BUILDING ROUTED TO CITIES OPEN SPACE STILL DRAWS MORE RESIDENTS.Byline: - Daily News Ventura County, known for its sprawling fields and commitment to open space, is both a home for agriculture and an area that is coping with booming population growth that began in the 1990s. The county faces the challenge of preserving the qualities that have drawn residents there while allowing for growth: The county had a population of 791,000 in 2003 and grew 11 percent between 1990 and 2000. ``We're protecting our open space while channeling growth into our cities,'' said William Fulton This article is about William Fulton, an American algebraic geometer. For the U.S. Senator from Arkansas, see William Savin Fulton. William Fulton (born 1939) is an American algebraic geometer. , a Ventura-based author and urban planner An Urban planner is a professional who works in the field of urban planning for the purpose of public health and safety in an urban setting. They work with local governments or private property owners (often with land developers) to formulate plans for the short- and long-term . ``We're becoming more urban within city boundaries.'' Agriculture remains a top industry, with strawberries and lemons generating millions in sales every year. Celery, avocados, lettuce and cut flowers also add to the bottom line. Two major improvement projects along the 101 Freeway in Ventura County have snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic for motorists, but they promise better commutes once construction is complete. In Camarillo, the $34 million Lewis Road interchange improvements should ease the crush at the popular Camarillo Premium Outlets. A $100 million project between Oxnard and Ventura will create a diamond interchange with Highway 1 and will replace the two Santa Clara River Santa Clara River may refer to:
East County residents have finally gotten their long-awaited mall - the Simi Valley Town Center Simi Valley Town Center is a shopping center located in Simi Valley, California. The mall opened in 2005 with Macy's and Robinsons-May as anchor stores. The Robinsons-May store was converted into a Macy's Men and Home Store on September 9, 2006. , a Mediterranean-style shopping center long planned for 129 acres north of the 118 Freeway between First Street and Erringer Road, opened in October. Everything you need to know about living in the Conejo Valley POPULATION Thousand Oaks: 117,005 Westlake Village: 8,368 Agoura Hills: 20,537 Calabasas: 20,033 WEATHER Average annual rainfall: Thousand Oaks, 14 inches; Agoura Hills, 19 inches; Calabasas 13.6 inches Average high temperature: 70s Average low temperature: Upper 40s LOCAL GOVERNMENT Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village: General-law cities with a council/manager form of government City Hall locations Thousand Oaks, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., (805) 449-2100 Agoura Hills, 30001 Ladyface Court, (818) 597-7300 Westlake Village, 31200 Oakcrest Drive, (818) 706-1613 Calabasas, 26135 Mureau Road, (818) 878-4225 City Web sites: Thousand Oaks: www.ci.thousand-oaks.ca.us Agoura Hills: www.ci.agoura-hills.ca.us Westlake Village: www.wlv.org Calabasas: www.cityofcalabasas.com Local government officials Thousand Oaks: Mayor Dennis C. Gillette, (805) 449-2105; Mayor Pro Tem [Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional." A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. Andrew P. Fox, (805) 449-2101; council members Thomas P. Glancy, (805) 449-2102; Claudia Bill-de la Pena, (805) 449-2103; Jacqui Irwin, (805) 449-2104 Agoura Hills: Mayor Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Weber, (818) 597-7371; Mayor Pro Tem Dan Kuperberg, (818) 597-7372; council members William Koehler, (818) 597-7373; John Edelston, (818) 597-7374; Harry Schwartz, (818) 597-7375 Westlake Village: Mayor Susan McSweeney, Mayor Pro Tem Jim Bruno, council members Mark Rutherford, Philipa Klessig, Robert Slavin (818) 706-1613 Calabasas: Mayor Barry Groveman, Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Washburn, council members Mary Sue Maurer, James Bozajian, Jonathon Wolfson (818) 878-4225 Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. : Steve Bennett, (805) 654-2703; John Flynn, (805) 487-6331; Kathy Long, (805) 654-2276; Judy Mikels, (805) 582-8010; Linda Parks, (805) 373-2564 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
COURTHOUSES Thousand Oaks: East County Division, Superior Court, 3855-F Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. St., Simi Valley, (805) 654-2963; Ventura County Hall of Justice, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, (805) 654-2963 Agoura Hills, Calabasas Highlands: Malibu Courthouse, 23525 Civic Center Way TRANSIT General information: Ventura County Transportation Commission (800) 438-1112 Bus service Thousand Oaks Transit: (805) 375-5473 Greyhound: (800) 231-2222 Senior/disabled services Thousand Oaks Transit Dial-A-Ride: (805) 375-5467 Calabasas Dial-A-Ride: (866) 878-2242 Rail service Metrolink (800) 371-LINK; Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run (800) 872-7245 UTILITIES Water Thousand Oaks: City offices, (805) 449-2400; California American Water Co., (805) 498-6770; California Water Service, (805) 497-2757 Agoura Hills, Calabasas: Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, (818) 251-2100 Power Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Calabasas: Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. , (800) 655-4555, (800) 684-8123, repairs/outages (800) 611-1911 Gas Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Calabasas: Southern California Gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Co., (800) 427-2200 Telephone Thousand Oaks: Verizon Communications, (800) 483-4000 for residential service, (800) 483-5000 for businesses Agoura Hills, Calabasas: SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Pacific Bell, (800) 310-2355 Cable TV Adelphia (888) 683-1000, Charter Communications (866) 499-8080 TRASH/RECYCLING Thousand Oaks: Harrison Industries/Newbury Disposal, (800) 418-7274; G.I. Rubbish, (805) 522-9400 Agoura Hills: G.I. Rubbish Co., (818) 782-2474; Consolidated Disposal Services, (818) 889-9400 Calabasas: G.I. Rubbish Co., (818) 782-2474; Consolidated Disposal Services, (818) 889-9400 LAW ENFORCEMENT Thousand Oaks: Thousand Oaks/east county station of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. , 2101 E. Olsen Road, (805) 494-8200 Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Calabasas: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lost Hills station, 27050 Agoura Road, (818) 878-1808 Emergency: 911 FIRE Thousand Oaks: Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. operates Stations 30-37 in the area: the Civic Center station There are at least three rail stations with the name Civic Center Station:
