
Women’s Interfaith Network works to make life easier for refugees
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021
Julianna Lorenzen was in fifth grade at Lorne Fundamental Magnet School in Northridge when she met Huvishka—a boy who had to flee Afghanistan with his family. To her classmates he...

Precautions taken as CSUCI students return to campus
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | September 3, 2021
Christian Potts transferred to California State University Channel Islands for the 2020-21 school year but never stepped on campus. The 22-year-old senior spent his first year at CSUCI virtually, studying...

Retiring educator: ‘I’m already missing it’
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | August 27, 2021
Cathy Channels spent most of her life enjoying the loving hugs of the countless children she’s taught over the years. But the hugs won’t stop even though she recently retired...

A golden opportunity
Moorpark native wins gold in TokyoBy Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | August 20, 2021
Amanda Longan stood atop the podium with her right hand over her heart and her left clutching a bouquet of flowers as she proudly sang the national anthem inside the...

Two principals living under one roof
Bakoo to lead Tierra LindaBy Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | August 20, 2021
Fayanne Bakoo and her family had wanted to move to Ventura County from Santa Clarita for years. Their dream came true when she and her husband, Zaid, were both hired...

Park study aims to head off lawsuits
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021
The Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District board has voted to fund a study on how well district facilities conform...

It’s back! The Acorn’s writing contest returns
| September 10, 2021
Entries are being accepted in the 2021 Fiction in a Nutshell competition, which calls for stories of 100 words or...

Investment club will talk stocks at lunch
| September 10, 2021
The Channel Islands chapter of Better Investing Model Club will meet in person for lunch on the third Wednesday of...

New book brings hope to those struggling with mental health
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021
Laurie Singer was a young mother raising two children under 3 years old when she endured a parent’s worst nightmare. It was 1987, and she was living in Oxnard with her husband, Bob Singer, while working at a Ralphs grocery...

Clergy offer hope for hospital staff during difficult times
By Dawn Megli
dawn@theacorn.com | September 3, 2021
Instead of dropping their kids off on the first day of school, some young parents spent the last weeks of August in the ICU. The medical staff at Los Robles Regional Medical Center are once again fighting to save sick...

State department of public health confirms West Nile in Simi
wpeditor | September 3, 2021
The Ventura County Environmental Health Division received confirmation Aug. 26 from the California Department of Public Health that a bird collected during the third week of August from the Simi Valley area tested positive for West Nile virus. It was...

Hospital visitors adjust to COVID policy
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | August 27, 2021
A recent requirement that hospital visitors be vaccinated against COVID or have a negative test within 72 hours has not gotten pushback from visitors to Ventura County hospitals, medical officials said. The statewide order went into effect Aug. 11. Daphne...

Invasive, virus-carrying mosquito comes to county
| August 20, 2021
The Ventura County Environmental Health Division has detected the invasive Aedes aegypti mosquito in Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village since September 2020. Aedes aegypti is not native to Ventura County. It is a small, aggressive day-biting mosquito that...

Scorpions, Spartans watch for falling objects
By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021
In football, there’s the forward pass, the backward pass, the...

THE ACORN’S POWER POLL
ops@our-hometown.com | September 10, 2021
1 Simi Valley (3-0) The area’s most complete football team...

LAST WEEK’S TOP PERFORMERS
wpeditor | September 10, 2021
Louis Brown, LB, Oak Park: The Sack Master General registered...

Counselors to help students plan for life after high school
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021

Community colleges seek to find, delete fraudulent applications
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021

Oxnard Union’s new dress code aims to promote inclusion
By Alex Wilson
alex@theacorn.com | September 3, 2021

Grade-change bill required fast action by students
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | August 27, 2021

Art show takes a village
wpeditor | September 10, 2021
RECEPTION—Above, Camarillo resident Fumiko Fisher has her picture taken next to one of her paintings in the Leisure Village Fall...

Boz Scaggs brings ‘Out of the Blues’ to T.O.
| September 3, 2021
Grammy Award-winning musician Boz Scaggs, known for hits like “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle,” brings his “Out of the Blues Tour”...

Conejo Players to perform ‘Almost, Maine’
wpeditor | September 3, 2021
Conejo Players will present the drama “Almost, Maine” to an in-person audience from Sept. 17 through Oct. 3 at the...

Live comedy returns to Camarillo
wpeditor | August 27, 2021
Free Range Comedy, a live improv comedy show, has returned to Camarillo. The comedy troupe’s next show is at 7:30...

Royally eclectic slate of shows
| August 27, 2021
In these pandemic times, Cash is king. Actually, make that queen. Rosanne Cash, daughter of the legendary Johnny Cash, is...

Holy Scriptures
| September 10, 2021
A TIME TO DANCE—Rabbi Aryeh Lang, who leads the Chabad of Camarillo, carries the Nissim family Torah in an outdoor procession during a dedication ceremony Aug. 22 at the Chabad of Newbury Park. The procession took place immediately after the...
Chabad offers a variety of Yom Kippur services
| September 10, 2021
The Yom Kippur services with Chabad of the Conejo are open to all Jews, affiliated or not, observant or nonobservant. Services will begin with the Kol Nidre at 6:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 15 and continue at 9:30 a.m. Thurs., Sept....
Church examines homelessness
| September 10, 2021
United Methodist Church Westlake Village will hold a four-part study of homelessness featuring the book “Evicted” at 7 p.m. Mon., Sept. 13, 20, 27 and Oct. 4 on Zoom. Church member and Many Mansions president Rick Schroeder will lead the...

Church invites community to block party
| August 27, 2021
BEAUTIFUL DAY TO GATHER—Above, Xavier Dubose, 6, has his face painted during the Summer Festival and Block Party at First Baptist Church of Camarillo on Aug. 21. At top, the Rev. Glenn Bezerra, the church’s senior pastor, speaks to visitors...

Longtime Reagan Foundation executive director to retire
Library operates on two coastsBy Melissa Simon
melissa@theacorn.com | September 10, 2021
John Heubusch’s foray into politics and public service was inspired by Ronald Reagan, so when he got a call from Nancy Reagan asking him to head the foundation that oversees...

Frustration mounts as unemployment benefits come to an end
By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | September 3, 2021
Leeann Mesa filed for unemployment benefits in December, after she had to quit her job to care for her second foster child. The benefits helped the Moorpark resident and mother...

College chancellor announces retirement
He led district during pandemicBy Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com | August 27, 2021
Greg Gillespie has spent nearly three decades building relationships with students, educators and partners in the community college system. Now he wants to focus on his family. After serving as...

All aboard weekend trains
By Makena Huey | August 20, 2021
makena@theacorn.com Residents and tourists alike can now explore more of Ventura County on the weekend in an affordable, safe and eco-friendly way with Metrolink’s newly expanded Saturday service. On Aug....
Workforce board names chair, vice chair
| August 20, 2021
The Workforce Development Board of Ventura County recently elected Peter Zierhut as chair and Stephen Yeoh as vice chair. Zierhut is vice president of outside operations at Haas Automation Inc.,...
SHERIFF’S BLOTTER
wpeditor | September 10, 2021
Remember to vote by Sept. 14
| September 10, 2021
I would like to remind readers that it is imperative...
Recall is a ploy to steal election
| September 10, 2021
I am worried about democracy in the United States. I...
Whose rights matter more?
| September 10, 2021
In her Sept. 3 letter, Sylvia Rodarte misses the contradiction...



