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Scott Steepleton

Camarillo, Santa Barbara

News Reporter at The Acorn

Editor of the Camarillo and Moorpark Acorn newspapers. Opinions are mine. Email story tips to [email protected].

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  • 1 week ago | theacorn.com | Scott Steepleton

    Some of the best high school athletes from Southern California competed in a track meet over Memorial Day weekend at Moorpark High School. But the heated action also took place off the field when the mother of an athlete born a boy but who competes as a girl—and who crushed the competition in the preliminaries—was confronted by angry parents who say competitive female athletes of California are being robbed of wins by physically dominant trans athletes.

  • 2 weeks ago | thecamarilloacorn.com | Scott Steepleton

    For generations, the most engaging and interactive thing inside the classroom was the teacher. YouTube is challenging that—and some Pleasant Valley School District parents are fed up. They have formed a group calling for limiting YouTube use during school, and the May 15 district board meeting, a couple parents and a teenager shared concerns about the amount of time students spend on the video sharing platform, what they are exposed to and how that can affect a young mind.

  • 2 weeks ago | thecamarilloacorn.com | Scott Steepleton

    Camarillo is the latest entity to approve limits on adult access to children’s areas in its libraries. On April 23, the City Council, acting as the library board, was presented with what city staff called “a more proactive approach to safety in these spaces to ensure that the spaces are being utilized by the people and the use for which they are intended.”The move was not prompted by any specific incident.

  • 3 weeks ago | mpacorn.com | Scott Steepleton

    Talk about poking the bear. Since the start of the pandemic, Pat Mike and her husband, Joe, have been bringing smiles to the faces of young and old with an ever-growing collection of teddy bears and other stuffed animals they display in their front yard at Appian Way and Fenmore Street.

  • 3 weeks ago | mpacorn.com | Scott Steepleton

    High School track athletes and their coaches have much to celebrate this season. At the CIF Southern Section Division 2 preliminaries May 10 in Ontario, the boys 4×100 relay team broke the previous school record of 42.01, set in 2009, with a time of 41.92.

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21 Apr 25

Father Tom Elewaut, pastor of Mission Basilica San Buenaventura—from which stem all parishes in Ventura County—talked to me about the death of Pope Francis and what happens next. #acornnewspapers #PapaFrancesco #pope #popefrancisdeath https://t.co/RaDaqGKs1k

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20 Apr 25

That wasn’t supposed to happen. A driver slammed into a planter box, which struck the front window at Rolling Pin Donuts. No one injured. But shop closed. This image is from a video posted to Rolling Pin’s Instagram. #camarillo https://t.co/Rt5qMf0tHP

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10 Apr 25

A judge today determined that Zarbab Ali, of Hawthorne, should stand trial for first-degree murder in the killing of his estranged wife, Simi Valley resident Rachel Castillo. #breakingnews