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Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, part of the Greater Los Angeles Area in the United States. Thousand Oaks is located approximately 35 miles from Downtown Los Angeles and is also less than 15 miles from the Los Angeles City Limits ( Woodland Hills). It was named after the many oak trees that graced the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak.

The city forms the most populated part of a regional area called the Conejo Valley, which includes Thousand Oaks proper, Newbury Park, Westlake Village,Agoura Hills, and Oak Park. The Los Angeles County/Ventura County line crosses at the western city limits of Westlake Village. The population was estimated to be 128,374 in 2012,[2] up from 126,683 at the 2010 census.

Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park were part of a master planned city, created by the Janss Investment Company in the mid-1950s. It included about 1,000 custom home lots, 2,000 single-family residences, a regional shopping center, 200-acre (0.81 km2) industrial park and several neighborhood shopping centers. The median home price is around $673,000.[3] It is located in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. In 2006, the city was named one ofMoney magazine's Best Places to Live.[4]

In 2013, a survey by the AllProudAmericans.com page places Thousand Oaks in the top 10 richest cities to live.[5]

In the 2010 Census, the percentage of households with high income: 9.7 percent. Thousand Oaks ranks 7th place (2nd in California) in the top 10 list of the wealthiest cities with over 100,000 residents. That represents an annual household income of at least $191,469.[13]

Thousand Oaks is among the safest large cities in the nation. The city consistently ranks within the top 10 safest large cities (population between 100,000 and 499,999) in the United States in annual surveys, the main competition being nearby Simi Valley.[14]

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Education

Thousand Oaks is served by the Conejo Valley Unified School District. It includes numerous elementary schools, Colina Middle School, Redwood Middle School, Los Cerritos Middle School. The high schools of the area include Thousand Oaks High School, Newbury Park High School, and Westlake High School. Also part of the school district are Sycamore Canyon Middle School and Sequoia Middle School, located in Newbury Park. Oaks Christian High School, while located immediately outside of Ventura County, matriculates numerous students from the county. La Reina High School is a private Roman Catholic, all-girls junior/senior high school. California Lutheran University is located in Thousand Oaks.

The Thousand Oaks Library system is consistently ranked as one of the best public libraries in California.[21] The library consists of the Grant R. Brimhall Library in Thousand Oaks and the Newbury Park Branch Library in Newbury Park.[22] A 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) children's library was added to the existing 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m2) main building in June 2006. The children's library expansion resulted in an improved children's services area, a 3800-gallon, salt-water aquarium; quiet study rooms; a technology training room; a children's programming room; and additional seating and shelving capacity for both the children's services area and adult services area. Both the main library and Newbury Park Branch offer free wireless Internet access.[23]

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Local Interests

  • Conejo Valley Botanical Garden
  • Dawn's Peak, locally known as Tarantula Hill, the highest point in the Conejo Valley
  • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center
  • American Radio Archive
  • The Oaks Shopping Center
  • Stagecoach Inn
  • California Lutheran University
  • Wildwood Regional Park
  • Fort Wildwood Park


