Kyle Rohrbach News Today

Dimension 20's head of the art department, Rick Perry, on creating the noir-infused world of Mentopolis

I was chagrined last week when former Mayor Andy Fox admonished “partisans” for their involvement in this year’s City Council race. He seems to believe the privilege of tapping future leaders should be reserved for himself and other “kingmakers” in the city’s long-running political establishment. Here’s why he’s wrong: Highly polarized politics have come to

MEETING THE CONSTITUENTS—Mikey Taylor, left, chats with a passerby at the Thousand Oaks Rotary Street Fair in October. SUSAN WEININGER/Acorn Newspapers Hope faded Tuesday for seven of the 10 candidates who ran for three seats on the Thousand Oaks City Council. With just a few thousand ballots left to be counted, Bob Engler, David Newman

With three seats at stake on the Thousand Oaks City Council, the latest election returns show an incumbent and two challengers ahead of the pack.

Three seats on five-member council in play; council members Bob Engler and Ed Jones seeking re-election; eight challengers vying against them.

Less than two weeks before early voting begins, county supervisor and city council hopefuls sparred at a candidates forum in Thousand Oaks.