IN THE SPOTLIGHT—
Elvis impersonator Raymond Michael performs for a standing-room-only crowd at Constitution Park in Camarillo on Sept. 12. Michael gave the final performance in the Concerts in the Park series sponsored by the Camarillo Arts Council. More...
Camarillo water and sewer customers are likely to pay higher rates next year.
At a Sept. 9 workshop the City Council agreed the public works department could send out notices of a Nov. 4 public hearing to customers, the first step in raising water and sewer rates.
Notices are expected to be in the mail by the end of the month.
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The Noontime Optimist Club of Camarillo will host a dinner banquet at 6:30 p.m. Thurs., Sept. 24 at the Boys & Girls Club of Camarillo.
The banquet will honor the club’s police officer of the year, firefighter of the year and educator of the year. More...
The Camarillo City Council last week approved spending $1.1 million in federal stimulus dollars and about $50,000 of city money to pave five city streets.
The city can spend the federal money only to improve road conditions for larger streets such as arterial roadways, according to city engineers Ken Matsuoka and Thang Tran More...
The Alumni & Friends Association at California State University Channel Islands has elected Leah Lacayo as the new executive board president.
Lacayo and her husband, Hank, president of the Congress of California Seniors, have been involved and active with the university from its inception. More...
Four years ago, Chloe Colon tried out for the Camarillo High girls’ golf team.
During tryouts at Camarillo Springs Golf Course, Colon earned a varsity spot—by one stroke.
“Thank goodness,” she thought to herself. More...
LIVELY—
Sparky, a 1-year-old male Chihuahua, is a really fun character. He will make a great pet. If you would like to adopt Sparky, ask for animal ID No. A476966 at the Camarillo Animal Shelter, 600 Aviation Drive. Occasionally pets have already been adopted, so check at www.vcar.us or call (805) 388-4341 before visiting. More...
Sometime between Sept. 5 and 7, a car was stolen in the 1000 block of Pancho Road.
Sometime between Sept. 6 and 8, more than $864 in property was stolen from an unlocked home in the 200 block of Peoples Street. More...
The annual Yom Kippur dance will be from 7 to 10 p.m. Tues., Sept. 29 at Leisure Village, 200 W. Leisure Village Drive, Camarillo. The public is invited.
A 17-piece band will provide music for listening, line dancing, mixers, Latin dances, fox trots and waltzes. More...
Are today’s young people mechanically illiterate?
As some 245,000 recent high school graduates in California go off to college, it’s not an academic question. When their bikes break, toilets clog or cars act up, will they have the ability to put things right? More...
Tonight, the Camarillo Cafe celebrates its 20th anniversary and says goodbye to its founder, Jack Zigray.
Zigray is leaving the coffee house he and a friend started Sept. 18, 1989. The pair wanted a low-key venue for musicians playing folk and original music. More...
The Sept. 11 article “Dizdar Park deal inches forward” was yet another shocker brought to light by the Camarillo Acorn
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Why does the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District feel compelled to sell what I recall as being the oldest formal (and only Old Town) park in Camarillo? More...
Last week’s front page article “Dizdar Park deal inches forward” raised the eyebrows of more than a few Acorn
readers who were concerned the city intended to turn the park into a parking lot. More...
Brian Fry knew ending his workday at 3 a.m. wasn’t for him.
During his dozen years in the restaurant business, the 35yearold Camarillo resident had spent many nights turning out the lights and locking the doors long after most folks had tucked themselves into bed. More...
Have you ever seen a hummingbird’s feet?