BB King in Agoura Hills
By: Irma Haldane
Every so often we get the treat of an old classic right here at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills.
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By: Irma Haldane
Every so often we get the treat of an old classic right here at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc4ktIFl7ww[/youtube]

By: Irma Haldane
Film maker, Guillermo del Tora, whose films include “Hellboy” and “Pan’s Labyrinth,” has been featured in the New Yorker Magazine of February 7, 2011. He is of local interest because he resides in the Westlake Village area of Ventura County, some 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Of particular interest is the home he has transformed into a museum for monsters and numerous ghoulish type artifacts he has collected.

By: Irma Haldane
This is a list of huge traffic ticket fines in California. These Traffic Tickets Fines are Effective 01/06/2011
Please be extremely careful in your driving and car registration & insurance matters. Effective immediately, if you do not stop at the red light, be ready to pay $436 in fines or if you pass a school bus with flashing red signals, you will be charged $616.
The next time you park in the handicapped zone, even for a minute, you will be looking at almost $1,000 in parking tickets, so it’d better be worth it.
Traffic Ticket Fines (Effective 01/06/2011)
VC 12814.6 $214 Failure to obey license provisions.
VC 14600(A) $214 Failure to notify DMV of address change within 10 days Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
VC 16028(A) $796 Failure to provide evidence of financial responsibility (insurance) Note: This fine may be reduced with proof of insurance on or after the violation date.
VC 21453(A) $436 Failure to stop at a red signal.
VC 22349 $214 Unsafe speed, 1 to 15 miles over the limit.
VC 22350 $328 Unsafe speed, 16 to 25 miles over the limit.
VC 22450 $214 Failure to stop at a stop sign.
VC 22454(A) $616 Passing a school bus with flashing red signals.
VC 23123(A) $148 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands free, first offense .
VC 23123(B) $256 Driving while using a wireless phone not hands free, each subsequent offense.
VC 23123.5 $148 Driving while using a wireless device to send, read or write text.
VC 23124 $148 Minor driving while using a wireless phone.
VC 22500 $976 Parking in a bus loading area.
VC 22507(A) $976 Violation of disabled parking provisions, first offense.
VC 22507(B) $1876 Violation of disabled parking provisions, second offense.
VC 26708 $178 Unlawful material on vehicle windows.
VC 27150 $178 Adequate muffler required.
VC 27315 $148 Mandatory use of seat belts.
VC 27360 $436 Mandatory use of passenger child restraints. Note: This fine may be reduced by completing a court authorized child seat diversion program .
VC 27400 $178 Headsets or Earplugs covering both ears.
VC 27803 $178 Violation of motorcycle safety helmet requirements.
VC 34506 $616 Commercial Driver – Log book violation.
VC 4000 $256 No evidence of current registration. Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
VC 4159 $178 Notify DMV of change of address within 10 days. Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
VC 5200 $178 Proper display of license plates. Note: The fine may be reduced with valid proof of correction.
VC 9400 $178 Commercial weight fees due.

Agoura Hills Tifa Chocolate hosting free coffee day
By: Irma Haldane
Agoura Hills is known for it’s quaint charm, rolling hills and lack of nightlife. Luckily, it has Tifa Chocolate & Gelato to pick up the slack. Saturday, December 11th from 10 am – 2 pm, Agoura Hills Patch is joining with Tifa to offer a free coffee day and $1 espresso and hot chocolate. Go over to Tifa on 5013 Kanan Road in Agoura Hills near the Lady Face Alehouse to get your free cup.
Watch for Zenyatta this weekend
By: Irma Haldane
No American-bred horse has ever won 20 consecutive races, let alone retire undefeated. Zenyatta has a chance to accomplish both feats with a second straight victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. This Friday and Saturday in Louisville, KY, the Breeders World Cup will kick off for a wild weekend. Last time the queen of California raced outside her state, she retained her most impressive win in terms of margin of victory, taking this year’s version by 4 1/4 lengths and the ’08 race by 4 1/2 lengths.
The pace is expected to be a fast to be quick keeping Quality Road honest on the first turns. But the horse to watch is the late charging Zenyatat. Blame is expected to be the only horse with the capability to hold her off. Blame has won 3 of 4 lifetime starts at Churchhill Down, including the Stephen Foster Handicap last June.
To hear about the Top Picks for Saturday and Sunday, visit: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/02/1904206/zenyatta-the-star-attraction-of.html#ixzz149qTPyj6

By: Irma Haldane
Film maker, Guillermo del Tora, whose films include “Hellboy” and “Pan’s Labyrinth,” has been featured in the New Yorker Magazine of February 7, 2011. He is of local interest because he resides in the Westlake Village area of Ventura County, some 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Of particular interest is the home he has transformed into a museum for monsters and numerous ghoulish type artifacts he has collected.
One easy way to help the environment
By: Irma Haldane
Sid Lerner is 79. Known for his successful Charmin toilet paper campaign, he is now focusing on a little different topic he calls, Meatless Monday’s. The cause is self explanatory – it aims to generate a following that abstains from eating meat on Monday. A health cause designed to reduce meat consumption by 15%, the cause is partnered with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The cause does not advocate for the elimination of meat but simply hopes to bring perspective on the strain meat places on the environment. Most people are surprised to know that producing 1 ton of beef requires 140,000 bathtubs full of water (many millions of gallons). Growing the needed crops to feed cows is extremely demanding in terms of natural resources. This is one way to help alleviate the demand.
You can join them on Facebook and they offer daily recipes to help.
Seniors need Santa?
By: Irma Haldane
Well, yes. At least that’s what the “Be a Santa to a Senior” program says. This Christmas, elderly residents in need of some extra help can attain assistance. The sixth annual “Be a Santa to a Senior” program provides non medical home care and companionship for elderly persons. You can participate in “Be a Santa to a Senior” through Monday, December 14th.
Christmas trees will be erected and draped with ornaments containing the first names of the seniors and their gift requests. Just pick up an ornament, buy what’s on the list and return them to the store. Volunteers and nonprofit workers will collect, wrap and distribute the gifts to the seniors.
Find your local Christmas tree at: Thousand Oaks: Curves, 2090 Newbury Road and 1738 Moorpark Road; Valley Bakery, 2838 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.; Atria Hillcrest, 405 Hodencamp. To volunteer to help on giftwrapping day, call Laurie Reid at (805) 577-0926.
For more information about the program, go to:http://beasantatoasenior.com/