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

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• Borders store writing its final chapter
  
  By Jeremy Zeller

  Special to The Acorn

  Conejo Valley residents looking to buy their next good read will have to go elsewhere come Jan. 31 of next year when the Borders lease in Thousand Oaks expires.

  Locals are hoping a new bookstore will take its place in the community, although with the advent of e-book shopping and the demise of brick and mortar stores, the prospects aren’t likely.

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• Fish passageways will help steelhead trout
  
  By Stephanie Bertholdo

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  The endangered Southern California steelhead trout will receive a fighting chance at repopulating the region’s waterways if several environmental agencies can convince the city of Malibu that their plan to reestablish the fish’s migration routes is viable.

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• Westlake High graduate killed in Afghanistan
  
  By Sylvie Belmond

  belmond@theacorn.com

  A local family and the Westlake High School football community are mourning the loss of former linebacker Andrew Jordan “A.J.” Castro, 20.

  The 2008 Westlake High graduate and U.S. Army specialist with the 101st Airborne Division was one of two soldiers killed Aug. 28 in a land mine explosion in Afghanistan.

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• Tapia sewer plant permit hinges on chemical dependency
  
  By Sylvie Belmond

  belmond@theacorn.com

  The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board is scheduled to meet today to discuss stricter controls at theTapia Water Reclamation Facility before issuing another wastewater discharge permit to the Calabasas sewer plant.

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• Man shoots himself in yard
  

  At around 9 a.m. Fri., Aug. 27, a man in his 50s committed suicide in his front yard in view of his neighbors.

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• Expand the NPS?
  

  The National Park Service will host public meetings to introduce the Rim of the Valley Corridor Special Resource Study and answer questions from the public.

  The study will look at the potential for expanding the boundaries of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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Ventura County Star

• Troops fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed
  Kashmiri Muslim protesters and Indian soldiers throw stones at each other during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Anger against Indian rule runs deep in the region, which is divided between Hindu-majority India and predominantly Muslim Pakistan and claimed by both nuclear-armed nations in its entirety. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
• Abducted Japanese reporter returns home
  Japanese journalist Kosuke Tsuneoka who was abducted by militants in Afghanistan five months ago, arrives at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano in Osaka, western Japan, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. After being kidnapped on April 1, Tsuneoka, a freelance journalist and veteran of war zones, was released Saturday night, Sept. 4 to a Japanese embassy and appeared tired but otherwise unharmed, the ministry said in a statement. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **
• Delta launches direct-to-US flight from Liberia
  MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Delta Air Lines Inc. has launched a direct flight from the U.S. to Liberia, becoming the first U.S. carrier to serve the West African nation since the end of more than a decade of civil war.
• Survivor: Fishermen looted sinking vessel in Congo
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Survivors who swam to safety after their overcrowded boat capsized over the weekend said nearby fishermen refused to help drowning passengers in the dark of night, instead looting the goods aboard the burning vessel and beating people with oars.
• Police investigating Afghan journalist's murder
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Police in Afghanistan said Monday they were investigating the stabbing death of a well-known Afghan journalist.
• UN needs far more money for Pakistan floods
  A Pakistani child displaced by floods sleeps at a temporary shelter at Makli, Sindh province, Southern Pakistan, Sunday, Sept 5, 2010. The floods, spawned by heavy rains weeks ago in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and elsewhere in the mountains of northern Pakistan, have killed more than 1,600 people and affected near 20 million people. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
• Defending champion Egypt held by Sierra Leone
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Defending champion Egypt was held to a 1-1 draw by Sierra Leone, and World Cup quarterfinalist Ghana beat Swaziland 3-0 in qualifying for the 2012 African Cup of Nations.

Los Angeles Times

• Food pantries are feeling the pinch
  More supplies are being distributed in L.A. County than even before, but it is not enough to meet needs, authorities say.
  
  Thousands of people turn to the Lutheran Social Services Community Care Center in Van Nuys for help putting food on the table.
  
  
  
• Impounded cars boost Bell's coffers
  Police say they were pushed to find cars to tow. Authorities say the practice discourages gangs but will be changed.
  
  As city administrators' salaries were rocketing upward in Bell and council members' stipends were among the highest in the state, the city went on an aggressive push to increase municipal revenue by impounding cars in the city, police officers say.
  
  
  
• LAPD officers shoot, kill man in Westlake shopping district
  Bicycle officers ordered the unidentified man to drop a knife before firing at him near 6th Street and Union Avenue.
  
  Los Angeles police shot and killed a man who reportedly threatened bystanders with a knife in a bustling Westlake shopping district on Sunday, authorities said.
  
  
  
• L.A. County sheriff's deputies taking longer to respond to emergencies
  The increased response times come in the wake of department budget cuts, but officials aren't sure of a direct cause and effect or whether there might be other reasons.
  
  Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are getting to the scenes of 911 emergencies significantly later than they were before budget cuts last March, according to a recent analysis of Sheriff's Department records.
  
  
  
• Cooley's donations raise questions about the line between fundraising and probes
  The L.A. County district attorney, who is running for state attorney general, accepted funds from those who were close to targets of inquiries in Bell Gardens and the City of Industry.
  
  Rene Cota was stunned when he searched the Internet and came across a $1,500 campaign contribution reported recently by Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley, who is running for state attorney general.
  
  
  
• L.A. County welfare to children of illegal immigrants grows
  Payments to U.S.-born children rose to $52 million in July, prompting calls for policy changes
  
  Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such families.
  
  
  
• Los Angeles school named after Al Gore
  He's the first vice president to have an L.A. school named after him, sharing the honor with author Rachel Carson. Fittingly, the campus will be devoted to environmental themes. But there's a catch.
  
  Al Gore has had some tough breaks — like losing the presidency after getting more votes than the other guy — but the noted environmentalist achieved a singular honor last week, becoming the first vice president to have a Los Angeles school named after him.