Nearly $3 million in new grant funding will help Cal Lutheran University expand support for students, boost faculty research and improve campus facilities in 2025. The $2.9 million in awards includes ...

IT’S A GRIND—Above, Moorpark resident Olivia Reichelt, center left, 12, Charlie Oberman, 15, of Westlake Village, and Connie Reichelt grind Peruvian corn with a mortar and pestle to prepare tortillas ...

Tourist river cruising on the European continent has seen robust growth in 2025, fueled by rising traveler demand, shifting preferences and substantial investments in fleet modernization and passenger ...

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a person they believe shot a man just a block off the city’s namesake thoroughfare last weekend. At about 2 a.m. Sept. 13, deputies responded to calls ...

A Thousand Oaks man is out of jail on his own recognizance after being arrested on suspicion of recording people in a fitting room at the Newbury Park Target store. Jack Crawford, 25, was arrested on ...

A bill that would help prosecutors in certain California counties remove firearms from people who are deemed a threat has cleared the Legislature and is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Assembly Bill ...

In regard to Bob Munson’s Sept. 5 letter, Mr. Munson, please start listening to and reading sources other than Fox News. Virtually not a single statement you made is accurate except for quoting MAGA ...

A man accused of breaking into two area homes last month pleaded not guilty last week in Ventura County Superior Court. Authorities say Michael Pruitt, 29, of Victorville broke into and stole items ...

FLAG THERAPY—The 17th annual “Waves of Flags” display at Pepperdine University—a tribute to the lives lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 New York City terrorist attack—can be viewed on the Malibu campus lawns ...

Cal Lutheran University and former Congressman Elton Gallegly have put an end to their legal fight regarding the Gallegly Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement on the school campus. As early ...

Reading the Acorn today, I was very touched by a letter from Joyce Alessandrino and it reminded me of a poem I had seen at the Holocaust Memorial in Boston by German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoller, ...

HERDING CATS— Since Katrina Killoran (at right with one of the residents) and her husband, Bob, opened Purrrlandia Cat Lounge and Cafe in June, they’ve already adopted out more than 50 cats. Above are ...