Week in Review: Tough Times for the Sheriff's Station

The Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station has seen better days.

Within the last week, one of its own deputies filed a lawsuit against the LA County Sheriff's Department alleging that he was passed him up for promotions after arresting Mel Gibson in 2006 on suspicion of drunk driving.

Later that week, the station announced that its annual open house had to be canceled due to a lack of funding to pay deputies and other specially trained employees to be present at the event.

Check out those stories and read about everything else that went down in town this week.

MONDAY

The week began with a spotlight on

That was followed by

We wrapped things up for the day with our video coverage of a fall fashion show at The Commons.

TUESDAY

Our new blog, About Town, made its debut. In it, April MacIntyre talked about the downside of having celebrity neighbors. About Town will be updated at least twice a day during the week.

Up next was a profile on resident

In the second About Town piece for the day, MacIntyre talked about her experience at the fall fashion show and her search for the "Calabasas look."

And in her weekly real estate column, Tracey Thomas wrote about the significance of the local home market versus the happenings on Wall Street.

WEDNESDAY

We brought you an article on the

In About Town, MacIntyre shared her support for a Las Virgenes Unified effort to earmark $1 from the bill of each Las Virgenes Municipal Water District customer for the school district.

Camp Mommy columnist Stephanie Frey listed some of her favorite parks in town.

We also posted a piece on what effect local officials believe proposed paparazzi legislation would have on Calabasas.

In the last About Town for the day, MacIntyre talked about how the Bark Park needs to be split into separate areas: one for more aggressive dogs and another for meek dogs.

THURSDAY

The day began with a story that previewed the Calabasas High football team's season.

MacIntyre posted a

Calabasas resident Britney Spears

Our biweekly police blotter detailed some of the most notable burglaries from the past several weeks.

About Town brought the day to an end as MacIntyre talked about the 

FRIDAY

The deputy who arrested Mel Gibson in 2006 on suspicion of drunk driving

Up next, we previewed the new football season for the Viewpoint School Patriots.

And the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station announced that it had canceled its Sept. 25 open house due to budget cuts.

SATURDAY

The weekend started off with our coverage of the Coyotes' 17-7 victory over Granada Hills in the football season opener.

In Hiking Calabasas, we spotlighted the