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Hey hey Moorpark! Your one-stop source for local news is here. Continue reading for all the updates. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What the demolition at Moorpark's old City Hall means for the site
  • When you can see Moorpark College's new bilingual 'Our Town'
  • CHP Moorpark Area tracks down suspect in fatal hit-and-run

Also on today's calendar: Canine Adoption & Rescue League 26th Annual Pooch Parade and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the tractor say to the plow? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 85, low: 57.
  • Monday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 85 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Out with the old (mpacorn.com) — Moorpark's City Council has approved a $127,741 contract to demolish obsolete modular buildings at 799 Moorpark Avenue, part of the old City Hall campus. Work is expected in October, with dust-control measures and hydroseeding planned as the city advances its long-term Civic Center Master Plan for the 14.6-acre site.
   

• Moorpark College to present bilingual production of 'Our Town' (simivalleyacorn.com) — Moorpark residents can catch a bilingual English-Spanish production of "Our Town" at Moorpark College's Performing Arts Center from Oct. 8-18, with evening and matinee shows plus free weekday matinees for high school students. Tickets are discounted for students and seniors, and online buyers get an extra break as part of the college's 60th anniversary celebration.
   

• Simi Valley man arrested in fatal Santa Rosa Valley hit-and-run (simivalleyacorn.com) — CHP investigators from the Moorpark Area have arrested a 70-year-old Simi Valley man in connection with a June hit-and-run that killed a Camarillo resident on Santa Rosa Road. The suspect was booked on felony hit-and-run, later released on bail, and officers are still asking anyone with additional information to contact the CHP Ventura Communications Center.
   

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  • See images of Newbury Park football's win over rival Thousand Oaks (vcstar.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hold me close John Deere. (Thank you Jenny H. for sending it in!)
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