Thousand Oaks Acorn

09/12/2025

DESTINATION END ZONE—Boys football is in full swing as the semester gets underway. On Sept. 5, Newbury Park and Pacifica face off in a non-league game at Pacifica High in Oxnard. Newbury Park lost, 56-35. 📸: Michael C***s

09/08/2025

Replace your gas-powered landscaping equipment with new electric models from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at 2010 Conejo Center Drive in Newbury Park. Ventura County residents only. For more information, visit vcapcd.org/lawn-garden-equipment or toaks.gov/sustainabilityevents.

09/03/2025

Breathe – A Foundation for the Artist presents Chick Singer Night on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Scherr Forum Theater. Proceeds help provide K-5 schools with a no-cost option to offer dance and music programs. For more information, go to breatheforartists.org.

09/02/2025

Grand Reopening Sale — You’re Invited! Celebrate with American Vision Windows on Sept. 6 as they thank the community that’s supported them for 25 years. Enjoy food, fun, and a first look at the beautifully redesigned showroom. More info at americanvisionwindows.com/offers.

08/29/2025

After hearing hundreds of impassioned comments over two meetings, Ventura County supervisors on Aug. 26 voted down a proposal to create a county-funded legal defense program for those here illegally facing deportation.

After hearing hundreds of impassioned comments over two meetings, Ventura County supervisors on Aug. 26 voted down a proposal to create a county-funded legal defense program for those here illegally facing deportation. The vote comes amid mounting pressure and despite widespread calls for action fol...

08/28/2025

FLAGGED FEMMES—Camarillo’s girls flag football team shined on the field during an Aug. 19 game against Newbury Park High School, winning 36-12.

📸: Michael C***s

08/22/2025

LIGHTS, SIRENS AND SMILES—During a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office open house Aug. 13 at the East Valley Station in Thousand Oaks, kids learned about the department’s Tactical Response Team, explored equipment like the “Huey” rescue helicopter and Hägglunds rescue vehicle, played games like corn hole and spike ball, and snacked on hot dogs. Acorn photographer Michael C***s captured these moments.

08/16/2025

🎶 Love to sing? Come for the music, stay for the people. Join the CSU community choir now! The Channel Islands Choral Association is especially looking for tenors and basses. Email Dr. Liu to schedule an audition at [email protected], or find more information online at cicachoir.org. They hope to sing with you soon!

08/14/2025

Excessive force by ICE led to fatal fall, family of deceased man says:

 The family of a farmworker who died after falling from a greenhouse roof during a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid has filed a $47 million federal tort claim—the first step toward a potential lawsuit—alleging that the agency’s use of excessive force led to his death. The claim, ...

08/12/2025

Should AT&T get to cut the cord?

With telecom companies once again seeking to shed their state-mandated obligation of providing traditional landline telephone service in certain areas, local cities say they prefer not see the old system die.  Local lawmakers, however, have offered less than united resistance to a bill in Sacrament...

08/11/2025

T.O. firefighters are all settled into their new digs:

Fire Station 34—the newly completed station on Mountclef Boulevard—is more than just brick and concrete; it’s a second home to those who battle fires and protect the community. Two months after moving into their new facility, which replaces the 64-year-old building on the corner of Moorpark Ro...

08/08/2025

Acorn photographer spent a day at the Ventura County Fair. Here are a few of the people he met and things he saw. (BTW, you still have a few days to visit the fair. It ends Sunday)

THRILLS—Mark Wilder entertains a crowd during the Ventura County Fair on Aug. 1.   Kaylee Sky, 13, and her 11-year-old brother, Carson, try out the Windsurf ride     Everlee McDonald, 3, left, her nephew Jameson Goslee, 3, and brother Evan McDonald, 5, enjoy corn dogs and fries as they get a wa...