The Davidon builder of Sedona, the newest community in Dos Vientos will host a brokers open to kick off the sales of their new homes. Davidon homes is finally getting close to opening the gated neighborhood of Sedona. It is the last tract of Dos Vientos to be completed.

The grand opening is set for May 16th but they are having a preview opening on May 2nd and a private showing for real estate agents and their clients sooner.

The homes will range from 4,456 square feet to over 5,900 square feet and the anticipated pricing will be from the low $1,400,000 to the high $1,600,000's.

If you would like more information or would like to accompany me on the agent open house, please call me.

Joanne Nelson
Prudential Calfornia Realty
805-857-0897
jnelsonrealestate@gmail.com

The Acorn

• Chargers take perfect season to the Pyramid
  
  By Stephen Dorman sdorman@theacorn.com

  Tony Scott has the ultimate respect for his opponent.

  The head coach of Inglewood High’s girls’ basketball team knows his squad faces a colossal challenge against the unbeaten Agoura Chargers in Saturday’s CIF-Southern Section Division 3AA title game at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach.

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• Wrestling?s elite power into state meet
  
  By Eliav Appelbaum eliav@theacorn.com

  Back in the day, gladiators fought in Rome’s Colosseum.

  The toughest kids in California entertain the masses at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.

  Multiple area high school wrestlers will compete this Friday and Saturday at the CIF State Wrestling Championships.

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• Football training camps offered
  

  There are a pair of Nike SPARQ training camps in the Conejo Valley during the next two months.

  The first four-week session runs through March 20 at Newbury Park High. The second camp takes place on Saturdays from March 27 through April 17 at Thousand Oaks High.

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• Oak Park star pole vaulter takes flight
  
  By Sophia Fischer sfischer@theacorn.com

  During a national pole vault competition in Reno, Nev., Oak Park High sophomore Connor Stark won his division, breaking his personal-best record of 13 feet, 6 inches three times and breaking the Oak Park record of 14 feet set by senior Ken Sugai two years ago. Connor’s final, winning jump in Reno was 14-2.

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• Agoura 76ers better than the guys in Philly
  

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• Calmont welcomes new headmaster
  

  Ruth Huyler Glass has been appointed as head of Calmont School in Calabasas, an independent, nonprofit K-8 school.

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• School to host poker tournament
  

  Calmont School will host a fundraiser from 7 p.m. to midnight Sat., March 20 at 22741 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu.

  The event will have entertainment, poker tournament, live music, shopping, food and drinks, and silent and online auctions.

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Ventura County Star

• T.O. girl claims county spelling bee title
  Finally. After an agonizing series of words it seemed nobody could spell, Isabel Sublette knew she was about to win the Ventura County Spelling Bee Monday night.
• Dispute erupts over proposed Moorpark studio
  The developer of a proposed $125 million film studio in Moorpark has taken over the project without authorization, according to John Marshall, president of the company that pitched the idea ¿ Commonwealth Studios.
• Local firms planning to add workers
  For the first time in six months, more local companies say they plan to hire than to fire employees in the coming quarter, according to a private survey released today.
• 3 hospitals could be trauma centers
  After an exhaustive review of three Ventura County hospitals to see which two would be designated as trauma centers, the American College of Surgeons suggested all three could receive the title and treat the county?s most severely injured patients.
• Huge fire at commerical building near downtown LA
  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Flames have engulfed a commercial building five miles south of downtown Los Angeles near Huntington Park.
• Defendant's friend testifies about 2006 Oxnard murder and robbery
  A close friend of murder defendant Anthony McDaniel testified today that McDaniel didn?t appear sad or remorseful on the day he allegedly shot a 14-year-old boy in Oxnard. ?Was he proud?? asked prosecutor Rameen Minoui.
• Police shoot suspect in 2 Silicon Valley homicides
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a man fatally shot by Fremont police over the weekend was a suspect in two homicides.

Los Angeles Times

• Orange County jury orders death for Alcala for third time
  An Orange County jury needed just a few hours Tuesday to hand down the death penalty for Rodney James Alcala, convicted last week of murdering five people.
  
  
  
  
  
• Wily dodges point to single culprit in high-profile Los Angeles heists
  Thefts that depend on role playing and charm point to a single burglar being the likely suspect in heists of jewelry and cash from sports teams, a salsa band and a sugar baron in town for the Oscars.
  
  For the "Rico Suave" bandit, the weapons of choice are charm, disguise and the power of persuasion.
  
  
  
• L.A. council considers deactivating 10 ambulances at night
  A decision is postponed after a man tearfully recalls how his father died of a heart attack and amid confusion about how the plan to save $20 million would affect response times.
  
  Facing a shrinking number of options to close a budget gap that could grow to $600 million in the next fiscal year, the Los Angeles City Council is weighing whether to deactivate 10 rescue ambulances at night.
  
  
  
• Unemployment benefits for ex-Rosemead councilman anger lawmakers
  John Nunez was paid $11,250 after he lost a reelection bid in March 2009. Two state senators have proposed legislation to ensure officials ousted by voters can't qualify for unemployment.
  
  Alarmed that a Rosemead city councilman collected unemployment benefits after he was ousted by voters, state lawmakers are proposing to prevent such payments in the future.
  
  
  
• Gang member in jail for murder is investigated in cellmate's death
  Jamar Lavon Tucker told deputies during a security check Thursday that he had just killed his cellmate, a member of the same gang who was awaiting felony trial, L.A. County sheriff's officials say.
  
  A Compton gang member already sentenced to life in prison for murder and awaiting trial in a second slaying is being investigated in the strangling of his Twin Towers jail cellmate.
  
  
  
• Panel considers 10% pay cut for state lawmakers
  Citizens Compensation Commission chairman recommends another drop in pay and benefits, after an 18% reduction last year. The cuts would also apply to the governor and other state officials.
  
  Months after California legislators had their pay and benefits cut 18%, the head of a state panel that sets salaries proposed Tuesday that elected officials lose 10% more in response to the continuing budget crisis.
  
  
  
• Swinging at the pay-cut piñata
  City employee group questions use of ever-changing numbers
  
  Art Sweatman has trimmed trees for the city of Los Angeles for 13 years, and sometimes he hauls them away after they've fallen on cars or blocked roads and sidewalks. It took him 10 years to get to his current annual salary of $54,000, and now city officials are saying they need him and other workers to take a 10% to 15% pay cut to eliminate a $485-million deficit.