QUITE A VIEW— Camarillo residents, from left, Rebecca Penne, 8, Amy Jo Reinoso and Emelia Reinoso, 5, wave to friends on the ground while riding the Ferris wheel Oct. 4 at St. Mary Magdalen School's annual fiesta in Old Town Camarillo. The event included games, rides, food, music and performances. More...
Michelle Carvalho has heard the rhetoric about Measure U—but one main question seems to linger for her and many other Camarillo residents. Will the Oxnard Union High School District build a new high school in Camarillo if Measure U fails in November? More...
Three candidates running for two open seats on the Camarillo City Council discussed issues during a forum hosted by the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce last week at city hall. Incumbents Kevin Kildee and Don Waunch and challenger David Schlangen answered six questions from moderator Michael Lavenant, a Chamber member and attorney for Landegger Baron & Lavenant. More...
On Election Day, three Thousand Oaks residents will compete for one seat on the Calleguas Municipal Water District board of directors, Division 2. One of the candidates is longtime incumbent Jeffrey Borenstein, a certified public accountant. The other two are Scott Quady, 54, and John Ecklund, 62. More...
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital has a new president. Chuck Gersdorf, 60, took over as top executive at the Camarillo hospital last month. "I believe St. John's Pleasant Valley is kind of a hidden gem here in Camarillo," Gersdorf said. More...
FRI., OCT. 10 Safety Training Moorpark Women's Fortnightly Club meets at Moorpark Country Club, 11800 Championship Drive. Registration 9:45 a.m. Safety training and crime fighting program. $20 luncheon. Reservations required five days in advance. More...
Commercial properties used to be a safe haven for real estate investors as the housing market declined. Not anymore. Ventura County's office and industrial vacancy rates continued their disappointing rise in the third quarter, according to figures released last week by the commercial real estate brokerage firm CB Richard Ellis. More...
Seventyeight percent of Oxnard Union High School District 10thgraders passed the math section and 77 percent the English portion of the 2008 California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), according to Department of Education reports released last month. More...
The girls' tennis team at Camarillo High wants to see head coach Claudia Grafenstein do a lot of "stingers" this year. Whenever a Scorpion player wins a set 6-0, Grafenstein has to do numerous stingers, a drill where you run on a tennis court from one baseline to the other. More...
It was reported Sept. 30 that a thief tried to break into a safe kept in the back of a business in the 900 block of Camarillo Center Drive on Sept. 27. The thief was unable to break into the safe but stole $200 from a purse left in the back office. More...
The Distinguished Alumni Dinner honoring five longtime Catholic leaders on Sept. 21 raised more than $40,000 for St. John's Seminary. The evening included Solemn Vespers in St. John's Seminary Chapel presided over by Cardinal Roger Mahony, followed by a wine tasting reception and dinner in the seminary's refectory. More...
I had to have a garden gnome. My wife asked why I had the sudden urge to decorate the garden, and why a gnome. "I just saw the little guy at the store and thought he'd look fabulous in our garden," I said. "How can you not have a gnome in the garden? More...
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum will hold a seafood festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat., Oct. 11 at the museum, 113 Harbor Way, Ste. 190, Santa Barbara. Admission is $2. Children age 5 and under are free. The event schedule is: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Tall ship dockside tours. More...
In regards to the Sept. 26 letter to the editor written by Sean C. O'Donnell, I appreciated Mr. O'Donnell's praising Dos Caminos Elementary School for improved test scores. In addition, remarks concerning Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, principal of Las Colinas, were also well received. More...
The last day to register to vote in the Nov. 4 election is Mon., Oct. 20. A completed voter registration form must be postmarked by that date to be included in the election. Given the stakes in this year's races—local, state and national—there's no excuse for any citizen to remain on the sidelines. More...
A RIVER TREK—A group of local travelers took their favorite hometown newspaper with them during their summer vacation along the Danube River, starting in Prague, Czech Republic, and ending up in Budapest, Hungary, where they snapped this great photo. The travelers from Camarillo are, from left, Barbara and Ed Hulac, Sallye and Ken Gilbert, John and Linda Packham (holding the Camarillo Acorn), Larry and Pam Davis, and Candace and Bob Diehl. More...
Students in local school districts are paying more for their snacks and meals this fall as the result of escalating food costs nationwide. Upward pressure on breakfast and lunch prices also has come from the government, which requires that cafeteria food be nutritional and, in some cities, that the food packaging be environmentally friendly. More...
Three T.O. residents vie for seats on Calleguas water board