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Negotiations for Westlake private school in gridlock
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Carden Conejo remains unwilling to sign the current 15th version of the lease proposal with the Conejo Valley Unified School District because of a clause that terminates it if the property is sold. An email between Dr. Mark McLaughlin, superintendent, and Carden Conejo’s president, Nasi Peretz, dated Nov. 15, 2023, CVUSD maintained they would…
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Column: For Auld Lang Syne
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“For Old Times Sake,” I had told myself, amid a long-winded contemplative breath. I anticipated what would lay on the other side of that door-the entrance to my estranged father’s home. After leaving home at 15 years old, three Christmases passed without seeing my own father. While trying to rekindle a relationship with him…
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Planning Commission rejects general plan due to concerns over “Borchard property”
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On Monday, Nov. 13, the Thousand Oaks City Planning Commission was set to vote on recommending the adoption of the Thousand Oaks 2045 general plan to the city council. The resolution was not passed in a 2-2 vote, with committee members Justin Link and Mic Farris dissenting. The opposition was due, in part, to…
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Measure I funds opportunities for students
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Summary Measure I is a bond measure that was voted on in 2014, providing the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) with $197,000,000. The purpose of the money is “providing safe, well-maintained classrooms, repairing/replacing electrical, plumbing, and roofing systems, as well as repairing, constructing, acquiring, and equipping sites/facilities, and improving safety/security,” as stated by…
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Construction of mine over Indigenous massacre site
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John Gast’s renowned 1872 painting, “American Progress,” tells the narrative of early American settlers spreading across the continent, extracting resources from its soil. Simultaneously, the painting illustrates the displacement of Native American peoples being pushed off the canvas in the name of progress. Although the era of “Cowboys and Indians” has long faded, tensions…
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Panther football battles through CIF
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After defeating Ventura High School and Foothills High School in the fifth division of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section [CIF], the Panthers made it all the way to the first ever CIF semifinal against cross city rival, Thousand Oaks High School [TOHS]. The day leading up to the game was the calm before…
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Celebrating Halloween in boo-bury Park
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Universal studios Horror Nights In an effort to continue cleverly marketing off of human beings’s incessant obsession and joy with being scared, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, takes advantage of the warm October nights and turns the amusement park into a cohesive, exciting and thrilling seven hours each night. As someone who enjoys…
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The time I was sent to Saturday School and survived
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9 a.m. on a Thursday morning: I was in the middle of Government class tending to my Snapchat streaks. All of a sudden, a student office aid burst through the door, thrusting a pale slip towards my teacher. My teacher then passed the flimsy slip to me, “This is a reminder that you are…
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Panthers pump iron across the street
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School has been out for about 15 minutes. Across the street from NPHS, Fitness 19, sits grounded as it continually braces for the impact of students crowding into the facility like sardines crammed straight into an aluminum can. A student lies flat above a bench, clutching a 130-pound metal bar, dangerously dangling over his…
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Prowler newspaper attends GOP debate
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This past Wednesday, Sept. 27, marked another heated Grand Old Party (GOP) Presidential Debate that took place at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. In order of popularity of the polls, the participating candidates were: Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Doug Burgum. The topics discussed included immigration,…