City of Thousand Oaks

"Come enjoy a variety of fun activities for the whole family at the Arbor Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 18th, at Thousand Oaks Community Park, located at 2525 N. Moorpark Road (next to Thousand Oaks High School). This free family event will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will include kids’ activities, electric vehicle demos, bicycle activities, plant giveaways, food trucks, live music, and more."

https://toaks.gov/index.php?section=gogreenblog&prrid=199

#EarthDay #ThousandOaks #VenturaCounty

When you are seriously pondering life's choices. (this is after the bear was tranquilized... it was captured and relocated elsewhere).

(photo credited to Angel Esquivel by the Fillmore Gazette)

http://www.fillmoregazette.com/front-page/community-safety-alert-bear-sighting

#wildlife #bear #FillmoreBear #VenturaCounty

VCSTAR: Rattlesnake bite sends Ventura County teen to hospital for days

"...When she hit a particularly narrow stretch, the 14-year-old got off her bike to walk through but slipped on an uneven patch of ground...."

(paywall, paper has hardly any content nowadays)

https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/special-reports/outdoors/2026/04/03/rattlesnake-bite-sends-newbury-park-teen-to-hospital-for-days/89341284007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119936p119950c119950e003700v119936d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=32&gca-ds=sophi

#rattlesnakes #conejovalley #VenturaCounty