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The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Awards + Installation event on Friday, Jan. 31 at the Hyatt Regency.
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The Valley Industry Assoction will host a Cocktails & Conversation event with Cameron Smyth on Thursday, Dec. 12, 5:30=7:30 p.m. at Margarita’s Mexican Grill, 23320 Valencia Blvd., Valencia, CA 91355.
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Following an extensive search, the Governing Board of the William S. Hart Union High School District has unanimously selected current Interim Superintendent Dr. Michael Vierra as the new Hart District Superintendent, filling the vacancy created when Mike Kuhlman resigned effective June 30.
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"Christmas Carol: The True Meaning of Christmas" will be performed on stage at the Canyon Theatre Guild on weekends beginning Friday, Nov. 29 thru Monday, Dec. 23 at 24242 Main St., Newhall, CA 91321.
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The California Air Resources Board has approved a $34.94 million incentives funding plan that will continue support ongoing efforts to increase access to medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks, buses and equipment, with a focus on small businesses.
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Preparing to decorate for the holidays? If you come across broken string lights that are no longer usable, instead of tossing in the trash you can now drop them off for recycling at one of the SAFE collection centers
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The nonprofit Raising the Curtain Foundation will host a fundraising event, "Holidayland" with mid-century pop culture expert Charles Phoenix, on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.
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The Santa Clarita City Council will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 26, beginning with a special closed meeting at 5 p.m., followed immediately with open session at 6 p.m.
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The American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Santa Clarita Valley will present its holiday boutique fundraiser, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, at Santa Clarita United Methodist Church, 26640 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.
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California State Parks Office of Historic Preservation has announced it will begin accepting applications for the State Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program at 8 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2025.
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1843 - Rancho Castec (Lebec-Tejon area) granted to French immigrant Jose Covarrubias [ story]
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Due to construction and weather delays, the closure of the exercise staircase at Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350, will be extended through Nov. 28.
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Santa Clarita Ballet's 30th anniversary production of "The Nutcracker" will perform, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
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Registration is underway for the College of the Canyons winter 2025 session, which boasts more than 300 class sections.
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Christmas came early for The Master's University Men's Basketball Head Coach Kelvin Starr.
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Theatre in a Week and Off Book Theatre is back with its holiday one act comedy "Holiday Hijinx" Friday, Dec. 13- Sunday, Dec. 15 at The MAIN in Old Town Newhall.
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The Santa Clarita Master Chorale presents its Silver Bell Jubilee concert Sunday, Dec. 8, 4 p.m. at Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
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The holiday season is just around the corner and it’s one of the most magical times of the year.
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Celebrate this special time of year with the 29th annual Winter Magic Lighted Boat Parade and holiday event Saturday, Dec. 7 at Castaic Lake, Lower Lagoon.
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1967 - Local voters approve formation of community college and elect COC's first five-member board - Dr. William G. Bonelli Jr., Bruce Fortine, Sheila Dyer, Peter Huntsinger, Edward Muhl [ story]
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You can make a difference in a child or teen’s life this holiday season through the Boys and Girls Club of the Santa Clarita Valley. You can volunteer at a club holiday event, host a toy drive, sponsor a club family or make a donation.
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Art, in whatever the medium, can communicate so much. It can inspire imagination, exude peace and calm, or tell the world the stories of a community and a culture or connect on an extremely personal level.
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The city of Santa Clarita invites community members to attend the unveiling of the newest inductees to the Walk of Western Stars.
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Supervisor Kathryn Barger commented on Attorney General Rob Bonta’s announcement that he is pursuing additional monitoring and strengthened protections for youth in Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls.
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Thanks for the warning, because the regularly scheduled business at the VA is less productive than it is during a shutdown! Seriously, with more than 1/2 million Veterans now dying each year (half of all Veterans are now in their 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and even older) and with no new claims accepted during the shutdown, clearly some of those backlogged VA claims are now going to be closed, not because of anything the VA has done, but to the contrary, due to the continuing deaths of aging Veterans while the VA has done nothing to resolve their pending claims, which simply remain in dusty storage for years on end (better described as VA Death Watch Storage.)
It is a shame to see the media continually accept the slight of hand manipulation by the VA and Congress, touting a phantom reduction of the VA backlog! When in truth, the manner in which the VA takes credit for initially processing a claim, is by denying 70 percent of all claims (which Veterans describe as rubber stamp denials) and then tell the media and the public what a great job they have been doing, with another hand-out for more raises, bonuses and budget increases.
Next, comes the hidden backlog, but even worse and more disgraceful than the backlog of VA claims the public already knows about. Once the VA denies most of those claims, those claims then become Appeals (or pre-appeals with requests for a reconsideration of the denied decision.) Once a Veteran receives an initial denial of their claim (which the overwhelming majority of VA claimants do) and at this point, it is rare for any claim to be resolved (favorably or unfavorably) in less than 5 years and often not for more than 10 years, which in no other terms, is a disgraceful but real fact that best illustrates just how unproductive and dysfunctional the VA actually is!
Considering the average age of Veterans is nearly 60 years of age and the shell game the VA is playing by denying claims in mass to achieve a perceived reduction of the claims backlog, it has now become statistically far more likely a Veteran will die before ever having the VA actually resolve their claim and sadly, the VA doesn’t even know how many Veterans among their claimants are now deceased, as their dusty claim folders sit in VA storage untouched for years, supposedly being prepared for an appeal.
When oh when will the press tell the public the true story behind the VA claims backlog, but more importantly, when will we elect a Congress with enough backbone to actually do something about it!
Crawford_Tampa,
Thank you for telling exactly what is going on at the VA. The VA executives (Shinseki and others), the VA lawyers, and the VA claims adjusters are greedy, over-paid, over-compensated, and under-worked individuals. Why would these VA employees care about our wounded, sick and dying veterans, they are living high off our tax money. They do not have to worry about medical insurance or anything. As government employees (much like the President, Congressmen, Senators, and etc.), these VA employees have the very BEST COMPLETE FAMILY MEDICAL COVERAGE anywhere in the world. They pay NOTHING OUT OF THEIR POCKETS. We TAXPAYERS PAY FOR EVERYTHING!
Somebody better STOP THIS! Treating our American SOLDIER VETERANS like animals, making them BEG FOR MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION is a DISHONORABLE DISGRACE to our nation!