Thousand Oaks Acorn

CRPD is moving ahead with plans to demolish the 55-year-old community center at Dover and Hendrix park and build a new one. The public is invited to see a presentation on the proposal during two Zoom meetings set for next week.

Don't want to vote by mail or drop box? Ventura County will have 48 in-person voting locations open Sat., Oct. 31 through Nov. 3. There will be nine locations throughout the Conejo Valley.

Wind gusts destroyed a Newbury Park dance studio's outdoor setup on Monday. Everything was mangled into a massive ball of mess. See details: bit.ly/3mujdbC

A man police say threw large rocks at homeless people sleeping near the Community Conscience building on E. Hillcrest Dr. has been charged with 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

LASD has confirmed that investigators believe Rebecca Grossman was speeding to either stay ahead or catch up to a second vehicle the night she struck two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk. The revelation explains why the first call that came in the night of Sept. 29 concerned street racing.

Hill Canyon is one of the Conejo Valley’s great natural wonders. And it’s covered in graffiti.

Homelessness is the human rights issue of our day, and I believe my children’s children will read about this in their history books, and when they do, they’re likely going to ask me, ‘What did you do?’ I want to be on the right side of history.

Congrats to Luke Walsh and friends for winning the 2020 Take Your TO Acorn on Vacation photo contest! (Note: Photo taken pre-pandemic) Acorn staff picked top 10 and the winner was chosen via online vote.

Need help with rent? City of TO taking applications starting Monday.

EDITORIAL: Given this widespread support for returning to in-person instruction (12,000 students have already signed up), CVUSD missed a golden opportunity Tuesday night to move forward with a proposal made by board president Cindy Goldberg that would have had all grade levels back on campus by mid-November.

TRAFFIC ALERT: Ramps connecting 101 to 23 will shut down at 8 tonight and will not reopen until 5am Monday, part of ongoing repaving effort on 23 Freeway. Erbes/Moorpark suggested as detours.

Conejo Valley school board trustee Sandee Everett has denounced a mailer sent out last week in support of her reelection campaign. Parents of the children whose faces were blurred in the photo featured in the mailer reacted with outrage that their images would be used without their permission and in support of a candidate they oppose.

Starting in 2022, expanded or rigid polystyrene food and drink containers and utensils, beach toys and loose peanut packaging material will not be able to be sold in Thousand Oaks.