Editing Thousand Oaks, California (section)

===Modern history===
[[File:ThousandOaksAerial.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Thousand Oaks, southward view]]
Thousand Oaks is encouraging [[Mixed-use development|mixed-use retail and housing development]] along the downtown portion of [[Thousand Oaks Boulevard]].<ref name="VCS 20160614">{{cite news |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/conejo-valley/thousand-oaks-commission-backs-plan-for-more-housing-on-main-thoroughfare-3533503e-0331-62fa-e053-01-382894211.html |title=Thousand Oaks commission backs plan for more housing on main thoroughfare |first=Wendy |last=Leung |newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]] |date=June 14, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615111952/http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/conejo-valley/thousand-oaks-commission-backs-plan-for-more-housing-on-main-thoroughfare-3533503e-0331-62fa-e053-01-382894211.html |archive-date=June 15, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="VCS 20160713">{{cite news |title=Thousand Oaks council adjusts boulevard plan, names interim city manager |newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]] |first=Amanda |last=Covarrubias |date=July 12, 2016 |access-date=July 13, 2016 |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/conejo-valley/thousand-oaks-council-adjusts-boulevard-plan-names-interim-city-manager-3778005f-0774-222a-e053-0100-386573721.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714151631/http://www.vcstar.com/news/local/conejo-valley/thousand-oaks-council-adjusts-boulevard-plan-names-interim-city-manager-3778005f-0774-222a-e053-0100-386573721.html |archive-date=July 14, 2016 }}</ref> The city is built-out within the confines of the Conejo Valley and has adopted a [[smart growth]] strategy as there is no room for the [[Urban sprawl|sprawling suburban growth]] the city is known for.<ref>McGrath, Rachel (October 16, 2014) [http://www.vcstar.com/news/price-of-paradise/thousand-oaks-council-oks-los-feliz-apartments_02952692 "Thousand Oaks council OKs Los Feliz apartments"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018072428/http://www.vcstar.com/news/price-of-paradise/thousand-oaks-council-oks-los-feliz-apartments_02952692 |date=October 18, 2014 }} ''[[Ventura County Star]]''</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=The Star Editorial Board |date=June 24, 2022 |title=Editorial: What Thousand Oaks learned from Kmart |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/06/24/editorial-what-thousand-oaks-learned-kmart/7724589001/ |access-date=June 29, 2022 |newspaper=Ventura County Star}}</ref>

Increased development in Moorpark and Simi Valley in the late 1990s and early 2000s caused the [[California State Route 23|Moorpark Freeway (Highway 23)]] to become heavily congested during both morning and afternoon rush hours. A major widening project began in 2008.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}

On March 30, 2016, [[California Lutheran University]] and the NFL Rams team reached an agreement that allowed the team to have regular season training operations at CLU's campus in Thousand Oaks for the next two years. The Rams paid for two practice fields, paved parking, and modular buildings constructed on the northwestern corner of the campus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/LA-Rams-training-moving-to-Cal-Lutheran/c0cd7402-d587-4c87-9ac1-5754557429dd|title=L.A. Rams training moving to Cal Lutheran|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401144546/http://www.therams.com/news-and-events/article-1/LA-Rams-training-moving-to-Cal-Lutheran/c0cd7402-d587-4c87-9ac1-5754557429dd|archive-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/rams-choose-cal-lutheran-for-temporary-training-site-0ap3000000648936|title=Rams choose Cal Lutheran for temporary training site|publisher=National Football League|access-date=September 4, 2019}}</ref>

On November 7, 2018, a lone gunman killed 12 people [[Thousand Oaks shooting|in a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Del Real|first1=Jose A.|last2=Mullany|first2=Gerry|last3=Goldman|first3=Russell|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/shooting-california-thousand-oaks.html|title=Gunman Kills at Least 12 at Thousand Oaks Bar|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 2018|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.com/proposed-borderline-shooting-memorial-design-set-to-be-unveiled-before-thousand-oaks-city-council|title=Borderline shooting memorial design set to be unveiled before Thousand Oaks City Council|last=Gazzar|first=Brenda|date=June 25, 2019|newspaper=Daily News|access-date=June 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2019/07/06/borderline-owner-hynes-has-up-and-downs-never-get-over-shooting-thousand-oaks/1620838001/|title=Borderline co-owner Hynes has ups and downs, doesn't think he'll get over Nov. 7 shooting|last=Harris|first=Mike|date=July 6, 2019|newspaper=[[Ventura County Star]]|access-date=July 7, 2019}}</ref> Days later, the [[Woolsey Fire]] threatened the community, burning homes across Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. The fire continued most of November, charring almost 100,000 acres and destroying nearly 400 structures in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-12 |title=Woolsey Fire Incident Update {{!}} Los Angeles County Fire Department |work=Los Angeles County Fire Department |url=https://www.fire.lacounty.gov/woolsey-fire-incident/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112231819/https://www.fire.lacounty.gov/woolsey-fire-incident/ |archive-date=November 12, 2018 }}</ref>

{{wide image|Panoramic-panorama-view-of-thousand-oaks.jpg|825px|Western Thousand Oaks as seen from atop [[Tarantula Hill]].}}