HONORING TRADITION— Moorpark resident Yaeko Hosobuchi-Sensei performs a traditional chabako-style tea ceremony during Japanese Culture Day at the Camarillo Community Center on Oct. 12. The Japanese word "chabako" means tea box. More...
Speakers upset board meeting was held on Jewish holy day
By Michelle Knight knight@theacorn.com
With the election less than a month away, emotions ran high regarding Measure U—the ballot initiative for unification—during Oxnard Union High School District's board meeting at Adolfo Camarillo High School last week. More...
Rona Koe was gone from her Lantana Avenue home for only two hours when she returned to find someone had stolen the "No on Measure U" sign from her front lawn earlier this month. More...
A 64-year-old Burbank man was found shot to death in Camarillo last Friday, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said. Mike Grair's daughter found him about 5 p.m. Oct. 10 inside his sport utility vehicle behind the Camarillo commercial center he owned at 4542 Las Posas Road, police said. More...
FRI., OCT. 17 Crafts At Church Simi Valley United Methodist Women host annual craft boutique, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday at United Methodist Church, 2394 Erringer Road, Simi Valley. More than 30 vendors sell linens, jewelry, home decor, holiday gifts. Bake sale, lunch, door prizes. Free admission, parking. Proceeds fund mission work. More...
An engine block sits in the middle of the floor in Wil Cashen's Camarillo office. The engine, Cashen said, will literally be the driving force that'll take Automotive Legends More...
Rio Mesa, Camarillo football teams looking to resuscitate season in second half, while Cornerstone Christian continues to roll up points
Through the first five games of the high school football season, not much has gone right for perennial Pacific View League powerhouses Camarillo and Rio Mesa. Rio Mesa has yet to enter the win column, and while Camarillo defeated Oak Park on the road last week, 10-7, the Scorpions are still under .500 at 2-3. More...
BIG EYES—Muffin is a 6-month-old white Siamese cat. He is shy and cuddly. If you would like to adopt Muffin, ask for animal ID No. G5141 at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, 600 Aviation Drive. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so visit www.vcar.us or call (805) 388-4341 before visiting the shelter. More...
Burglars broke into two locked storage rooms at Ciao Wireless, 4000 Via Pescador, and stole nearly $5,000 in property sometime between Oct. 6 and 7. It was reported Oct. 7 that a catalytic converter was stolen from a pickup truck parked in the 500 block of Calle La Roda sometime between Oct. 5 and 6. More...
In a world beset by violence, the Rev. John Dear's persistent call for peace may seem as though it's falling on deaf ears. But the 49-year-old Jesuit priest has no plans to cease his quest for global peace. It's a message that more and more people have begun to hear from the priest who, for nearly 25 years, has worked in the U.S. More...
WENDY PIERRO/Acorn Newspapers REMEMBERING A JOURNALIST—Members of the Hueneme High School Ballet Folklorico dance troupe perform Oct. 12 outside the Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo at Pleasant Valley Park as part of Daniel Pearl Music Day. The event commemorates Pearl's birthday. He was a Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and killed in 2002 by Pakistani terrorists just months after 9/11. The theme of the day's celebration was "Harmony for Humanity." More...
'FEED ME'—Leads of the Camarillo Community Theatre's production of "Little Shop of Horrors," Elizabeth Stockton, left, and Daniel Noble, show off Audrey II, a plant of mysterious origin with a taste for human blood. The play is a musical variation of the Faust story and is scheduled to run Oct. 17 through Nov. 23 at the theater, 330 Skyway Drive, at the Camarillo Airport. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call (805) 388-5716. More...
Those opposed to Proposition 8 keep trying to paint this as a gay rights issue. It is not a gay rights issue. It is actually a freedom of religion issue, and a moral issue. Gay civil union couples already have the same rights and privileges that married heterosexual couples have, under the current laws of our state. More...
Some people apparently think that because our name is the Acorn we're the same folks who've been involved in registering people to vote. For those of you who don't know, ACORN is also an acronym for Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. It's a group that's getting plenty of negative publicity. More...
"Well, that's never happened before." In an instant, the tranquility of Tony Murphy's workstation in the backyard of his Camarillo home turned into a small inferno, quite literally. More...
This home has five bedrooms, three baths and room for a pool and pos sible RV access. The house has new carpeting, flooring and neutral paint. The kitchen includes a newer GE stove and microwave. A refrigerator, washer and dryer are included. More...
Race heads into home stretch