I’m going to begin this column with two simple, everyday observations, both shaped by my experience as an older adult navigating our community. One happens behind the wheel. The other happens on foot.

When I get gloomy, I think about the 101 Freeway. I know, the freeway itself can be a source of gloom, what with the congestion and irritation that comes with it. But if you look for it, I’ve got a ...

Simi Valley is set to increase salaries for its city manager and several other management staff, with the total cost nearing $160,000 extra coming out of city coffers. The City Council approved the ...

In the next nationwide election, your voice will be one in hundreds of millions. It will be easy to say that it isn’t worth your time, but with too many people thinking this way, mass inaction very ...

Thank you for your wonderful newspaper. I look forward to reading it every week. When driving in Simi Valley, I constantly notice nearly every bus is empty. These are large buses, not small economical ...

Fans of the cherished television classic Little House on the Prairie will be treated to a holiday event overflowing with nostalgia, warmth and pioneer charm when 16 beloved cast members reunite from ...

As Ventura County heads into the 2025 holiday season, the latest State of the Region Report (Page 2) offers something increasingly rare in today’s news cycle: genuinely good tidings. After a year ...

The community is mourning after a local doctor and his wife were fatally shot outside their Wood Ranch home Sunday in a shocking double homicide carried out by one of the victim’s son in Simi Valley.

GRATEFUL GATHERING—Knolls Elementary School second-grader Johnny, above, carries two plates of dessert to a table during the school's annual Thanksgiving Feast on Nov. 20. The school provided a ...

A tragic and gruesome three-year Simi Valley murder case concluded Fri., Nov. 21 with a Ventura County jury finding a man guilty of killing his estranged wife—and lying in wait to do so. At issue was ...

The Simi Valley Kiwanis Club is seeking public input on what the community would like to have for next year’s Fourth of July celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary. The Kiwanis Club is ...

A former assistant basketball coach at Simi Valley High School was charged with five felony counts of lewd acts on minors and pleaded not guilty Monday (Nov. 10) after his arrest on suspicion of ...