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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

Demolition takes place earlier this year at 1100 Rancho Conejo Blvd. in the industrial area of Newbury Park. The former Amgen property is being redeveloped as a state-of-the-art life-sciences campus. Acorn file photo A new 19-acre life-sciences campus expected to draw interest from major biotech players will come at the expense of 54 protected trees—31

A 19-acre campus approved by planning commissioners aims at attracting more biotech firms to Thousand Oaks.

A 19-acre campus approved by planning commissioners aims at attracting more biotech firms to Thousand Oaks.

City Council next week will make final decision on whether to approve or deny T.O. Ranch, largest proposed mixed-use project in citys history.

Thousand Oaks Planning Commission denied Waste Managements appeal of the administrative officers approval of rival Athens new truck facility.