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9TH ANNUAL CALABASAS
FINE ARTS FESTIVAL |
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The
9th annual
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival will be held on Saturday and
Sunday, May 6-7, 2006, from 10:00a.m. - 5:00p.m., at
23975 Park
Sorrento, adjacent to the Commons, in
Calabasas
(map).
As always, admission is free and convenient parking is only $5.
The Calabasas Arts Council prides itself on bringing art to the
community and is pleased to announce that among the numerous talented
exhibitors this year will be a group of illustrious artists who
exhibited at the prestigious
La Quinta
Arts Festival. The La Quinta festival has
been recognized by
Southwest Arts Magazine as one of the "must-attend art events in
the western United States."
The 9th annual Calabasas Fine Arts festival will feature twenty
artists who were accepted and exhibited at La Quinta, providing Fine
Arts Festival visitors with an opportunity to view and purchase art
from some of the most sought-after artists in the country.
Additional details about the festival can be found on the
Calabasas Fine Arts Festival homepage. For more information,
please call the
Calabasas Arts Council at (818) 878-4225 ext. 270 or send an
email. |
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4TH OF
JULY SPECTACULAR TICKETS GOING ON SALE |
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 Tickets for the annual
Calabasas July 4 Fireworks Spectacular will officially go on sale on
Thursday, June 1, 2006. The event sells out each year so get your tickets early and come to Calabasas
High school for a magical evening to celebrate the 4th of July.
Beginning June 1, tickets can be purchased at the Tennis & Swim
Center and de Anza Park. Tickets are $10 per person and children under 2
years of age are admitted free! Additional information about the
event will be provided in the June e.News and on the City website
next month. |
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FREE
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TRAINING |
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 In a
continuing effort to prepare the community for a disaster, or any
emergency, the City of Calabasas is sponsoring a free disaster
preparedness training course taught by the
Los Angeles County
Fire Department.
The
Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT) program was developed to provide
basic training in safety and life saving skills. Following a major
disaster, police, fire and medical professionals may not be able to
fully meet the emergency demand in a timely manner. People will need
to rely on one another to meet the immediate emergency needs until
first responders are able to arrive. The CERT program’s course
curriculum will include sessions on Disaster Preparedness, Fire
Safety, Disaster Psychology, Terrorism, and Medical Treatment. At the
end of the course, participants will put what they have learned to
practice by responding to a simulated large scale incident.
The
8-week CERT training course begins on Tuesday May 23, 2006 and all
classes are from 6:30p.m. – 9:00p.m. Scheduled evening classes are on
May 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27 and July 11 & 18, 2006. Classes will be
held at the
Agoura Hills/Calabasas Community Center located at 27040 Malibu
Hills Road, Calabasas (adjacent to the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station).
You
must participate in all classes in order to receive a certificate of
completion. If you are a previous CERT student who needs to “make-up”
a missed session, or would just like a “refresher course” on a
particular subject of interest, you are welcome to attend just that
session.
To learn more about the program or to sign up to
attend these classes, please contact Debbie Larson, City of Calabasas
at (818) 878-4225 x294 or via email at
dlarson@cityofcalabasas.com; or Maria
Grycan, LACoFD Community Services Representative at (310) 456-7923 or
via e-mail at
mgrycan@lacofd.org. |
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CALABASAS
HISTORICAL SOCIETY BBQ |
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 The
Calabasas
Historical Society will be hosting a BBQ on June 11, 2006 at 3 p.m.
at the Leonis Adobe Museum. The fun-filled, family friendly
event will be catered by Chef Joey of the Sagebrush Cantina and will
feature musical entertainment, scholarship awards, raffle, door
prizes, visits with the animals who live on the grounds of the
museum and tours of the Leonis Adobe. Admission price is $30
and children under 5 years of age will be admitted for free.
For additional
information, please call (818) 347-9356. |
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FRAUD PREVENTION TIPS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT |
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 Place the contents
of your WALLET on a photocopy machine, copy both sides of each I.D.
card/license, credit card, etc. Therefore if there is a theft or loss,
you will have the account numbers and phone numbers handy to call and
report them stolen or lost. Keep the photocopies in a safe, secure
place where they are accessible to you only. Make sure the copies do
not get into the wrong hands.
We have
all heard horror stories about frauds committed on victims using their
names, addresses, social security numbers, credit cards, etc. Imagine
having your wallet stolen and within a week the bandit(s) ordered an
expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a credit card, had a
credit line approved to buy a computer, received a PIN number from the
Department of Motor Vehicles to change your license information online,
and more.
Here is
some strategic information to limit the damage caused in case this
happens to you or someone you know.
1. Pull
out those handy copies you made.
2. Report
your credit cards stolen immediately.
3. File a
police report immediately in the jurisdiction where it was stolen. This
proves to credit providers you were diligent and is a first step toward
an investigation, if one is needed.
