BATTLE OF TITANS— Oaks Christian’s McKenna Kimbell comes down hard for the kill during a Marmonte League girls’ volleyball match Oct. 9 at Thousand Oaks High School. Oaks Christian won, 3-2. Photos by ...

The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing. Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business. The ...

A Simi Valley resident who traveled to Maryland in 2022 intending to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sentenced Oct. 3 to just over eight years in federal prison, far below the ...

WILD NIGHT—Sofia Cotto, above left, Jonthan Alvidrez and Alvaro Valdez perform “Sweet Caroline” during Charity Karaoke night Oct. 5 in Agoura Hills. Laura Conway began Charity Karaoke in 2017 to help ...

In a moment that blended childhood wonder with scientific awe, Willow Elementary School in Agoura Hills transformed an ordinary Tuesday evening into an unforgettable journey through space and time. At ...

Is Calabasas in a fiscal emergency? The City Council is set to consider making such a declaration, which would be necessary in order to place a sales tax increase on the June primary ballot. Officials ...

The Reyes Adobe Days Parade landed in Agoura Hills on Oct. 4 with its theme “Western Ways at the Adobe” as part of the annual Reyes Adobe Days Festival. Above, memb ...

Everybody loves a good scare. It helps control the danger we perceive around us while triggering a rush of adrenaline and dopamine. Ventura County is home to many places that offer a good scare—and ...

Filmmaker and Westlake Village resident Anthony Lucero knew that the fortunes of his new feature project depended primarily on casting one role. The film, “Paper Bag Plan,” tells the story of a man ...

There’s something deliciously strange about how our Ventura and L.A. County Acorn communities embrace Halloween— not with sugar-high hysteria or inflatable yard goblins, but with a sly wink to their ...

I had been away and returned to learn that Las Virgenes School District put a teacher on administrative leave for personal comments about Kirk. Freedom of speech is an issue without two sides, and I ...

I read Harrison Reed’s letter to The Acorn with interest, especially noting his accusation that Rachel McKagan engaged in “hate speech.” First, to be clear, the concept of “hate speech” has not been ...