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Neighbors

Life spent beating the odds

Life spent beating the odds

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| June 10, 2023

Erek Gerende wasn’t supposed to see his fourth birthday. He proved the doctors wrong. Despite having a rare genetic condition that is a leading cause of infant death in the...

Rare condition sparks sobering book

Rare condition sparks sobering book

Carbs that convert to alcohol cause symptoms of drunkenness

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| June 3, 2023

Nick Kearin spent the majority of seven years sleeping. He was exhausted, confused and plagued by headaches but couldn’t figure out why. He was eventually diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome, a...

‘This is for her’

‘This is for her’

CSUCI grad inspired by mom’s connection to state hospital

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| May 27, 2023

As Spooner Greenbird looked out into the audience May 20, about to deliver the commencement speech for Cal State Channel Islands, she remembered the first time she set foot on...

Taste of Camarillo benefits local nonprofits

Taste of Camarillo benefits local nonprofits

1,500 expected at this year’s event

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| May 20, 2023

Gwen Speakes has been an active member of the Meadowlark Service League for more than 25 years, but this year is unlike any other. Over the past 12 months, the...

Enrollment at CSUCI a downhill battle

Enrollment at CSUCI a downhill battle

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| May 13, 2023

Cal State Channel Islands has survived many challenges since it was established 20 years ago but has yet to overcome perhaps the greatest: a significant decline in enrollment since the...

Family

Scholarships geared toward foster youths

Scholarships geared toward foster youths

June 10, 2023

For 19-year-old Aleec Martinez, $1,200 is life-changing. The former foster youth has been struggling to balance his psychology degree at...

Great futures start here

Great futures start here

May 27, 2023

TECHNOLOGY—Roman Bonando, 12, shows Ventura County Assistant Sheriff Jose Rivera a 3D printer as he works on a project in...

Ask Ms. Bonnie

Ask Ms. Bonnie

Sink your teeth into this problem

Bonnie Vandenberg | May 20, 2023

Question: My 2-year-old son has ongoing issues with biting other children. They first noticed it at his school, and now...

Health

Healthcare district hosts speaker series

May 6, 2023

Camarillo Health Care District is hosting a free monthly speaker series called “Elder Legal Answers Your Questions On . . .” through December at the Camarillo Public Library, 4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo. The series, which is recommended for older...

Healthcare district offers ways to help with diabetes, dementia

April 15, 2023

The Camarillo Health Care District will present the following free programs and classes, unless listed otherwise. For more information or to make reservations, call (805) 388- 1952. • Chronic Pain Self-Management Program: The virtual six-week program is designed to teach...

Other Side of 50

Other Side of 50

Moving on from grief may require time and a sense of community

Andrea Gallagher | January 14, 2023

I’ll be attending two celebrations of life this month. The first is for my friend Margaret. I wrote about her in one of my recent columns, about her surprise 90th birthday party with 50 of her friends and neighbors. Margaret...

Comprehensive bereavement skills training class offered

January 14, 2023

Livingston Memorial’s Grief and Bereavement Program will present a free two-day Bereavement Skills Training Class from 5 to 7 p.m. Mon., Jan. 23 and 30 at 400 Rosewood Ave., Ste. 102, Camarillo. Participants will receive information on grief and loss,...

Heart procedure performed at Los Robles a first in the U.S.

December 31, 2022

On Oct. 21, Dr. Saibal Kar, an interventional cardiologist at Los Robles Health System, led the Los Robles team in implanting the first in the U.S. left atrial appendage closure device that uses a rotational locking system to completely close...

Sports

Wonder Boys, Monsters of Mulholland win it all

Wonder Boys, Monsters of Mulholland win it all

By Eliav Appelbaum
eliav@theacorn.com
| June 10, 2023

The 1969 Miracle Mets would get a kick out of...

Camarillo Dodgers kick out the jams

Camarillo Dodgers kick out the jams

June 10, 2023

BOYS IN BLUE—The Camarillo Pony Baseball Dodgers U-18 team won...

Just keep swimming

Just keep swimming

June 10, 2023

SPRINTER’S DELIGHT—Camarillo High boys’ swimmer Stefano Pozzi competes in the...

Schools

Celebration Day

Celebration Day

June 10, 2023

Slithering into 30

Slithering into 30

Elementary school throws birthday bash for class snake

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| June 3, 2023

‘A day for students to feel worthy’

‘A day for students to feel worthy’

By Makena Huey
makena@theacorn.com
| May 27, 2023

Dual admissions program guarantees CSUCI admission

Dual admissions program guarantees CSUCI admission

May 20, 2023

Thursday Club announces scholarship winners

Thursday Club announces scholarship winners

May 20, 2023

GAMES ARE ON

GAMES ARE ON

AT BROWNILYMPICS

May 6, 2023

On the Town

Musical is all dressed up for hilarity

Musical is all dressed up for hilarity

By Cary Ginell
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| June 10, 2023

When the movie version of “Tootsie” came out in 1982, there was little controversy about its plot: a frustrated actor...