4. This
next one is perhaps most important: Call the three national credit
reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name
and social security number. This will alert companies that are checking
your credit that your information was stolen and it flags those
companies to contact you by phone to authorize any new credit. If you
do not do this as soon as possible after the theft you allow the thieves
time to cause the most damage.
The three
national credit reporting organizations numbers are:
Equifax:
1-800-525-6285
Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742
Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289
Social
Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271
Additional Tip: Do not leave anything of value in plain view
inside your vehicle.
If you have questions, please contact
Deputy Shawn Brownell at (818) 878-1808 x3103. Additional community
crime prevention tips are
available online. |
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CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER VOLUNTEER TRAINING SESSION |
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 The
California Wildlife Center will be holding a Volunteer
Orientation/Basic Training session on Saturday, May 13 from 9:00a.m.
- 3:00p.m. at the California Wildlife Center (CWC) at 26026 Piuma
Road in Calabasas. The California Wildlife Center rescues and
rehabilitates sick, injured and orphaned wild animals. Basic
Training is required for all CWC volunteers. There is a $10
fee for training materials. In addition, all volunteers must
become annual CWC members ($25/student; $40/individual;
$100/family).
Please call (818) 222-2658 or email
volunteer@californiawildlifecenter.org for
additional information or to register for the May 13 session. |
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POLL-WORKERS NEEDED FOR JUNE 6 PRIMARY ELECTION |
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 The
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is in desperate
need of individuals to work as poll-workers for the June 6, 2006
Primary Election. Poll-workers will receive $55.00 and a $25.00
bonus for attending a 1˝ hour training session. Choose from
over 450 classes conveniently located throughout Los Angeles
County. Please check out the L.A. County poll-worker website at
http://www.lavote.net/VOTER/POLLWORKER/Join_Pollworker.cfm
or call 1-800 815-2666 (OPTION 7) for more information or to apply
to be a Los Angeles County poll-worker. |
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WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WORKSHOPS |
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 The
Greater Los Angeles County region is collaborating to develop an
Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) that focuses on water
resource management while creating a platform for future funding. A
series of regional workshops will be held to help the region reach its
water goals.
An integrated approach to water management is
a new way to address a broader range of water resource management
issues, competing water demands, water supply reliability and financing
of projects. Today local agencies, organizations, cities and county
government are working together to develop an Integrated Regional Water
Management Plan (IRWMP) for the Greater Los Angeles County region that
is inclusive and provides opportunities for cost effective solutions to
address the water resource needs of the region
Attend
the a regional workshop on
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May
16th for Upper LA River Sub-region at the Pierce College
Campus Center
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May
18th for North Santa Monica Sub-Region at the Agoura
Hills/Calabasas Community Center
Both
workshops run from 9:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. For more information about
the workshops, please call (626) 458-3525 or visit
www.lawaterplan.org. |
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EARTH DAY
AND ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION |
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 On Saturday,
April 1, 2006, Calabasas celebrated Arbor Day and Earth Day at the
Headwaters Corner (Be sure to watch the CTV Stream 2
Sea Earth Day program). The water-themed celebration, Stream to Sea, was
sponsored by twenty-five local agencies and organizations including
Mountains Restoration Trust, the City of Calabasas and the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District.
The festivities
began with the Arbor Day celebration. Mayor Dennis Washburn and
Environmental Commission Chairperson, Ronit Levy-Getter planted a six
feet high apple tree at the Headwaters Corner. Then 60 Valley Oak and
Black Walnut trees were planted by participants and children at Wild
Walnut Park and.
More than one
hundred people attended the Earth Day event, which consisted of
performances by The National Theater for Children, bluegrass music by
The Fellow Travelers, a special visit by Pacific Park’s Inkie the
Octopus and even the radio station JACK FM. Captain Charles Moore
of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation gave a wildlife
presentation and staff from the Malibu Creek Watershed Monitoring
Program gave a water sampling demonstration.
Children of all
ages enjoyed a variety of educational lectures and creative activities
like making necklaces, bracelets and dice from abalone and walnut
shells. Attendees also took a virtual voyage down Dry Canyon Creek,
into the Los Angeles River and down to the Pacific Ocean.
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SPRING
RECREATION BROCHURE |
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 The
2006 Spring Recreation brochure is now
available in printed format at City Hall and 24 hours a day
online. The 50-page 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 easily register for classes online!
For more information about Calabasas recreation opportunities or for help with
class registration, please call the Community Services department at (818) 880-6461. |
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E-WASTE
DATE CHANGE AND PAINT COLLECTION EVENT |
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 The
City's normally scheduled free electronic waste collection has been
postponed to Saturday, May 13, 2006 due to the Calabasas Fine Arts
Festival. The e-waste event will take place at the future Calabasas Civic Center site located at Park
Sorrento behind the Commons shopping center from 10:00a.m - 3:00p.m. Acceptable items include but are not limited to CD players, laptops
and personal computers, microwave ovens, printers, radios, stereos,
telephones, and VCR’s.
