The Conejo’s newest, best-kept secret breakfast spot isn’t a swanky locale in the up-and-coming downtown district of Thousand Oaks. It’s not a trendy hole-in-the-wall joint only the hipsters know about.

It’s the cafe at the Goebel Adult Community Center on Janss Road.

The cafe is open to the public nearly all morning, 8:30 to 11 a.m., Monday through Friday and offers entrees that are all $5 or under.

It hasn’t always been easy, and it hasn’t always been popular, but Conejo Rec and Park District’s effort to reduce its reliance on water has been unequivocally effective.

Today, the special district is using 60 million gallons less water per year than it used in 2008, which equals a savings of around $450,000. The Calleguas Municipal Water District, which serves much of Ventura County, has pegged CRPD the “poster child” of conservation in the region.

Dee Pearson is an expert at keeping her head above water.

The Thousand Oaks native started working as a lifeguard for the Conejo Recreation and Park District in 1982. She was a seasonal hire who spent the summer policing the pool at Thousand Oaks High School.

The Arroyo Conejo may soon be water under the bridge.

On Jan. 4, Conejo Recreation and Park District board members approved the use of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds to construct a bridge over the ancient creek bed that would allow trail and authorized vehicle access to Wildwood Regional Park from the Conejo Canyons Open Space area to the west.