Coming AttractionIt may not look like much...

Coming Attraction

It may not look like much yet. But the Santa Susana magnet high school in Simi Valley is geared up and ready to launch its inaugural school year (B1). . . . The high school, the first of its kind in Ventura County, will emphasize performing arts and technology. . . . “If we follow the other magnet schools we’ve visited, we’ll probably have a waiting list in the next two years, if not next year,” said Judy Cannings, magnet coordinator for the Simi Valley district.

Latin Rhythms

Members of Oxnard-based Ballet Folklorico Mexicapan stomped and twirled Sunday at the Ventura County Fair (B1), one of many acts designed to tap the Latino market. . . . “It’s been that way for several years,” fair spokeswoman Teri Raley said. “We’ve for at least a dozen years had the whole grounds dedicated to a Fiesta Day celebration.”

National Champs

The Thousand Oaks Little League All-Stars returned home Sunday as the top team in America (B1). So why all the long faces? They wanted to be the best in the world. . . . The team lost 4-2 Saturday to a team from Maracaibo, Venezuela. . . . But that mattered little to boosters who greeted the Little Leaguers at the airport. “As I told the boys, ‘You have nothing to be ashamed of,’ ” said Cathy Frazier, above, greeting husband Craig, one of the team’s two coaches.

Funny Pages

Brad Sherman, a Democratic candidate for Congress in a district that includes most of Thousand Oaks, has drawn the ire of some famous cartoonists (B6). . . . The artists say that Sherman and others on the State Board of Equalization are penalizing many in their ranks by calling for a tax on certain illustrations. . . . They are taking aim at the candidate on a World Wide Web site on the Internet. “Sherman is an easy target,” Woodland Hills artist Daryl Cagle said. “He’s running for Congress in a district which probably has more cartoonists than any other in the country.”