I know young teachers, not only in Simi Valley, but in other districts who are extremely talented, extremely dedicated, and extremely at risk of losing their jobs due to the state budget crisis.  Funding for education in general, not only for teachers’ salaries, faces cut backs that you’re...

The cost of doing business in Simi Valley might be a bit too expensive if you’re a big box store like Target.  Of course, the need for a new Target store at Madera and Los Angeles may be open for debate (a Target exists at Sycamore and Cochran and nearby the proposed new location in Moorpark). ...

I received this email several weeks ago: Subject: Re: We want to be found. We need a room. We have a dog and up to 600. A month. No one is listening. We are disable. Fighting a S.S.I. Case almost 3 years. Help the homeless. We have been homeless 5 years. A fall from grace and now we cant find a room...

From the Acorn: I am writing as an English teacher at Royal High School in the Simi Valley Unified School District. I think I bring a unique approach to the current crisis facing our schools, state and nation. I am a product of all California public schools for all levels of my education....

From the Acorn: I would like to take this opportunity to express my dissatisfaction over our current educational crisis. On Fri., March 13, I received my reduction in force letter (pink slip). For me this letter represented disappointment, anxiety, anger and fear. I am the mother of two young...

Interestingly, it seems the same teachers union that’s supposed to protect the employment rights of teachers is screwing the ones without seniority, despite whether or not they have exemplary employment records.  It’s true, in the City of Simi Valley, teachers without seniority are at risk...

Is it just me, or is the Simi Valley healthcare community getting some kind of a shakedown?  Rather, are the Simi based medical groups at war with one of them taking a hit?  It certainly seems that way from my perspective.  As a not-so-proud participant in an HMO program, my primary care physician...