DOWNFALL—A large oak tree crashes to the pavement in the Westlake Plaza shopping center at Westlake Boulevard and Agoura Road on Jan. 2 during last week’s wild weather. The tree is one of the few that ...

Passersby were alarmed last week to see one of the city’s large oak trees along Thousand Oaks Boulevard being cut into pieces. After all, the municipality takes seriously the protection of its ...

Just as the City Council is starting the new year with a new mayor, having elected Mikey Taylor as its leader, so too will Thousand Oaks’ other elected public agency boards have new leadership. The ...

All businesses operating within Thousand Oaks are required to maintain a business tax certificate. Because the city’s tax certificates, also referred to as business licenses, expire on Dec. 31 of each ...

Thousand Oaks entered 2026 with an arrest of five young people connected to a shooting that took place on New Year’s Eve. At 1:20 a.m. on Dec. 31, Thousand Oaks Patrol officers responded to a report ...

I read the Dec. 26 article headlined “ICE actions criticized” with concern, not because residents spoke critically of federal immigration enforcement, but because the piece substituted emotional ...

“The owners represented that the second commercial space, known as Building 2, would be used for general retail only and not leased to another restaurant,” the complaint states. “This promise was ...

LET IT SNOW—Sebastian Sempero, 5, holds his arms up as artificial snow falls on him during a holiday light show at the home of the Tattersall family Dec. 21 in Westlake Village. Mark Tattersall and ...

As 2025 draws to a close, it is difficult to escape the sense that it has been a grinding year for the nation and for our community. The headlines have been loud, the arguments louder and the fatigue ...

“I come before you again today to ask that the City Council take a stand against the practices of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency in our city,” Thousand Oaks resident Rosanna Guerra ...

In recent months, city council meetings across the country have increasingly become venues for debates over federal immigration enforcement and the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This ...

NO PLACE LIKE A HOME—Say hello to Dorothy (ID No. A5689303). Dorothy is in foster care and ready to find her forever home after bravely spending three months in the hospital recovering from a broken ...