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CALABASAS MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION |
 The
Municipal
General Election for the City of Calabasas will be held on
Tuesday, March 8, 2005, and the nomination period is now over.
There are
three City Council seats to be filled and the term of each seat is
four years. A candidate list is available online and contains photos
and statements from the seven candidates. A
candidate forum will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2005 at
the Las Virgenes Unified School District offices located at 4111 N.
Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas. The
forum is sponsored by the Calabasas Chamber of Commerce and run
by the League of Women Voters. Additional
forums are currently being scheduled.
CTV will provide
coverage of several candidate forums and live coverage of election returns
on March 8. Please visit the
Calabasas 2005 Election page for further updates or contact the City Clerk’s
Office at (818) 878-4225.
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STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS |
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 Mayor
Michael Harrison will present the 7th Annual City of Calabasas
Mayor's State
of the City Address on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 in the Council
Chambers at Calabasas City Hall. The speech will be broadcast
live on CTV. The Calabasas Chamber of
Commerce will host a reception at 6 p.m. and the speech will begin at
7 p.m. Mayor Harrison will discuss the accomplishments of the
past year and lay out his vision for the year ahead. |
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TSUNAMI/EARTHQUAKE RELIEF DONATIONS |
The recent powerful
earthquakes and tsunamis in Southeast Asia have left over one hundred
thousand people dead, wounded and sick in one of the worst natural disasters
in modern history. Many Calabasas residents would like to offer help
with donations for disaster relief.
Network for
Good, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization set up by major
corporations, has set up a
donation page specifically for this tragedy with
links to over thirty reputable charities currently accepting
donations for food, clean water, shelter, and medicine to help victims
and their families. Please consider donating what you can to one
of the groups listed on the page or to the charity of your choice.
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METHOD FILM FESTIVAL COMING TO CALABASAS IN APRIL |
 The
City of Calabasas is pleased to announce that it will host the 7th
Annual Method Fest independent film festival on April 1-8, 2005.
Named after a famous school of acting, the Method Fest is the only
major film festival in the U.S. focusing on acting, celebrating
breakout acting performances in story driven independent films.
Film
submissions are open both on the festival website (Film
Submissions) and through
www.withoutabox.com. The late deadline
for film submissions is January 25, 2005.
For more
information about the festival, please see the City's
Method Fest
Film Festival website. |
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SNOW SNOW SNOW DAY UPDATE |
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 Due to heavy rain,
Snow Snow Snow
Day,
which was previously scheduled for December 5, 2004, has been postponed. While
final details are still being worked out,
Snow Snow Snow
Day will
return during the month of June with all the fun of a winter day
during "June Gloom." More information will be
coming soon and your patience and understanding is greatly
appreciated. |
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SCHOOL BUS SPRING SEMESTER REGISTRATION |
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 The fall semester has
come to an end, winter vacation is almost over and it is now time to look towards the spring
semester.
The new year means that it is time to re-register for spring
semester
school bus service. Applications are available
online and can be
mailed to the address on the form or dropped off at Calabasas City
Hall. The cost is still only $99 per student per semester for
round-trip service and $65 per student per semester for one-way
service. Please note that this school bus registration is only
available to Calabasas residents and participating students must be
currently attending a public school in Calabasas.
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WINTER RECREATION BROCHURE |
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 The
2005 Winter Recreation Brochure is now
available online. The brochure features detailed information about
adult and youth classes, senior citizen programs, community news and
information, sports activities and much more. Remember, you can also register for classes
online! Winter classes are posted on the website. If you haven't
already registered, it's not too late to choose from the great
selection of activities that the Recreation staff has lined up for you
this winter. |
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SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ |
 Over
one hundred thousand soldiers from around the country are currently
serving their country in Iraq. Many
families in Calabasas would like to offer support to the men and women
serving abroad through letters, emails and care packages. A new
nonprofit organization,
Any
Soldier, Inc., is dedicated to helping Americans who want to send
letters or support packages to soldiers but who don't know where and
who to send them to. The site has hundreds of primary soldier
contacts currently serving overseas who are registered on the site and
have listed items they and their fellow soldiers need.
When these contact soldiers receive mail addressed to "ATTN: Any Soldier,"
they pass on the letter or package to a fellow soldier who doesn't get
much mail. Any Soldier, Inc.
currently has 991 primary contacts delivering mail to over 43,000
fellow soldiers in Iraq. When mailing letters and
packages to Iraq, please refer to the
United States Postal Service "Supporting Our Troops" page for
guidelines and helpful tips.
