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Nov 22, 2024 · Real estate investment trust Macerich, which has owned the The Oaks for more than two decades, has agreed to sell the Thousand Oaks mall. The buyer is Los Angeles-based Stockdale Capital Partners, which will be purchasing the two-story indoor/outdoor mall for $157 million by the end of the year, according to company and city officials.

Dec 27, 2024 · East Ventura County’s first family justice center, aiming to serve victims of domestic violence, will be located in Thousand Oaks. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Dec. 17 to approve the location based on District Attorney Erik Nasarenko’s recommendation. That recommendation—which came about a year and a half after the project was initially proposed among the ...

Dec 20, 2024 · I’m writing regarding last week’s article about City Council approving a $6 million expenditure for efforts to create a downtown. Having emerged from an unplanned low-density suburb, the City of Thousand Oaks has always sorely …

Oct 4, 2024 · TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN—Newbury Park High’s flag football team wants to earn a berth in the first CIF-Southern Section postseason tournament this fall. Courtesy of Steve Wood/Newbury Park High Athletics FLAG FOOTBALL /// Conejo Valley report The encore is a big hit. High school flag football has taken giant steps in its second year

Nov 15, 2024 · AWESOME, PAW-SOME CAUSE—Above, Peggy Simon, the executive director of Valley Cats Inc., points to photos of some of the cats that have been adopted from her rescue center in Thousand Oaks over the past few months. The nonprofit rescue is dedicated to saving cats and kittens; in the past year, it has adopted out some

Oct 18, 2024 · William Keene, known to many as Bill, was born the fourth child of John and Virginia Keene. Born in Virginia, Bill was out on his own at the age of twelve, striking forth and settling in Long Beach, California. Taking the initiative, Bill …

Jan 16, 2025 · ROCKIN’ IT—Above, Pablo Cruise founder Dave Jenkins leads an enthusiastic crowd. Courtesy photos If music heals the soul, then now more than ever it’s time to play. Pablo Cruise, the hitmaking group that sailed up the charts in the ’70s and ’80s, is set to dock at The Canyon in Agoura Hills on Jan. 25.

Oct 25, 2024 · CRISIS POINT?—Representatives from the public and private sectors talk insurance. Courtesy of Blake Davis The most common concern Ventura County Supervisor Jeff Gorell and Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin hear from constituents has to do with fire insurance, its lack of affordability and availability. At an Oct. 15 town …

On Oct. 15, after just one full day of deliberation, a jury found Thousand Oaks resident Saul Nava guilty of torturing and murdering his girlfriend, Alisen Takacs-Escobar. Nava also committed aggravated mayhem on the 24-year-old. In addition, the jury found him guilty of kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon, corporal injury and possession of child