John Loesing

Several promising young filmmakers took to the red carpet at the recently completed 11th annual Calabasas Film Festival.

Daniel Green is an avid dog lover, and for his bar mitzvah in the Jewish faith the 13-year-old from Agoura Hills has been devoting time and effort to assist the Crowntown Animal House nonprofit rescue near Crownpoint, New Mexico. Daniel will celebrate his bar mitzvah Oct. 26 at Temple Adat Eloim in Thousand Oaks. During a family visit to the […]

It's well known in business that 80% of small entrepreneur shops fail within the first five years of starting up.

NEW GROWTH—Oak Park students participate in the Nov. 11 planting of a restoration garden near the high school that will attract pollinator wildlife such as butterflies and hummingbirds, like the one shown above doing its thing near the site. Photos by JOSEPH A. GARCIA/Acorn Newspapers

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Westlake Village’s new million-dollar pickleball courts opened Nov. 15 and, judging by their immediate popularity, they didn’t arrive a minute too soon. Queues quickly formed at the four new courts built at Westlake Village Community Park, and the pop-pop of ball against paddle and whoops of joy from players using the courts for the very first time could immediately be […]

Water, today, is Southern California's most precious resource. For the past quarter-century, Hidden Hills resident Charles Caspary understood

Ethan Deere, a 10th-grade student at Oak Park High School, is using his experience with autism to help others who are challenged by the same condition.

In the world of sports broadcasting there are play-by-play game announcers and there are sideline field reporters. Oak Park resident Chris Myers accomplished both during his more than 40-year career with local radio and TV stations, and with ESPN and Fox Sports on the national stage. Under pressure, clock running, fans going off and producers loud in his ear—the 65-year-old […]

Alicia Weintraub’s first term as mayor of Calabasas in 2019-2020 was fraught with the challenge of leading the city through the pandemic. In her final days last week as mayor for a second term, Weintraub saw Calabasas become the hub for emergency operations in the Malibu-Las Virgenes Franklin fire. Her leadership skills in the face of adversity were applauded Dec. […]