BOOM!- The city of Camarillo will host a Fourth of July fireworks show today at Adolfo Camarillo High School, 4660 Mission Oaks Blvd. Gates open at 3 p.m. The Pleasant Valley Lions Club will grill up burgers and hot dogs, and ACHS student clubs will sell desserts. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12. More...
So far this year, 90 percent of felony graffiti cases have been solved
By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com
Mayor Charlotte Craven brought up the topic of graffiti vandalism during a City Council meeting in May 1988. "One of the council members looked at me and said, 'Well that's all very interesting, but you're taking up our time with your report. We don't have graffiti in Camarillo,'" said Craven. More...
A state budget shortfall has prompted the Pleasant Valley School District to reduce funding for its gifted and talented education plan, more commonly known as the GATE program, by $50,000 this coming school year. The GATE program provides educational opportunities to highachieving and underachieving students identified as gifted and talented. More...
THEIR DAD- Charlie Weis IV, 19, right, tears up as he talks about his father, outgoing Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Charles Weis, left, during a farewell reception in Camarillo last week. With the superintendent is his daughter K.D., 17. More...
Question : Why are peer pressure and peer support so important for smoking cessation in adults? Answer : Alamar Healthcare has treated hundreds of individuals who have successfully beat the habit, and over time has come to recognize the most effective ways to quit. More...
SUN., JULY 6 Get Up And Dance City of Agoura Hills hosts Platinum Groove in concert, 6 p.m., Chumash Park, 5550 Medea Valley Drive, Agoura Hills. Food for sale 4:45 p.m. Fireworks 9 p.m. High-energy dance music. Bring lawn seating; no pets. Free. (818) 497-7361. More...
A slumping national economy has finally caught up with Ventura County's commercial real estate market. According to a midyear report released earlier this month by Camarillo-based CB Richard Ellis, vacancy rates for retail, office and industrial space throughout the county are up in the second quarter of 2008 as compared to the same time last year. More...
Joe Herzog is principal at Monte Vista, Veronica Ortega-Myers assistant principal at Las Colinas
Veronica Ortega-Myers proves you can go home again. OrtegaMyers, who grew up attending Pleasant Valley schools, was appointed assistant principal of Las Colinas Middle School last month. "I'm really excited about that campus," said Ortega-Myers, whose duties will include serving as a communication link between parents and teachers. More...
Camarillo player hits three grand slams in one game
Talk about a slump-buster. Camarillo High's Marco Gutierrez wasn't swinging the bat very well before the school's summer league varsity team entered its game against Taft High on Wed., June 25. More...
A PATRIOTIC CAT- Liberty is a 10-week-old domestic shorthair kitten. She is a cuddly purring machine and belongs to a litter of brothers and sisters who would also love to be adopted. Liberty is available at the Camarillo Animal Shelter. Call (805) 388-4341 and ask for ID No. A443900. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so call first or visit www. More...
Thieves stole $700 tire rims and a $60 gas cap from a car parked in the 900 block of Paseo Camarillo sometime between June 17 and 27. Sometime between June 20 and 24, someone stole about $80 in property from an unlocked car parked in a garage in the 1800 block of Padre Lane. More...
"When you live in complete ac ceptance of what is, that is the end of all the drama in your life. Nobody can even have an argument with you, no matter how hard he or she tries. You cannot have an argument with a fully conscious person. More...
Lynnea Mitchell's lifelong love of music is something she wants to pass on to the next generation. Mitchell, a Camarillo resident, is planning a weeklong summer workshop this month in Ventura for middle and high school students who play brass instruments and are serious about improving their skills. More...
Forsooth and far out! The 12th season of the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival kicked off last weekend with the frothy comedy "As You Like It," directed by Kevin P. Kern in his festival directorial debut. The Bard's classic words are accompanied by music and clothing from the 1970s and performed outdoors at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. More...
In regards to the June 27 article concerning a 1,500-bed inmate hospital, this has to be the pork that ends all pork. I haven't added up the public beds available in the county, but it seems to me that this would eclipse the total. More...
The decision by the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District board of directors to spend an additional $480,000 to lay sod at the Village at the Park sports complex is an egregious misuse of taxpayer money. Bob Kelley, Patty Hamm and Elaine Magner approved the use of sod rather than seed, while Mark Malloy and Paul Rockenstein voted against it. More...
Pedeferri returns home in style