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Notable Residents

Notable current and former residents of the Thousand Oaks area include:
  • Robert Altman, Hollywood director
  • John Alvin, veteran stage, film, television actor
  • Bryan Anderson, Major League Baseball catcher in the Chicago White Sox[28]
  • Sparky Anderson, Baseball Hall of Fame manager[29]
  • Eve Arden, actress
  • Frankie Avalon, actor and singer
  • George Ball, actor, Broadway theatre performer
  • Dennis Blair, comedian and longtime opening act for George Carlin
  • Wayne Brady, comedian Whose Line is it Anyway?, host of Let's Make a Deal
  • Walter Brennan, actor
  • Jonathan Brightman, Grammy nominee and founding member of rock group, Buckcherry
  • Aaron Bruno, singer for Awolnation
  • Amanda Bynes, actress, What I Like About You, attended La Reina High School
  • Colbie Caillat, singer, "Bubbly"
  • Colby Cameron, Quarterback, Carolina Panthers
  • Jordan Cameron, Tight End, Cleveland Browns
  • Belinda Carlisle, singer, graduated from Newbury Park High School
  • Richard Carpenter, singer and songwriter. In 2004, Carpenter and wife Mary pledged $3 million to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation in memory of Carpenter's late sister Karen Carpenter.
  • Lacey Chabert, actress in Party of Five and Lost in Space
  • Hailey Clauson, fashion model
  • Iman Crosson, aka "Alphacat" from YouTube, actor/ performer & popular internet personality
  • Yvonne De Carlo, actress, best known portraying Lily Munster in the sitcom The Munsters
  • Frances Dee, actress, wife of actor Joel McCrea
  • Sandra Dee, actress
  • Tony DeFranco, lead singer of "The DeFranco Family"
  • Ellen DeGeneres, television host, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  • Bob Denver, actor, Gilligan's Island
  • Terry Donahue, UCLA football coach
  • Lenny Dykstra, former Major League Baseball player
  • Giselle Fernandez, television news anchor, television co-host, attended Newbury Park High School
  • Megan Fox, actress, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
  • Jamie Foxx, actor and musician, Ray, Collateral
  • Stephen Furst, actor, National Lampoon's Animal House, St. Elsewhere
  • Greg Garrison, television producer, director
  • Gordon Goodwin, musician/composer
  • Don Grady, actor/composer, best known as Robbie Douglas in My Three Sons
  • Wayne Gretzky, NHL hockey player
  • Halifax, pop/punk rock band
  • Scott Hamilton, Olympic ice-skating champion
  • Mariel Hemingway, actress
  • Phil Hendrie, host of The Phil Hendrie Show
  • Marion Jones, track and field, graduated from Thousand Oaks High School
  • Cary Judd, singer, songwriter, author
  • Tom Kelly, songwriter
  • Richard Kind, Voice over artist (Toy Story 3, The Wild), lives here with his family
  • Jack Kirby, comic book artist, co-creator of the X-Men
  • Alan Ladd, actor
  • David Lander, actor, best known for playing "Squiggy" in Laverne & Shirley
  • Robert Sean Leonard, actor, best known for playing "Wilson" in House and "Neil" in Dead Poets Society. Winner of a Tony Award for The Invention of Love. Lives in Thousand Oaks with wife Gabriella Salick who is a Show Jumper.
  • Mike Lieberthal, All Star/Gold Glove major league baseball catcher
  • Anne Lockhart of Battlestar Galactica (daughter of June Lockhart and granddaughter of Gene Lockhart) lives in the area and is very involved in local community theater groups including the Santa Susana Players.
  • Heather Locklear, actress in Dynasty and Melrose Place, graduated from Newbury Park High School
  • Sophia Loren, actress, once owned a ranch in Hidden Valley
  • Virginia Madsen, actress, who has lived in the Newbury Park area
  • Matt Malley, Oscar nominated songwriter and founding member of multi-platinum rock group, Counting Crows
  • Dean Martin, singer, film actor, member of the Rat Pack
  • Ed Masry, former member of the city's council, attorney and activist. Masry achieved recognition beyond his own community when Albert Finney portrayed him opposite Julia Roberts in the 2000 Academy Award-winning film, Erin Brockovich.
  • Virginia Mayo, actress
  • Amanda McBroom, Broadway performer (who wrote Bette Midler's hit single, "The Rose")
  • Tom McClintock, politician
  • Joel McCrea, actor, owned 3,000 acres (12 km2) in the area with wife Frances Dee
  • David Mikkelson, founder of snopes.com, graduated 1978 from Thousand Oaks High School
  • Kevin Mitnick, hacker
  • Jenny Mollen, lives here with husband Jason Biggs
  • Joe Montana, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback
  • Colin Mortensen, cast member on MTV's The Real World
  • Heather Morris, actress in television series Glee
  • Tahj Mowry, actor, attended Westlake High School
  • Tia Mowry, actress
  • Angelo Mozilo, former CEO of Countrywide Financial
  • David H. Murdock, chairman of the Dole Food Company
  • Chance Myers, professional soccer player with the Kansas City Wizards
  • Ted L. Nancy, author of the Letters from a Nut series
  • Robert D. Nesen, served as United States Ambassador to Australia from 1981 to 1985.
  • Terri Nunn, lead singer of Berlin, 1980s Billboard top ten group
  • Trey Parker, South Park co-creator, lives in Thousand Oaks
  • Brad Penny, pitcher for the Major League Baseball team, San Francisco Giants
  • Jeffrey Perkins, Academy Award winning re-recording sound mixer/Dances With Wolves
  • Bradley Steven Perry, actor
  • Slim Pickens, actor
  • Pat Priest, actress, aka (Patricia Priest) best known for portraying Marilyn Munster in the sitcom The Munsters (1964–1966)
  • Sam Querrey, professional tennis player, graduated 2006 from Thousand Oaks High School
  • Mel Renfro, NFL Dallas Cowboys football player
  • Denise Richards, actress
  • Roy Rogers, actor
  • Robert Roldan, dancer and contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
  • Mickey Rooney, actor
  • Portia de Rossi, actress
  • Bill Roy, former Olympian and world champion skeet shooter
  • Kurt Russell, actor, son of actor Bing Russell, was raised in the conejo valley, graduated from Thousand Oaks High School; Bing Russell died in Thousand Oaks in 2003.
  • Richie Sambora, musician, songwriter
  • Lucy Saroyan, was an Armenian American actress and photographer
  • Mike Scioscia, former MLB catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, current MLB manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  • George C. Scott, actor
  • Tom Selleck, actor (Magnum, P.I.)
  • Artie Shaw, composer, bandleader
  • Jada Pinkett Smith, actress, wife of Will Smith
  • Jaden Smith, child actor, singer, son of Will Smith
  • Will Smith, actor/comedian, Men in Black, Enemy of the State
  • Willow Smith, singer, daughter of Will Smith
  • Britney Spears, singer
  • Tori Spelling, actress
  • Sylvester Stallone, actor
  • Mabel Stark, the late "world's only tiger lady trainer" appeared on What's My Line, promoting Jungleland
  • Hailee Steinfeld, actress
  • Donna Summer, singer
  • Abby Sunderland, yachtswoman, attempted a solo global circumnavigation, would have been the youngest ever had she been successful
  • Zac Sunderland, yachtsman, at arrival 2009 the youngest sailor to do a solo global circumnavigation
  • Will Svitek, Offensive Tackle, New England Patriots
  • Frankie Valli, singer
  • Lyle Waggoner, actor, The Carol Burnett Show
  • Robert Wagner, actor
  • Patrick Warburton, actor
  • Richard Widmark, actor
  • Larry Wilcox, actor, television series CHiPs
  • Cory Williams, aka "Mr. Safety", popular internet personality / TV show host
  • Jack Wilson, current MLB shortstop for the Atlanta Braves
  • Lana Wood, actress, producer
  • Natalie Wood, actress
  • Tiger Woods, PGA professional golfer
  • Christian Yelich, current MLB outfielder for the Miami Marlins
  • Kelly McGillis, actress, grew up in the Conejo Valley

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