Thousand Oaks Acorn

07/18/2025

A candidate who's recently tossed his hat into California's Lt. Governor's race is a Newbury Park High grad (and a founding member of the band One Republic).

One of the founding members of the pop-rock band OneRepublic—and a Newbury High School alumnus—is making a bid for the second-highest public office in California. Tim Myers, former bass player for the band responsible for hit songs like “Apologize” and “Stop and Stare,” has announced thi...

07/17/2025

LAST NIGHT: VCSO issued a shelter-in-place advisory last night for a Thousand Oaks neighborhood when a domestic violence suspect barricaded himself inside his Tennis Club Lane home.

 A Thousand Oaks man suspected of domestic violence was arrested on Wednesday night after a several-hours standoff with the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office. The incident began around 6:50 p.m. July 16 when the woman called 911 and told dispatchers she had been punched in the face by her boyfriend...

07/10/2025

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07/09/2025

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07/08/2025

Greetings, Santa Rosa Valley! Roots & Shoots Preschool is thrilled to be a new part of your community! Now is an exciting time, as Roots & Shoots will host an open-house event from noon to 4 p.m. July 12 and July 19 so you and your child can experience firsthand what Italy’s Reggio Emilia-inspired program looks like! We hope to see you there! More info at rootsandshoots-preschool.org.

07/07/2025

Exciting news! Heritage Days Fiesta returns to Old Town Camarillo from July 16-20! 🎉

Join us for carnival rides, food, vendors, live music, art, and more! 🎡🎶

Save BIG on carnival rides by getting presale tickets at camarilloheritagedays.org! 🎟️

07/02/2025

Breaking: A Thousand Oaks man is dead following a deputy-involved shooting incident in which the man shot first, according to the sheriff's office.

  A Thousand Oaks man died Tuesday evening after being shot by a Ventura County Sheriff’s deputy. The deputy had been responding to an 8 p.m. call reporting the man was armed and experiencing a mental health issue, the sheriff’s office said. When deputies arrived at the home in the 500 block of...

07/01/2025

No plans for July 4? The Acorn's got you covered. Here's a roundup of local happenings with a few out-of-town events included.

From fireworks and parades to concerts and drone shows, Independence Day celebrations across Ventura County will span multiple days of family fun, patriotic music and plenty of reasons to look up at the sky. Here’s a roundup of Thousand Oaks events plus some of the biggest happenings beyond the ci...

06/23/2025

Remember the mammoth skeleton found in the county? Here's where it is now:

Two decades ago, construction crews breaking ground on a new housing development in Moorpark weren’t expecting to dig up a celebrity. Buried just six feet beneath the surface lay a prehistoric giant—an Ice Age southern mammoth whose discovery would catapult the small Ventura County city into the...

06/20/2025

“The crime was violent, but the murder of Monica Leech was pure, unprovoked evil.” --Murder witness and colleague of Monica Leech

The man who killed teller Monica Leech during a robbery of a Thousand Oaks bank nearly 30 years ago has been sentenced. Kevin Ray James will serve 19 years to life in state prison. Changing a previous not-guilty plea, the San Bernardino man admitted on May 16 that he used a gun to kill Leech, an emp...

06/17/2025

 While protests over recent ICE actions have remained peaceful in Ventura County, the local Sheriff’s Office has joined the more violent fray to the south. In a June 9 message to the community issued in both Spanish and English, Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said his agency is closely monitoring the ongoin...

06/16/2025

Help Wanted:
The Acorn newspapers are looking for an experienced sportswriter to compile the publication’s fall “Pigskin Preview” special section (high school football).
Contract work.
Email letter and qualifications to: [email protected]