CONEJO VALLEY: BRIEFLY : POLICE ARREST MAN FOR CHILD SUPPORT.

VENTURA - Ventura County investigators reported they have arrested a former Oxnard man wanted for three years for failure to pay child support.

Ismael Lopez, 32, was arrested Tuesday in Puyallup, Wash., on a warrant issued in 1993 alleging violation of probation and failure to obey a court order as a result of failing to pay support. Lopez owes more than $75,000 in support for one child.

Investigators for the county District Attorney's Office received the anonymous tip last week that Lopez was living in Spanaway, Wash. He was arrested at the construction site where he was employed. Lopez waived extradition Wednesday and will be transported to the county jail.

SOURCE: - Daily News

Woman wins state Teacher of Year

AGOURA HILLS - Carole Firestone, the Las Virgenes Unified School District's Teacher of the Year, has been selected along with four other teachers as finalists for California Teacher of the Year.

One of the five will represent the state for United States Teacher of the Year.

Firestone, who teaches language arts to gifted students at Lindero Canyon Middle School, is the second teacher from Las Virgenes in two years to be selected as a state representative. The district announced earlier this month that Firestone had been selected to represent the Los Angeles County Office of Education for the state Teacher of the Year.

SOURCE: - Daily News