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Concerned about how much fire-protection service the city's residents are getting compared to tax dollars spent, the Thousand Oaks City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved looking into alternatives to the Ventura County Fire Department.

Teacher Raymond Michael Hebel moonlights as Elvis Presley. If you go What: The High Street Theater Foundation's Champion of the Arts award ceremony honoring Raymond Michael Hebel, Moorpark High School teacher When: 10:30 a.m. Nov.

Kavlico Corp., Moorpark's largest employer, plans to lay off 172 employees over the next four months, according to state records.

AGOURA HILLS A Moorpark man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing early Sunday morning of a man in Agoura Hills.

AGOURA HILLS A Moorpark man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the stabbing early Sunday morning of a man in Agoura Hills.

The Moorpark City Council on Wednesday denied a conditional use permit for a new 24-hour commercial fueling facility that would've been located next to one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, Virginia Colony.

A 19-year-old Conejo Valley woman has died as a result of injuries she suffered in a traffic collision with a wrong-way driver, her family said Wednesday.

Moorpark-area water customers could see their water rates go up by another 16 percent next year.

A teenage driver was arrested early this morning after he allegedly rammed two police cars during a brief pursuit in Moorpark, authorities said.

When: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 , 10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Where: 2087 Cost: $12 - $15 Age limit: All ages Full event details>> Thousands of spectators are expected this weekend to watch the blue and the gray battle it out during a popular Civil War re-enactment in Moorpark.

The city of Moorpark told residents in mid-October that revised flood maps put hundreds of homeowners in a designated flood plain, requiring them to buy flood insurance. Although it was the first notice many of the residents had received and no public hearings had been held, the comment period on the maps is officially over.

Karen Quincy Loberg / Star staff 10-27-09 Moorpark: Standing by the Tierra Rejada Road arroyo overpass a good distance from his house, Glenn S. Milgram questions why F.E.M.A. has suddenly imposed flood insurance coverage on some Moorpark residents.

Moorpark Mayor Janice Parvin said Friday that despite continued state and federal raids on local city coffers, Moorpark continues to maintain a balanced budget.

Balu is an 88-pound German Shepherd. Pictured in this photo from the Ventura County Sheriff's Department are Senior Deputy Dean Worthy and Balu, his K-9 partner.

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From left, Moorpark High football players James Dearborn and Vernon Lins, head football coach Tim Lins, and athletic director Rob Dearborn visit Thomas Conner, 95, at Simi Valley Hospital.

A police dog from the Ventura County Sheriff's Department that had a seizure after apparently inhaling some methamphetamine during a narcotics search is expected to make a full recovery, authorities said Tuesday morning.

Moorpark Unified School District's assistant superintendent of business services for the past 11 years will step down next month.

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