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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross urges everyone to ready their households for emergencies like wildfires and earthquakes now. Protect your family by making a plan to ...

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 ...

KIDS AND COPS—During a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office open house on Aug. 13 in Thousand Oaks, 2-year-old Violet Reihart, above, sits in the VCS “Huey”rescue helicopter. Photos by MICHAEL COONS/Acorn ...