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 [...]
Los Robles Hospital Expansion on T.O. City Council Agenda Tonight
July 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Conejo Valley, Development, Economy, Thousand Oaks
On the agenda for the meeting of the Thousand Oaks city council tonight (7-13), is the possible expansion of Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center. Various zoning changes would allow for a fourth floor of the hospital to be built, as well as a parking structure at the northest corner of Janns and Lynn Roads. [...]
Tags: Thousand Oaks
Passion for Pastels Exhibit in Thousand Oaks
July 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · California, Conejo Valley, Media, Newbury Park
I dropped by the Thousand Oaks City Gallery in Newbury Park this afternoon to visit the new show by the Pastel Society of the Gold Coast, and I was impressed. First of all, the word, “pastel,” makes it sound as if the art works would be in pastel colors and sort of wimpy. Not at [...]
Tags: Pastel Exhibit·Thousand Oaks
Celebrating Arts and Crafts in Thousand Oaks
June 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Meditations, Thousand Oaks
ArtWalk ’10, put on by the Conejo Valley Art Museum, is finishing its two-day run today (Sunday, 6-6). This juried art show takes place in Thousand Oaks, at the intersection of Hillcrest and Wilber, on the Bank of America Building Grounds. Because of time constraints, I managed to do a run through right after the festival opened [...]
Tags: Artwalk '10·Thousand Oaks
The Voters Forum at the T.O. Civic Arts Plaza Tonight (5-13)
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Elections, Thousand Oaks
Is anybody going tonight, to the forum of Ventura County candidates, put on by the League of Women Voters at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza? If you go, could you please click on the comment section after this post, and give your impressions? It is not working out for me to attend and I [...]
Tags: Candidates Forum·Thousand Oaks·Ventura County League of Women Voters
Chop Down an Oak Tree to Build a T.O. Parking Lot?
April 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Conejo Valley, Development, Thousand Oaks
Caruso Affiliated is asking for the OK to chop down an oak tree at Thousand Oaks Planning Commission meeting on Monday (4-12). Caruso also wants the OK to encroach on the protected zone of two other oak trees. Why? It looks like the trees are in the way of plans for more parking at The Lakes Shopping Center, next to [...]
Tags: Caruso Affiliated·Chopping an oak tree·The Lakes Shopping Center·Thousand Oaks
Thousand Oaks Boasts Development of Eichler California Moderns
February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Conejo Valley, Thousand Oaks
It wasn’t until I saw a neighborhood of homes by Joseph Eichler in Palo Alto, south of San Francisco, that I realized I had seen similar homes in Thousand Oaks. (A photo of an Eichler on Camino Manzanas, off of Lynn Road is to the left.) Joseph Eichler built modern homes for middle class buyers, [...]
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
Two Goodbyes
December 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Conejo Valley, Economy, Thousand Oaks
I just took this New Year’s Eve shot of the old Courtesy Chevrolet Showroom on Thousand Oaks Boulevard. Driving by it earlier this week in the evening, I had thought how beautiful the small tree looked in the middle of the empty showroom floor. I know that it looks more compelling in person, but I [...]