Boney Trail at 1.6 miles from the Wendy Trailhead in Newbury Park – and very near the Sycamore Creek crossing.” Thanks Ben, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Newbury Park'
A Green Hike
April 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Newbury Park, Outdoors, Ventura County
Tags: Conejo Valley·Newbury Park·Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area·Thousand Oaks
Loehmanns – What Happened?
April 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Development, Economy, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Uncategorized
Why did Loehmanns close in Newbury Park? Here is a photo, taken in March, of the empty store with a sign advertising the space for lease. I’ll admit that I never shopped at the store, but it was rather far to go from the east end of the Conejo Valley. However, I have shopped at at Loehmanns in [...]
Local Trail has Seashell Fossils
April 19th, 2011 · 1 Comment · California, Conejo Valley, History, Newbury Park, Outdoors, Ventura County
Thousand Oaks photographer and hiker, Ben Pankratz sent this in to share: “About ten million years ago, these seashells were under the Pacific Ocean on the Pacific Plate. That is the part of the earth’s crust which has lifted against the North American Plate, creating the Santa Monica Mountains. You can now see these seashell fossils [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·Newbury Park·Satwiwa·SMMNRA·Thousand Oaks
Post Office in Thousand Oaks’ Janss Mall Might Close
April 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, Economy, Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks
Continuing the closure theme, the small, 2-person Post Office in the Janss Mall may close, according to an article in the 4-8 VC Star. In this regard, there is a public meeting tonight (Friday, 4-8), from 6-7:30, at the Thousand Oaks Post Office on Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The purpose of the meeting put on by by [...]
Time to End the Redevelopment Boondoggle
January 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Sunday (1-16) VC Star features a front page article and editorial on redevelopment agencies in Ventura County. According to the editorial, $100 million is siphoned off from school districts and the basic services of police and fire departments, to go to building projects in the county through these agencies. In Thousand Oaks, for example, [...]
Tags: Agoura Hills·Conejo Valley·Conejo Valley News·Newbury Park·Thousand Oaks·Ventura County
Who Pays for What with Ventura County Water Wholesaler?
January 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Interior of Calleguas reservoir under construction in North Ranch a few years ago What is the policy at Calleguas Municipal Water District in regard to recovering costs from infrastructure? That was my question in a Letter to the Editor in the 1-13 Acorn, and the answer is important to all of us who live in [...]
Tags: Conejo Valley·Conejo Valley News·Lake Sherwood·Newbury Park·Oak Park·Thousand Oaks·Triunfo Sanitation District·Ventura County
The Naming of Wendy Drive
September 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Agoura Hills, Conejo Valley, History, Las Virgenes, Movies, Newbury Park
British actor Henry Wilcoxon, who acted in many of Cecil B. Demille’s epic films, including playing Marc Anthony opposite Claudette Colbert in ”Cleopatra” in 1934, owned property in the Conejo Valley. One large property holding was called Seven Oaks, located in Triunfo Canyon in Agoura. (Please see previous post: http://www.conejopost.com/?s=wilcoxon) He also owned acreage in what [...]
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
