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August 10, 2007
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Mixed-use development slowed by housing market
Old Town's five-year beautification plan near completion
By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com
A soft housing market forced Taft Corporation, a real estate development firm, to reconsider its plan to build a mixed-use building on the corner of Oak Street and Ventura Boulevard in Old Town. More...
Barn remodel to go out to bid
By Daniel Wolowicz camarillo@theacorn.com

It's unlikely Adolfo Camarillo ever considered the barn he built nearly 100 years ago would one day become a unique venue in Ventura County for a wedding reception. But that may very well be the case next summer, as Camarillo city officials will soon accept bids from contractors for the... More...

Psychologists bring expertise to law enforcement
By Sylvie Belmond belmond@theacorn.com

Because authorities never know when a situation they're responding to might involve someone with a mental disorder, police officers and sheriff's deputies who are able to assess and assist such individuals at the scene are invaluable. More...

 Community
•Commander sheds light on Iraq
ACHS grad recently returned from Al Anbar
This time last year U.S. commanding officers throughout much of Iraq's Al Anbar Province- which includes Baghdad and Fallujah- were faced with an explosion of violence from insurgent gunmen, namely Al Qaeda fighters. That trend, however, has begun to turn across the country's western provin... More...
•St. John's closes ER for mold fumigation
•Benefit tourney begins at sunrise
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 Health & Wellness
•State budget in limbo puts treatment centers in financial bind
Kiana Bahadoran worries what will become of the clients if she closes the doors to her adult day healthcare facility: the elderly woman with dementia who can't feed herself and needs help walking- the Agoura Hills man whose arthritic body makes it almost impossible for him More...
•Father invites others on special hike
•Fair features birthing center, craft projects
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 Bulletin Board
•Datebook
FRI., AUG. 10 A 'Tender' Play Stage Door Theatre opens romantic comedy "The Tender Trap," 8 p.m., 28311 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills. Continues through Sept. 15. 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. 2 p.m. Sun., Aug. 12, 26. $12 and $15. RSVP (818) 889-5209. More...
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 Business
•Trust to keep your wishes safe
Estate planning, including a revocable living trust, is critical if you want to preserve your assets and have them left for heirs of your choosing at the time of your death. No matter the value of your assets, it's crucial to have a revocable living trust. Without it, important matters... More...
•Bright joins CB Richard Ellis
•Chambers shake it up at mega mixer
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 Schools
•Big Brother gives gift of nature
John Hodak is the best big brother in California- so says Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. The national youth mentoring organization selected the Agoura Hills resident out of 23 nominees across the state as California Big Brother of the Year and will honor him at a regional con... More...
•Safety comes first
•Protect your children from cyber-bullies
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 Sports
•Rock 'n' roll golf
National Golf League encourages fan involvement
The late Rodney Dangerfield would've loved to play a round of golf with the Channel Islands Sharks. Dangerfield, who played the Al Czervik character who pulled a stereo out of his golf bag and blasted Kenny Loggins in the 1980 film "Caddyshack," would fit right in with the Sharks,... More...
•USA field hockey team topples Canada
•Volleyball coach sought
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 Pets
•Include pets in evacuation plans
As wildfires burn in many western states this month, The Humane Society of the United States advises residents to prepare for the possibility of evacuation. That includes making plans for farm animals and pets. "Be prepared to take your pets with you when evacuation orders are is... More...
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 Police
•Blotter
Camarillo A 22-year-old man was arrested July 24 on battery and multiple drug charges. A 27-year-old driver was arrested July 27 for allegedly hitting another car and then fleeing the scene of the accident in the 300 block of Arneill Road. More...
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 Family
•All the presidents' museums
Three days after Bruce and Janice Fuhrman returned home from a five-week cross-country trip visiting all of the presidential libraries, the national archive agency that operates them added one more. More...
•Museum a natural for trip with kids
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 On The Town
•This year's festival schedule
Opening night, Friday Free concert by jazz keyboardist Gregg Karukas and his band featuring vocalist Ron Boustead, Constitution Park (corner of Carmen Drive and Paseo Camarillo). More...
•Pat Prescott to host fest
•Gala event a night under the stars
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 Letters
•Thank you, cleaning crew
One of the least-known but most important events at the Camarillo Fiesta and Street Fair each year is the after-Fiesta clean-up, an event that doesn't begin until most people- vendors included- are long gone, and which continues into the late hours of the night. More...
•Says enrollment is not declining
•Wants dog park out of his backyard
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 Editorials
•Let's be shaken to our senses
I t shouldn't take the shifting of the Earth's tectonic plates to get us thinking about emergency preparedness. Still, Thursday's jolting latenight quake centered just outside of Ventura County is as good a reason as any to start planning for the next major Los Angeles-area disaster. More...
•For the record
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 Vacation Photos
•Acorn on vacation
HISTORY'S HOME- Spencer Brockett, Steven and LauraVajcovec and Kelsea Bergh, pose with their hometown newspaper sitting inside the one of the Sinagua cliff dwellings at the Walnut Canyon National Monument during a spring break roadtrip to Flagstaff, Ariz. More...
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 Neighbors
•Team plans to walk the walk
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Los Angeles to bring awareness, raise funds for research
Maureen Jones asks you to walk more than a mile in her shoes- the single mother of two toddlers teams up with 11 other women to bring awareness to a disease by walking 39 miles next month in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in the Los Angeles area. More...
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 Real Estate
•Mark Evans
For a long time, Mark Evans, an agent with Prudential California Realty's Thousand Oaks Regional office, tried to find a way to be of assistance to the blind. His wife, Diane, who is a first-grade teacher in the Conejo Valley, has a coworker who has been involved with Guide Dogs of A... More...
•Sigi Ulbrich and Pam Moran
•Cathie Post
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