Also on Saturday, May 13, 2006 there will be a free water based paint
and used oil collection event at the
Calabasas Tennis and Swim Center
located at 23400 Park Sorrento from 10:00a.m - 2:00p.m. For more
information, please contact the City of Calabasas Recycling and Solid
Waste Coordinator at (818) 878-4225. |
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CREEK MAINTENANCE CREW HONORED |
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 In
December 2005, a maintenance crew from the County of Los Angeles,
Flood Maintenance Division, under the direction of Dave Valdez cleared
trees and brushes from the creek and chipped woods were spread all
over Juan Bautista de Anza Park (April
e.News story).
Through great effort, Mr. Valdez
and his crew completed this maintenance in record time. For the
crew’s hard work, the City’s Environmental Commission recognized Mr.
Valdez and his crew with a plaque at the April 4, 2006
Environmental Commission
meeting to acknowledge their contribution to the improved health of
our Creek.
 Also on April
4, 2006, the
Environmental Commission honored
Creek Clean-up t-shirt design winners.
Emma Sobol (left, with
Commission), an eleven year-old student at Alice C. Stelle Middle
School and Allison Royal, a ten year-old student at Lupin Hill
Elementary, respectively received $100 and $50 prizes as the first and
second place winners of the 2006 creek clean-up design contest.
Emma’s creative hand-drawn design was selected during the
Environmental Commission meeting held on February 7, 2006. Her
drawing was featured on the back of t-shirts which were given to each
creek clean-up participant that helped clean-up Dry Canyon and Las Virgenes creeks. |
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MALIBU
CREEK WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM UPDATE |
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 The
Malibu Creek Watershed
Monitoring Program completed analysis of its
first year water quality results in April. Data shows notable
exceedances of United States
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and Los Angeles Regional Water
Quality Control Board Basin Plan water quality objectives. Of
particular concern are the bacterial and nutrient loads to the
watershed from
anthropogenic sources.
Total coliform, fecal coliform, Escherichia coli (E.coli)
and enterococcus are indicator bacteria, or microorganisms that
indicate the presence of other types of harmful bacteria, viruses and
parasites which may be present in water through contact with human or
animal fecal matter. Potential health risks, including fever and
other intestinal diseases, are associated with these bacterial
indicators. High levels of bacteria may be the result of
malfunctioning septic tanks, broken sewer lines or pet waste.
Nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus are necessary for
healthy water bodies, but high levels of nutrients cause a number of
problems like algal blooms that can suffocate aquatic life, impairing
the overall health of the watershed. Sources of excess nutrients
include chemical fertilizers, leaking septic systems, animal waste,
sewage, industrial discharge and wastewater treatment plants.
The following is a table outlining the water quality
objective exceedances for the Malibu Creek watershed for ten
parameters monitored from February 2005 through February 2006
(approximately 286 samples).
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Parameter |
Description of Indication |
Exceedance |
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Dissolved Oxygen |
Aquatic organisms need oxygen and plants produce it,
indicating the health of a creek ecosystem. |
5 % |
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pH |
Determines acidity of water and ability of plants and
wildlife to function and live. |
7 % |
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Temperature |
Affects biological and chemical processes and presence of
certain fish and bugs. |
1 % |
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Ammonia |
Forms from nitrogen present in low dissolved oxygen, is
extremely toxic to aquatic life. |
0 % |
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E.coli |
Common bacterium from lower intestinal tracts of warm
blooded animals. |
36 % |
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Enterococcus |
Common bacterium from the intestinal tracts of humans. |
40 % |
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Fecal Coliform |
Family of bacteria that include E.coli and come from the
intestinal tracts of warm blooded animals. |
37 % |
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Total Nitrogen |
N03 and N02,
nutrients can have an adverse impact on water quality, promotes
plant and algae growth. |
8 % |
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Orthophosphate |
Nutrient that
can have an adverse impact on water quality, promotes plant and
algae growth. |
21 % |
Though some exceedances are permitted
by the Basin Plan and EPA to account for natural environmental
fluctuations, the percentage exceedances found for bacteria and
nutrients suggest human contributions to the watershed at potentially
damaging levels. The second year of the watershed monitoring program
will focus on determining where these sources of pollution enter the
creeks system and on five specific monitoring sites where high levels
of pollution have been observed during first year sampling. For more
information, please visit us at
www.mcwmp.net. |
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CALABASAS
MEETINGS
& HOLIDAYS |
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 Calabasas
City Hall will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial 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
May, please visit our
Calendar Page. |
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