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For two Calabasas High School alumni and their college a cappella group the Scattertones, the digital performance is their only option for musical expression.

Scary times call for scary photos. Send your creepiest front yard Halloween decoration pics to [email protected]. Include name and city of residence, or you will be executed.

Democratic incumbent Jesse Gabriel, who was elected to the office in 2018, hopes to fend off Republican challenger Jeffi Girgenti, a manicurist from Woodland Hill

The 47-year-old Republican failed to unseat Jacqui Irwin in the 2018 California Assembly race. Today she has her sights set on Julia Brownley, a four-term Democratic incumbent, in the 26th Congressional District race.

Got cool scary stuff? Send your wild Halloween yard decoration photos to [email protected], and please include name and city of residence. Let's get this party started!

Michael Seidman, a former Westlake High School and UCLA football star, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Ventura County court to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter and one count of driving on a suspended license for the Oct. 16 incident.

If you're making a last-minute decision about whom to vote for in the Las Virgenes Unified School District board of education election, check out The Acorn and City of Calabasas candidates forum here.....Lots at stake with back-to-school still up in the air!

Okay you future novelists, here's your chance. Time is running short to enter the 2020 Acorn Fiction in a Nutshell writing contest. The deadline for your 100-word make-believe story is Oct. 30! That means all you elementary and high school kids, too.

Be creative! In a new twist on the favorite Take Your Acorn on Vacation Photo Contest this year, readers showed us their "staycation" pics from home...

Rebecca Grossman’s Oct. 21 court date to hear charges that she struck and killed two boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk last month while allegedly driving drunk was postponed. Court officials have not released a new hearing date. Wednesday was not Grossman’s first scheduled appearance in connection with a vehicle incident.

Dubbed the California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act of 2020, the measure would amend the state’s tax assessment formula put in place by the landmark Prop. 13 in 1978. Under 13, residential and commercial property taxes are based on a parcel’s sale price, with annual increases capped at 2% of assessed value.

Among the store’s features are special carts that tally up the items placed inside so there is no need to see a cashier, although they will be available, as will more conventional shopping carts.

Managing editor John Loesing runs through the ballot measures with political analyst James Bozajian. If you're not sure about which way to vote, consider this you primer on the state measures. This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.