Turnout Fine for Jazz/Wine

By Daniel Gelman About 1,500 people attended the third annual California Jazz and Wine Festival at Conejo Creek (North) Park behind the Thousand Oaks Library on Sunday May 18, 2014. The Rotary Club (Sunrise) of Westlake Village sponsored the event. Rotary International is a service organization that promotes business, the work ethic, and charity. Proceeds […]
Santa Paula Fire Department cooks up burgers for local 4H

The Santa Paula Fire Department sponsored a BBQ for Briggs 4H. Five hundred tickets were sold and over $4,000 was raised. The money will benefit the 4H club and the Firefighters were glad to help out. The department has been doing fundraisers like this for the past five years. They generated the funds for supplies […]
Nextdoor.com helps neighbors watch out for one another

In this day and age it’s good to know your neighbors, even if it’s only through a digital network. Nextdoor.com is the next best thing to going to that coffee clutch down the block. It keeps people in touch in their local area. Whether it’s for a natural disaster, neighborhood watch or just information what […]
Candidate’s Corner: Douglas Kmiec Independent for the 26th Congressional District

We invite all the candidates who are running for office in our area to provide us with a statement. When we receive these we will be posting them in our latest feature: Candidate’s Corner. After all, it’s your backyard, Ventura County. From Douglas Kmiec, Independent for the 26th Congressional District: As the forum at California […]