Actresses reveal . . . comedic chemistry

Actresses reveal . . . comedic chemistry

By Cary Ginell
originjazz@aol.com
| June 3, 2023

“Calendar Girls,” a 2009 play based on a hit 2003 film, is Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi’s comedy about six...

‘Cinderella’ to open in T.O.

June 3, 2023

5-Star Theatricals will present the second show of its 2023-24 season, the nine-time Tony-nominated, revised 2013 Broadway version of the...

Historian calls work ‘emotional archaeology’

Historian calls work ‘emotional archaeology’

By Eamon Murphy
eamon@theacorn.com
| May 27, 2023

Ken Burns is famous as a documentarian whose films on U.S. history are presented on public television, but he has...

Sandwich shack will make your lips smack

Sandwich shack will make your lips smack

By Ela Lindsay
ela@theacorn.com
| May 20, 2023

Chef Marco Gonzalez knows how to put together great Southern style comfort food. He’s been doing so for over 25...

Faith

Roots of Faith

Roots of Faith

Sally Carpenter | April 8, 2023

The resurrection story found in the Gospel of Mark is a puzzler. Chapter 16 opens on Sunday at dawn (verse 2). Three women approached the tomb to anoint the body (v. 1). Jesus had been hastily buried Friday afternoon, with...

Lessons learned from Passover

By Brian Goldenfeld
Special to the Acorn
| April 1, 2023

What was the purpose of the Exodus from Egypt? If you answered, “to free the Israelites from slavery,” or “to save them from oppression and suffering,” you probably would be in the company of 99% of those answering this question....

Pastor helps family start anew

Pastor helps family start anew

After escaping Moscow, Russian family settles in Ventura County

By Michele Willer-Allred
michele@theacorn.com
| December 24, 2022

Their trek was long and arduous, but God’s blessings, they say, paved the path. During a Christmas concert last week, worshipers heard not only holiday music but a tale of a Russian family’s escape from Moscow to their new home...

Chanukah 5783: the opportunity to emit light in a dark world

Chanukah 5783: the opportunity to emit light in a dark world

By Brian Goldenfeld
Special to the Acorn
| December 17, 2022

Chanukah was the last Jewish holiday to be established. Purim had become a holiday 189 years earlier because of the miraculous victory over the Persians, and Chanukah was the response to the miraculous victory over the Greeks. Chanukah, the festival...

Business

BRIEFS

June 3, 2023

Beachside Partners brokers Ventura County’s largest sale of 2023 Beachside Partners recently brokered the largest multifamily property transaction in Ventura County this year with the all-cash sale of the Hacienda...

Amgen loses high court decision over cholesterol drug

Amgen loses high court decision over cholesterol drug

By Eamon Murphy
eamon@theacorn.com
| May 27, 2023

In a long-running patent dispute that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, local drugmaker Amgen lost a decision to French rival Sanofi over who has the rights...

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT

Reshaping America’s Protein Consumption One Bite at a Time

May 13, 2023

Wild Fork Foods aims “to transform the way people shop and consume meat, fish and poultry,” said Paras Tulsiani, regional director for the company, which launched in 2016 and, in...

No tiki drama in commission’s OK of tropical addition to Old Town

No tiki drama in commission’s OK of tropical addition to Old Town

By Scott Steepleton
scott@theacorn.com
| March 18, 2023

Camarillo may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of tiki, a movement that combines music, art, aloha shirts and colorful adult drinks with tiny...

Economic outlook: A call to action

Economic outlook: A call to action

‘It’s a significant challenge, but tomorrow is a brand-new day’

By Michele Willer-Allred
Michele@theacorn.com
| March 11, 2023

Economic forecasters don’t see a recession in Ventura County’s immediate future, but growth will remain slow compared to the rest of California and the United States. Statistics show the county’s...

Crime

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

June 10, 2023

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

June 3, 2023

Letters

CLU slammed over Gallegly collection

June 10, 2023

I read with interest the online article in the Thousand...

Republican youth: the other minority

June 3, 2023

I have had family here for decades, gone to Southern...

‘Different’ does not equal ‘bad’

June 3, 2023

There is nothing hateful, bigoted or mean-spirited in noting that,...

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| June 10, 2023

In the Costco parking lot last month, I saw someone...

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Visitors to Arneill Ranch Park will one day stroll along a fitness trail featuring new drought-tolerant landscaping which will be unlike anything built before at a Camarillo park.
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