Support The Annual Rishko Memorial Turkey Bowl

The seventh annual Shawn Rishko Memorial Turkey Bowl will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, Thurs., Nov. 28, at the Oak Park High School football field,899 N. Kanan Road, Oak Park.

The Turkey Bowl is a community event in which former athletes from Oak Park High compete with each other in a flag football tournament. A trophy in memory of Shawn Rishko will be awarded to the top team.

Shawn, a 2002 OPHS graduate, played in the Turkey Bowl until he lost his life to depression at age 22.  His mother, Norine, works at Prudential California Realty as a transaction coordinator, and has rallied the agents together in support of the organization.  Throughout Prudential California Realty's 5 Ventura County offices, you will find raffle tickets for sale, and items for donation to the cause.

Norine Rishko, center, with founding Turkey Bowl members Monte McNair and Matt Koller (right) 

This event will benefit the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance Conejo Valley. DBSA has support meetings for teens and young adults from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at The Church of Epiphany, Room 6, Mitchel Hall, 5450 Churchwood Drive, Oak Park.

For meeting details, call Rachel Comer at (818) 601-7767 or email dbsaconejovalley@gmail.com.

Prudential California Realty evaluating name change option

Prudential California Realty could eventually become a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices affiliate, a switch that could change the face of real estate in Ventura County.

For now, the company’s five Ventura County offices owned by Bob Majorino will continue to operate under the Prudential California Realty brand.  “We are very proud of the Prudential name, and have loved the advantage of a 98% brand name recognition among consumers,” Majorino says.

Prudential affiliates that meet a production criteria have the option to join the Berkshire Hathaway franchise, according to Prudential California Realty Broker/Owner Bob Majorino.  With a decade left on his Prudential franchise, Majorino is comfortable with his position of not being pressured to make the conversion, giving the company time to watch how the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices brand evolves. 

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices is the new real estate brokerage network operated by Irvine, Calif.-based HSF Affiliates LLC. It’s among the few organizations entrusted to use the name of its parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the conglomerate controlled by Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett.

Besides Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, HSF operates the Prudential Real Estate and Real Living Real Estate franchise networks. But Prudential franchises are not being renewed as they expire, Majorino says.

“To think about the opportunity to get on that ship (one with Buffett behind it) looks more than promising.  It could be an exciting venture for us,” Majorino says.  He expects to have more clarity about his office’s direction in the upcoming months.  “For now, it is business as usual as we evaluate all our options.”