🌱 How Oak Park’s tennis captain serves on and off the court
Morning Oak Park! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Oak Park’s tennis captain serves on and off the court
Also on today's calendar: The Great Gatsby and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 76 and low of 51 degrees.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 79, low: 52.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 79 and low of 48 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Curious, calm and empathetic: Oak Park boys tennis senior Angus Rein (oakparktalon.org) — Oak Park readers get an inside look at senior tennis co-captain Angus Rein, a familiar face on the Oak Park High School campus and in local programs like ACEing Autism Oak Park. The story follows his growth as a player, leader, and volunteer, and hints at his engineering and rocketry ambitions after graduation. 
📸 Around Oak Park
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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The Great Gatsby
Hillcrest Center For The Arts, 403 W Hillcrest Dr, Thousand Oaks
7:00 pm -
Crushed Glass Suncatcher Workshop Sparkling Art: Crushed Glass Meets Resin Magic
21750 Devonshire St, Los Angeles
11:00 pm
Friday April 17
Sunday April 19
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Other local events
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Babak Tafreshi - Earth After Dark
Thousand Oaks Performance Center , 3234 E Thousand Oaks Blvd , Thousand Oaks
8:00 pm -
Kitchen Science * Ages 6-12
Agoura Hills Recreation and Event Center , 29900 Ladyface Ct , Agoura Hills
9:00 am -
Fun With Legos
Oak Park Library , 899 Kanan Rd , Oak Park
1:00 pm -
Paws For Reading at Oak Park Library
Oak Park Library , 899 Kanan Rd , Oak Park
2:00 pm -
Duplo Sundays
Oak Park Library , 899 Kanan Rd , Oak Park
1:00 pm -
Color, Craft, or More
Oak Park Library , 899 Kanan Rd , Oak Park
2:00 pm -
Oak Park - Come and Play
Oak Park Library , 899 Kanan Rd , Oak Park
11:00 am -
Master Gardeners at Oak Park Library
Oak Park Library , 899 Kanan Rd , Oak Park
5:00 pm -
Sound Bath with Cats
Purrrlandia Cat Lounge & Café , 728 N Moorpark Rd , Thousand Oaks
6:00 pm -
Fall Soccer Agoura Westlake AYSO 4 Sign-Up Apr-May
8:00 am
Friday April 17
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Thursday April 30
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Happy Jackie Robinson Day!
79 years ago, Jackie broke the color barrier in MLB. One of my all time heroes! Today every player in the MLB will wear 42 on the jerseys to honor… (Nextdoor Oak Park West) - Lost cat- we have an indoor/outdoor cat named Cookie.
She gets out of her collar but is microchipped. We live on Jacobs Court. She did not come back this evening. She is very friendly . . If you have… (Nextdoor Morrison Sutton Valley)
- R.R. Donnelley posted a job opening for Material Handler 1 in Westlake Village. Apply here.
- Kroger posted a job opening for Courtesy Clerk/Grocery Bagger in Westlake Village. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Park here.
🗞 Nearby News
Agoura Hills
- QualityStocksNewsBreaks – Oncotelic Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: OTLC) Reports FY 2025 Net Income of $249 Million (qualitystocks.com)
- LA Daily News high school baseball Top 10 rankings, April 13 (usa-today-news.com)
- Turning wastewater into drinking water: Construction starts on cutting edge Conejo Valley project (kclu.org)
Simi Valley
- A look inside Camarillo boys volleyball team's dominant season (vcstar.com)
- Axion Communications Launches Automated Client Engagement Tool (channelvisionmag.com)
- Man arrested in Simi after being lured by vigilantes posing as girl (vcstar.com)
Santa Monica
- Ocean Bacteria Warning Issued For 2 Santa Monica Areas (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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