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The new millennium has been a transformative time for newspaper publishing. Changing reader habits and the advent of new technology have placed big demands on companies in the print news business. The ...

Get ready to “fall back” this weekend. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sun., Nov. 2. So, before going to bed on Saturday, remember to turn clocks back one hour. The extra sleep is a bonus.

Despite the economic challenges facing many households, Americans still spent almost $4 billion on Halloween candy this year, according to the trade publication Candy and Snack Today. Prices for the ...

Halloween should be a night of laughter, imagination and just the right amount of fright, and there’s plenty to be had tonight (check out the events calendar on page 24 for some ideas). Every year, ...

Thousands attend an Oct. 18 “No Kings” protest on Hillcrest Drive and Lynn Road against President Donald Trump’s policies. Crowds stretched for blocks on both roads for about three hours.

Much like previous “No Kings” protests in Thousand Oaks, last week’s drew massive crowds and was mostly peaceful; however, the event wasn’t without violence. A 57-year-old Thousand Oaks resident was ...

My friend recently had dinner with a long-time neighbor who has been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. “He carried on a good conversation all through dinner. He seemed fine to me,” she told me ...

A Westlake Village store known for its unbelievable lottery luck has hit the jackpot again, this time bigger than ever. Village Spirit Shoppe in the County Line Shopping Center on Lakeview Canyon Road ...

Entertainers Jay and Cody Weber have launched a new musical theater company, Weber Productions, Inc., and the debut of their first full-scale production, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ...

“Hairspray,” the musical version of John Waters’ 1988 cult comedy about segregation in the early 1960s, opened last week at the Scherr Forum Theatre in Thousand Oaks with a special surprise— the ...