Newspapers April 9, 2015

The Acorn
Aj#il 9, 1015
Are city streets
too.soggy?
Thousand Oaks Boulevard is a
main artery through th~ communities of Agoura Hills, Westlake
Village and Thousand Oaks. But
why haven't we stopped the overwatering of the grass islands that
run through our towns?
The new YMCA project ~t
T.O. BQulevl\_rd and l,.,indere
Canyon Ro~ · watel's· the ·mangroomed natural hillside during
the heat of the day. This is not
acceptable any longer. We are in
a' serious drought
~ Let us aU be responsible in our
.tiomes, in our yards, when we are
out to eat and at our workplace.
Make every drop count.
Diane Miraglia
Westlake Village
» Thursday, April 9, 2015 )I
Haggen
reveals
opening
dates
• Food chain ·
converting
9,local stores
By SUphan .. Hoops
[email protected]
805·417·0265
The Washington statebased supermarket chain
Haggen, which bought and
is in the ~rocess of con·
verting wne local Vo!!s
and Albertsons stores to its
name, has released a list of
dates for the changeover.
The company earlier reported the Albertsons on·
Telegraph Road in Ventura
would be the fir.;t local store.
converting to Hnggco (pro·
oounccd hay-gm\) an.d that
it would happen :April 13.
That bas since changed.
The first St.o!'Cs to trans·
form wfilbelheAlbertsons
at 17-36 Avenida De ·Los
Arboles in Thousand Oaks
and the Albertsons at
Lindero Canyon Road in
Westinkc Yillsge.· Both
stores will change Apdl 21.
The plan is for sto.i:es to
close two days before reopening under I.be Haggen
nnme. Both Albcrtsons
5tor~s will dose at 6 P·D!·
Apdl 19. At 12:01 :i.m. Apnl
20 Haggen willlake owncrshlp and begin makini; ~ts
changes. The · stores ;will
mo
SM HA6G!M. IA
CONVERSIONS
• AlbcrtsOllS. 5770 Uitdero
canyon Rollll, 11/estlake
vmaoe :.. Apr1121•
• A1btrtsons. 1736
twen\da DeLos Alboles.
Thousaofl.Q.1ks - April 21"
• A111«tsons. Sll5 E.Los
AngelesAYe .• SlmlV11lle\' APrll1.l"
• Albertsons. 2801l
cochran.st., Slml V61ley, -
Aprll1.l'
• Albertsons. 2~00 Las
PoSilS Road. camartlio Aprll24
• vons,660E.LM
Angeles Ave., SlmlV&UeyApr\l 2S'
• Albcrtsons,920 N.
Ventura Road, OXfl,\rd Jime6
• Albertsons, 7BOO
Telegraph Road, ventura 'Jilile16
• Vons, 2100 Newbury
Road, Newtiury Parll June 28
'510m w.th~cle!lll•t
wlllrt o111ft01>rodilflog1ilo
corivt<sloo
HAGGEN
from BA
~reopen the afternoon of
/ April 21. Phar.maclcs at
thosetwostoreswill·mnain
opendurlrigtheconversion.
Haggen l'a.cific South·
wes.1 .GE.O BUl.$.llllner in-
dicated that ·;cbedullng
for store conversions Is In
a state ofllux.
He said the company
has 146 stores to hMdle
and "we may.need to ad·
just the time line or chnnge
store conversion dlltes to
address any Issues that
arlse, includlnl! licensing
or permitting; city, county,
state regulations; systems
issues; 11.11d so on. Our goal
T HE
s TAR
is to have as smooth a trllD·
sitlon us possible."
Haggen has begun In·
stalling Its b11Dners and •
merchandise at some
of the other stores it ac·
qulred In December,
which are in Arizona, Cali·
fornia, Nevada, Oregon
and Washington.
An Albemons in Monroe, Washington; on Feb.
12 became the .lint store
to change.
·
Jntcrlor and exte.rior
signage will change et
all locations.' ·
Hagg•m prides itsel(
on being a leader In the
movement to buy from
local sources and plans
to =ounce regional ond
local distributors.
c.otlT -.ato·no~
Haggen. wlllch Is based In Bellingham, Washington. Is acqulr·
Ing 14& stores. lncludlnu several Vons and Albertsons stores
In venlura county. The plan Is for stores to close two days
before rnopenln9 under the Haggen name. Interior and el<hlrlor
iJgnage wUI change at aU locations.
YHSTLAKI VILLAGI
Teens can learn
Chinese calltlraphy
The Westlake Village
Library will present a
class on Chinese ·calligraphy from 11 a.m. to noon at
31220 08.k Crest Driv;e. ·
Youths·
12_.17 are.invited to the free class led by
artist Barbara WQng.
Visit
http://www.
colapublib org 'o r call
818-865-9230 for me.re
. i,nformation.
ages
. ,..f.he-Acorn
Librar.y book sale
• On Sat, April 11, the County
of Los Angeles Public Library
system will have a used book sale
at all its branches that are open
on Saturdays, including Agoura
Hills at 2990 I Ladyface Court
and Westlake Village, 312-20 Oak
Crest Drive.
All proceed~ will be used to
benefit the community libraries
of the CLAPL.
This "Bo.oks! Books! Bo_oks!"
ev~nt coincides-with National Library Week, April 12 thr,Q1,1gb 19.
--For more ~information, visit
www,colapublib.org or call (562)
940-8403.
· Sund:~y; April 1'2:
· · 10 a.m .. to 4 p.-m.
Proceeds from the Street Festival will
benefit local chari~ies~ RotaryWLV.org
Thank ·you to our generous sponsors·
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