There are local soldiers from Calabasas who would also appreciate hearing from well-wishers.
If you would like to send a letter or a care package to a local
soldier serving in Iraq, please drop your letter or package off at
City Hall and the City will make sure it gets to a soldier serving
abroad. |
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LAS VIRGENES SCHOOL DISTRICT FORUMS |
 The
Las Virgenes Unified School District is holding a series of forums for
residents to learn about Las Virgenes schools and
discuss education issues with school administrators. Interim
Superintendent Donald Zimring will host the forums which will be held
on Mondays
from 7:30 p.m.- 9 p.m.
The schedule of
meetings is as follows:
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Jan. 10, 2005 |
Calabasas High School |
22855 W. Mulholland Highway,
Calabasas |
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Feb. 7, 2005 |
Lindero Canyon Middle School |
5844 Larboard Lane,
Agoura Hills |
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March 14, 2005 |
A.E. Wright Middle School |
4029 N. Las
Virgenes Road,
Calabasas |
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April 4, 2005 |
Sumac Elementary School |
6050 N. Clamfield
Avenue,
Agoura |
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May 2, 2005 |
Lupin Hill School |
26210 Adamor Road,
Calabasas |
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June 6,2005 |
Willow Elementary School |
29026 Laro Drive, Agoura Hills |
For more information,
please call the school district at (818) 880-4000. |
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CITY TROLLEY USED FOR SCHOOL FIELD TRIP |
 The City of Calabasas
provided a
City trolley for a Lupin Hills Elementary School field trip to the
Las Virgenes Fire Station on December 16, 2004. The trip to and
from the station offered an opportunity for the children to ride the
trolley, which normally runs Friday through Sunday on a
one-way loop though Calabasas. The regular trolley service is free
makes twenty-one scheduled stops in just under one hour.
Additional stops
may be requested along the route where it is safe to do so at the
discretion of the driver. |
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LOCAL EVENTS IN THE ARTS |
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 Spotlight the Arts Fundraiser
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Calabasas
Spotlight the
Arts is proud to announce their very first fund raising event that
will benefit the construction of the Calabasas Playhouse, a small,
well-equipped performance theater to be located behind the new
Calabasas Civic Center. The fundraiser will take place on
Sunday, February 13, 2005 from 6 - 9 p.m. under the big-top tent at
Sagebrush Cantina in Old Town Calabasas. Tickets are $75 per
person and include dinner and entertainment. To reserve tickets
or more information, please call (818) 591-8500.
Stage Door Theatre -
Agoura Hills
Blithe Spirit
Written by Noel
Coward and directed by John Barker. Running Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday evenings from January 7-29, with matinee performances on January 9 & 23. For reservations, call (818) 889-5209. |
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OLD TOWN PUBLIC PARKING LOT ADVISORY |
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Please note that
effective January 1, 2005, the City of Calabasas is no longer operating the Old Town Public Parking Lot located at 25600 Calabasas
Road in Calabasas. The City currently has no information concerning
the short term or long term uses of this privately owned property. |
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WHAT'S ON CTV? |
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Be sure to tune in to CTV
on cable channel 3 in Calabasas, through live
online web-streaming,
or watch any meeting or CTV program at ANYTIME through the new
CTV archive.
Programs this month include:
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 Calabasas Teen Forum
- Host Kate Anders talks with a panel of Calabasas and Viewpoint
High School students about the role of religion in their
lives.
Visit the
CTV
Guide for show times.
(left to
right): Host, Kate Anders and Teen Forum panelists Ilana
Rosenberg, Jen Wagner, Jordan Betten, Alice Goldsmith, Rachel Field
& Ava Mobini.
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Your
City, Your Issues -
This month host
John Loesing
discusses the new Calabasas Civic Center project with Maureen
Tamuri, Community Development Director for the City of Calabasas.
WATCH Your City,
Your Issues only on CTV3.
Visit the
CTV
Guide for show times. |
Visit the
CTV Channel Guide for a complete listing of
programming.
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MEETINGS
& HOLIDAYS |
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Calabasas City Hall
will be closed on Monday, January 17 in observance of Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day.
City Council Agenda Items
are available online, the Thursday prior to a City Council Meeting.
Agendas for all commissions
are available online the Friday prior to the commission meeting.
For a complete
calendar of events and meetings during
January, please visit our
Calendar Page. |
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