The Conejo Recreation and Park District has pledged $11.4 million toward improving local parks in the next year.

Approved in June, CRPD’s capital improvement budget for fiscal year 2017-18 includes funds for several different projects, most notably, Sapwi Trails, the final community park remaining in the district’s master plan. A separate $21.6-million operating budget was also approved in June.

T.O.’s Chumash museum makes dramatic turnaround.

The Chumash Indian Museum is thriving again after a brief closure late last year to save the failing operation, according to members of the museum’s board.

“Thwack!”

The sound of the hard-hit pickleball was heard all the way to Westlake.

“Those guys are pretty big,” said a spectator to no one in particular, as she stared in awe at the size of Andrew Mooney and Tom Hare, a quarter-ton of sculpted physiques between them (yes, I’m referring to myself in the third person).

Thousand Oaks is a city known for open spaces. And it’s not by accident.

Established in 1977, the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency was formed by an agreement between the City of Thousand Oaks and the Conejo Recreation and Park District. Its mission: to save natural lands and protect them from development.