8/6/2026 7:01:30 PM +00:00
From the oak-studded meadows and canyons and shady creekbeds of the city’s open space to its green and leafy roadsides and medians, Agoura Hills is enhanced by an urban forest that provides beauty, ecological value and relief from the heat. At a time of heightened wildfire risk, caring for those trees is more important than ever. A recent tree inventory […]
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8/6/2026 7:00:00 PM +00:00
The Oak Park Library has a new branch manager, Mia Lopez, who’s enjoying a successful first year in charge of the public library on the campus of Oak Park High School. Lopez, a resident of Camarillo, tells us that growing up she remembers reading her first book, “Esperanza Rising,” with her mother, an ESL tutor at the Saticoy Branch of […]
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7/23/2026 7:00:25 PM +00:00
The Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education adopted a budget for fiscal year 2026-27 at its June 23 meeting, following an earlier hearing on the impact of revisions to the state budget first proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in January. The changes, presented in May, were largely “good news” for the district, LVUSD Chief Business Officer Ryan Gleason […]
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7/16/2026 7:00:30 PM +00:00
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7/5/2026 8:02:55 PM +00:00
The Acorn Newspapers scored six, First Place finishes in the 2026 California Journalism Awards contest hosted by the California News Publishers Association (CNPA), a nonprofit trade association representing the daily and weekly newspapers doing business in California. Judges around the state reviewed thousands of entries from large urban newspapers to small rural publications—on both print and digital platforms. Criteria included […]
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7/2/2026 7:01:15 PM +00:00
Two public school communities in the area are mourning the death of a beloved longtime administrator, Adam Rauch, who passed away in May from an aggressive form of cancer. Rauch most recently served as the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services at Oak Park Unified School District, Rauch joined Oak Park Unified in July 2019 and served as a trusted member […]
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7/2/2026 7:00:00 PM +00:00
• Sophia Lippel from Oak Park High School graduated Magna Cum Laude in May from the Journalism School at the University of Missouri Columbia. • Making the spring 2026 dean’s list at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts are Paul Li from Oak Park and Roark Jefferson from Calabasas. • Maximo Matticoli from Agoura Hills made the spring dean’s list […]
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6/18/2026 7:01:30 PM +00:00
Viewpoint School welcomed students, families, alumni and community members to campus May 30 for Arts Fest 2026, the school’s annual celebration of arts programs serving students in transitional kindergarten through 12th grade. The event a the Calabasas private school featured live music, visual art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, student film screenings and interactive art activities throughout the campus. Held […]
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6/18/2026 7:01:30 PM +00:00
Viewpoint School’s Class of 2026 heard from one of its own during commencement ceremonies June 6 as alumnus Brenden Rodriquez, ‘16, delivered the keynote address to graduating seniors. Rodriquez, a Viewpoint “Lifer” who attended the school from kindergarten through 12th grade, returned to campus a decade after his graduation from the Calabasas campus to address students, families, faculty, staff, trustees […]
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