BRIEFLY : T.O. COUNCIL BACKS IMPROVED HOUSING.THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - In the wake of a crackdown last year on squalid squal·id adj. 1. Dirty and wretched, as from poverty or lack of care. See Synonyms at dirty. 2. Morally repulsive; sordid: "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue, betrayal, and counterbetrayal" neighborhoods, the Thousand Oaks City Council voted Tuesday night to draft an ordinance that allows the city to target slumlords. The council also voted 4-0 to develop a strategy addressing aging homes and apartments that need rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. . And with Councilwoman Linda Parks dissenting and Councilwoman Elois Zeanah absent, the council voted 3-1 to form a five-member Housing Issues Committee. The members of the committee will be drawn from Many Mansions, the Planning Commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle , the Council on Aging, the Area Housing Authority and the Disabled Access Appeals and Advisory Board. - Daily News Mother, daughter arrested in Oxnard OXNARD - Following a monthlong investigation, Ventura County sheriff's deputies arrested a 40-year-old Oxnard woman and her 17-year-old daughter on suspicion of selling drugs, officials said Wednesday. Valentina Espinoza was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of taking telephone orders for methamphetamines and cocaine, then using her unidentified daughter to deliver the drugs to buyers parked nearby, officials said. A search warrant served at Espinoza's home in the 3000 block of South L Street turned up two ounces of cocaine and a half-ounce of methamphetamine, valued at $8,000, plus $9,300 cash. Raymundo Morales Valenzuela, 42, who lives with Espinoza, also was arrested on suspicion of drug possession, police said. Espinoza and Valenzuela were in custody at Ventura County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail each. Espinoza's daughter was released to an older sibling and will appear in juvenile court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial at a later date, officials said. - Daily News CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. invites public to tour, review plan CAMARILLO - California State University Enrollment  will hold a public open
house and environmental impact report scoping meeting Monday at the
proposed site of the new Channel Islands campus.
The public is invited to tour the former Camarillo State Hospital and Developmental Center and to participate in a public discussion of the university's current plans for the new campus. Tours of the 650-acre site will begin at 4:30 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Those who cannot attend can submit written comments to George Dutra, director of facilities planning, P.O. Box 2862, Camarillo, CA 93011-2862. The former hospital site is located at 1878 S. Lewis Road, 1.5 miles south of the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. . For more information, call (805) 383-8400. - Daily News |
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