Agoura couple brings hope, medical training to distant lands
Dec 20, 2012 · Physicians should always treat their patients with respect and compassion, says Dr. Neil Shocket of Agoura Hills. The doctor and his wife, Lori Justice-Shocket, recently completed a monthlong volunteer medical mission in West Africa with the global health education organization Project Hope. Founded in 1958, Project Hope—“Hope” is an acronym for Health Opportunities for People Everywhere ...
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New chapter in life of Pulitzer-winning journalist. By Eamon Murphy [email protected] | January 24, 2025. A recent interview with Howard Rosenberg—Agoura Hills resident, longtime television critic for the Los Angeles Times, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and currently a fiction writer—began with the subject interviewing...
2024: Year of the Entertainer
Jan 3, 2025 · STORIES—The community talent was impressive in 2024. Kevin Hogan on stage as Neil Diamond at a July Agoura Hills Concert in the Park. SUSAN WEININGER/Acorn Newspapers Abigail Thompson performs at an August Westlake Village TGIF concert. SUSAN WEININGER/Acorn Newspapers Dancers are hip to the band Yacht Groove during another of the Agoura Chumash Park
Crafting a stronger community
Jan 10, 2025 · CREATIVITY GALORE— Adults and kids alike put their creativity to work during the Yarrow Family YMCA Family Winter Craft event Dec. 27 in Westlake Village. Above, Ryan Grabow, family coordinator for the Yarrow Y, helps 2-year-old Josie Carroll with her paper firework craft. Photos by MICHAEL COONS Acorn Newspapers Ana Ghisellini, her 4 …
‘Symphony of the Holocaust’ - The Acorn
Apr 5, 2024 · Dr. Noreen Green, founding artistic director and conductor of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, met Braun in the 1980s when she was music director at a synagogue and Braun was coming to speak at a Holocaust Memorial event.
Editorial cartoon
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OPUSD race blends in the new
Sep 27, 2024 · On the Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education, the seats of President Denise Helfstein and Vice President Tina Wang are up for election. Only Helfstein is running again, with Wang having decided not to seek a second term. Two challengers have also joined the race—one a familiar face, the other a newcomer. Mary
With Weintraub farewell, Kraut elevated to Calabasas mayor
Dec 20, 2024 · 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
More local ties revealed in accused molester case
David Braff NP Officials have confirmed that the Thousand Oaks man charged with molesting eight children at the Santa Paula school where he worked was also previously employed at Conejo Valley Unified School District, Conejo Valley Recreation and Park District and Moorpark Unified School District. David Lane Braff Jr. was scheduled for arraignment Dec. 20
Holiday cheer carries over to new year - theacorn.com
Jan 16, 2025 · JOYFUL SONGS—Abigail Freeman and her brother Samuel perform a clarinet duet of the song “Fantasie” during the Holiday Cheer event Dec. 10 at the Calabasas Community Center. The festivities featured holiday songs from the city’s Savvy Seniors Singers and performances by students in the Calabasas High School music department. MICHAEL COONS/Acorn Newspapers CHS students rejoice