Westlake Village, Agoura Hills: Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La operates battalion headquarters at Station 70, 3970 Carbon Canyon Road, Malibu, as well as Station 144 on Foxfield Drive in Westlake Village and Station 65 on Cornell Road in Agoura Hills. Calabasas: Los Angeles County Fire Department operates Station 68, 24130 Calabasas Road; Station 125, 5215 N. Las Virgenes Road; and Station 67, 25801 Piuma Road. AMBULANCE American Medical Response American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is the largest private ambulance provider in the United States. AMR and EmCare are wholly owned subsidiaries of EMSC L.P., an emergency management company held by the investment firm Onex. AMR is based out of Greenwood Village, Colorado. provides ambulance services throughout the region. (818) 808-2100 ANIMAL LICENSES Thousand Oaks: Dog licenses are sold at the Agoura Hills Shelter and City Hall Finance Department. Cats may be licensed through a voluntary program. Agoura Hills Animal Control Center, 29525 W. Agoura Road, (818) 991-0071 BUSINESS LICENSES Thousand Oaks: City Hall, Finance Department, (805) 449-2201 Agoura Hills: The city does not require a business license but requires businesses to register with the city. Los Angeles County issues business licenses for some types of businesses. Call the city at (818) 597-7313 or the county at (213) 974-2011. Calabasas: Los Angeles County, (213) 974-2011 DRIVER'S LICENSES Department of Motor Vehicles In the United States of America, Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a commonly used name of the government agency of a U.S. state which administers the registration of automobiles (e.g., by issuing license plates), and/or the licensing of drivers (e.g. , 1810 E. Avenida de los Arboles, Thousand Oaks (800) 777-0133 TV STATIONS Thousand Oaks: TOTV Channel 10 Westlake: WVTV Channel 10 Agoura Hills: Channel 8 (Adelphia) LIBRARIES Thousand Oaks: Grant R. Brimhall Library The Grant R. Brimhall Library serves as the main Thousand Oaks Library building. It is controlled by the Thousand Oaks Library System, which also controls the Newbury Park Branch Library. The Grant R. Brimhall Building is located on Janss Rd. near State Route 23. , 1401 E. Janss Road, (805) 449-2660; Newbury Park Branch Library, 2331 Borchard Road, (805) 498-2139 Agoura Hills: Agoura Hills Library, 29901 Ladyface Court, (818) 889-2278 Calabasas: Agoura Hills Library, (818) 889-2278; Woodland Hills Library, 22200 Ventura Boulevard, (818) 226-0017 HISTORICAL SOCIETIES Thousand Oaks Conejo Valley Historical Society, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320 Stagecoach stagecoach, heavy, closed vehicle on wheels, usually drawn by horses, formerly used to transport passengers and goods overland. Throughout the Middle Ages and until about the end of the 18th cent. Inn Museum Complex, 51 S. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320, (805) 498-9441 HOSPITALS Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, 7300 Medical Center Drive, West Hills, (818) 676-4000 POSTAL SERVICE Agoura Hills main office, 5158 Clareton Drive, (818) 889-8392 Thousand Oaks main office, 3435 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., (805) 497-1641 Conejo Valley station, 235 N. Moorpark Road, Suite A, (805) 778-1058 Newbury Park post office, 1602 Newbury Road, (805) 480-9214 Calabasas Branch, 4774 Park Granada, Suite 10. Call (818) 348-3226 for Woodland Hills office For additional postal services, call: (800) 275-8777 VOTER REGISTRATION City halls: Ventura County Elections Division, (805) 654-2782 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Voter Registration Request Line (800) 481-VOTE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICES Agoura Hills, Calabasas: (800) 772-1213 Thousand Oaks: 80 E. Hillcrest Drive, Suite 200, (805) 379-3427 Simi Valley: Social Security office representatives at City Hall from 9 a.m. to noon, first and third Thursdays of each month. (805) 583-6700 BIRTH, DEATH & MARRIAGE RECORDS Thousand Oaks: Ventura County Recorder's Office, 800 S. Victoria Ave., Ventura, (805) 654-2295 Agoura Hills: Los Angeles County residents, call the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk in Norwalk at (800) 201-8999 or go to www.lavote.net MAJOR SHOPPING MALLS Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Calabasas: The Oaks in Thousand Oaks, Janss Marketplace in Thousand Oaks, The Lakes at Thousand Oaks, The Promenade at Westlake Village, The Commons at Calabasas Camarillo: Premium Outlets, 740 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo ANIMAL SHELTERS Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills: Agoura Hills Animal Shelter, 29525 Agoura Road, (818) 991-0071 - Daily News CAPTION(S): photo, box, map Photo: (color) Workers lower an F-14 Tomcat into its final position at the Ronald Reagan Library's Peace Plaza in Simi Valley in August. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer Box: Everything you need to know about living in the Conejo Valley (see text) Map: Conejo Valley |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion