Brooke Lafferty joins  Branching Out to discuss the subject of her inspiring story in the latest edition of Beyond the Acorn, just released last week. Plus, Acorn sports editor Eliav Appelbaum drops by to share his experience reporting on a beloved local softball coach lost to complications from the coronavirus.

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Branching Out hosts Kyle Jorrey and Ian Bradley discuss the latest development in the Rebecca Grossman saga: the Iskander family civil lawsuits. Filed by the parents of brothers Mark and Jacob Iskander, who were killed in 2020 while in a crosswalk in Westlake Village, the complaints target both Grossman and the man she was allegedly racing with, as well as multiple government agencies the family feel are responsible for not fixing the crosswalk years earlier. Plus, we hear what's next for Ian, who is leaving the Acorn to pursue a career in Nashville.

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With area students returning in droves, Victor Hayek, deputy superintendent for the Conejo Valley Unified School District, sits down with Branching Out to share his life story and talk a little bit about how school funding looks on the heels of Gov.  Newsom's $123-billion budget for education.

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Camarillo Acorn reporter Alex Wilson joins Branching Out to break down some of the biggest stories coming from the other side of the Conejo Grade. Among them: how a rapidly expanding cannabis company plans to turn a Ventura County tomato operation into the  largest marijuana greenhouse in the world. Plus, separating fact from fiction when it comes to rumors about online retail giant Amazon and the Camarillo Airport.

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Branching Out is joined by Timmy Heague, a local entrepreneur who owns and operates two comic book stores, to talk about how the collectibles industry took off during the pandemic and the ups and downs of being a small-business owner. Plus Ian and Kyle update the audience on two COVID-related stories we've been tracking.

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In the second of a two-part series, reporter Dawn Megli talks with former city council candidate Danny Chulack, a local clergy member who only recently came out as gay.

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In the first of a two-part series, Reporter Dawn Megli speaks with Lilly Berry about her journey to becoming a woman. Berry, an army veteran, talks about her youth in the community, her time serving in Iraq, and what life has been like since she began to transition, including how her relationships with her family and her wife have changed, and how those connections have, in some cases, grown stronger.

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Over the course of three hours at last week's Agoura Hills City Council meeting, members of the public shared a variety of opinions about why the city should drop it's recently filed criminal charges against Cronies Sports Grill.

The city  alleges the establishment has created and maintained a public nuisance since the owners chose to disregard county and public health orders last December.

The charges are just the latest challenge facing the eatery--the county has pulled their health permit and they may yet lose their liquor license. The sports grill's owners took to social media to rally their supporters to show up at the most recent meeting and implore the council to drop the case.

An unexpected wrinkle in the story--the public comments may have exposed illegal activity by the city's mayor, whom fellow council members alleged shared sensitive city information with the owners of Cronies.

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On this week's episode Ian sits down with Ray Pearl, the executive director of the California Housing Consortium and a member of the Westlake Village City Council about the state's push to add more housing.

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In honor of Independence Day, Dawn Megli sat down with Thousand Oaks resident and World War Two veteran Len Zerlin. Zerlin, who served in the Air Force, was a tail gunner in a Martin Marauder B-26 on D-Day, one of 36 missions he flew during the war. He was the recipient of both the Bronze and Silver Stars.

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