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Hello Auto Group has announced its partnership with the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative for the second annual Military Spouse Appreciation Event. This event, dedicated to honoring military spouses, will take place on Military Spouse Appreciation Day Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Anthony Vince Nail Spa at 24250 Town Center Drive #140, Valencia, CA 91355.
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The Santa Clarita Artists Association has announced the 2024 scholarship award recipients. These deserving individuals have shown excellence in their high school art education and shared their plans to continue their artistic endeavors.
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The Valley Industry Association of Santa Clarita is set to ignite innovation and transformation with its VIA Workforce Development Conference 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Thursday, May 16. Jorge Marquez, chairman of the Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board, has been added to the list of speakers appearing at the event. He will serve as the opening speaker at the conference.
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The city of Santaw Clarita will host the Free To Be Me Festival for its third year at an exciting new location. On Sunday, May 5, from noon to 3 p.m., celebrate Santa Clarita’s special needs communities and their families at West Creek Park, 24247 Village Circle Drive, Valencia, CA 91354.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity and its regional partners have held the first of several upcoming rapid response events to urgently connect soon-to-be laid off local workers, impacted by the recent bankruptcy and closure of dozens of local 99 Cents Only Stores, to critical workforce services.
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Youth in Los Angeles County foster care as young as 13 can open their own checking and savings accounts without an adult co-owner through the Youth Access Banking program.
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The Santa Clarita City Council will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, April 23 at 6 p.m. The council will meet at City Hall, City Council Chambers, Items on the agenda include: Measure H funding, awarding construction contracts for traffic improvements and updating criteria for speed hump installation or removal.
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Visit Vasquez Rock Natural Area and Nature Center for a Day at The Rocks, a family fun event and tribal celebration of the Village of Mapipinga. A Day at The Rocks will be held Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Princess Cruises, headquartered in Valencia, and ship builder Fincantieri of Monfalcone, Italy have announced the mutual decision to postpone the delivery of the next Sphere Class ship, Star Princess.
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The Master's University men's golf team shot a 13-under 275 to finish second at the Golden State Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships held at Briarwood Country Club in Sun City West, Ariz.
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Join local nonprofit Project Sebastian for an exhilarating day of racing and community support at its Rare Warrior 24 race on Saturday, June 1, at Heritage Park in the heart of Santa Clarita.
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Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station Station deputies will be taking part in the “DEA National Drug Take Back Day,” Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in front of the SCV Sheriff’s Station, located at 26201 Golden Valley Road.
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The College of the Canyons Center for Civic and Community Engagement—in collaboration with COC’s Golden Z Club—invites the community to attend the Nonprofit Community Resource Fair on Tuesday, April 30.
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College of the Canyons made quick work of visiting L.A. Valley College in a shortened 11-3 home victory that came on a day in which the program unveiled its newly named Michele Jenkins Softball Team Room during a pre-game dedication ceremony.
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For aspiring scientists at The Master’s University, taking up a student research project is no small commitment.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents not to use a Vietnamese herbal ointment called “Cao Bôi Trĩ Cây Thầu Dầu” (Castor Oil Hemorrhoid Extract) because it contains lead and can be fatal.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond hosted a California Apprenticeship Summit Wednesday to raise awareness of apprenticeship opportunities and career technical education pathways that connect California’s youth to high-wage, high-growth career opportunities.
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College of the Canyons student-athletes Nichole Muro (softball) and Angelo Aleman (baseball) have been named the COC Athletic Department's Women's and Men's Student-Athletes of the Week for the period running April 8-13.
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California State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Wednesday his bill improving transparency between parents and schools’ sexual education curricula passed out of the Senate Education Committee.
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The 76.6-mile-long Antelope Valley Line has the third-highest ridership in Metrolink’s system with an estimated average of 9,000 passengers daily. However, the uneven terrain and single-tracking along the line in some areas forces trains to travel at a slower speed which results in an estimated travel time of approximately one hour between Santa Clarita and Union Station.
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Geez, Joe – can you write even ONE column that’s not pitting white people against black people?
Hey, at least the government GAVE YOUR MOM A GREEN CARD. They are pretty damn hard to get these days for most hard working latinos who want to come here, today. That was your mom’s first hand out.
Joe – I have to bet you went to college, although sometimes it doesn’t seem so certain. If you did, what’s the chance you went to a STATE college. GOVERNMENT HANDOUT! Hey, you went to public school, right? GOVERNMENT HANDOUT. You ate food inspected by the USDA. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND HANDOUT.
Go read your bible, Joe. Take the mote out of your own eye before looking at others.
Not everyone is as fortunate as you, Joe, despite their hard work. We are becoming a majority-minority country whether you like it or not. Many of the states in the interior of the country haven’t yet gotten that message but they will, regardless of whether the government nudges them along or not.
Joe, please go away.
“Leave US Alone”
Joe, please go away.
“Leave US Alone”
Right on Joe, time for a new president not Clinton and her oil money backers Obama where you gonna live when your not in the white house no where close to section 8 or hud huh
Right on Joe, time for a new president not Clinton and her oil money backers Obama where you gonna live when your not in the white house no where close to section 8 or hud huh
Don’t worry. Obama makes hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for destroying what was once a great nation.
A) This should be on your personal blog
B) This is a one sided argument, not an article
C) You really think your mother would have the opportunities that she did without “big bad government”? She was granted a green card to live and work in America and was given that opportunity by our government. Where did she come from and why wasn’t she able to build her life (and yours) over there? While I admire your mother’s hard work and determination, your attitude is what’s hurting America.
“My mom knew the government wasn’t there to help her. She knew if she wanted better, she would have to work for it. She was proud of her accomplishments. Why? Because she did it herself, not the government. She did it speaking broken English, with a green card in hand, and almost a sixth-grade education. She went on to become one of the most noted hairdressers in Boston and even beat Vidal Sassoon in a competition back in the 1970s. She owned several beauty parlors and a beauty supply distribution company.
Yup. All without the help of the government. All because she wanted better, she had incentive, and she understood the American dream. She used to say, “No one’s going to do it for you. Get up and go do it yourself.””
D) Sure, you have your right to publish and preach whatever you like… I’m sure that’s no thanks to government, either.
Disagree, because the majority of Americans cannot stand our king. Therefore; his article speaks on behalf of the majority of the U.S.
nope ^^^
He is not a king, he was voted into a democracy by the people.
He is a dictator. He makes his own rules. He is destroying our Country.
Elected twice. Not a dictator. Actually born in Hawaii and has the worst congress in the history of the United States. PS my 401k is really looking better these days, and so is the stock market.
Hawaii Kenya. You are right he is not a dictator. In pea brain though he thinks he is one. Obama loves China’s form of government. Your 401k and Stock shared are improving because the faith in the market is back with the Republicans pulling the reins back on Obama’s socialism. This next Presidential election is going to be interesting.
I like the Clean Water Act”, pretty much credit stock market turn around on Dems, crash on Republicans. Republicans doing best to eliminate Dodd Frank so we’ll get another Crash. Dems are much better at governing.
I also like clean energy. Meanwhile air in SCV unhealthful ): I really like air, Kinda need it.
It’s not the vote that counts, it’s who counts the votes – Stalin
Dean — you are completely wrong and ill-informed. The majority of Americans elected the President twice. And the majority still stand behind him. You’re just plain wrong. Whatever problems you have in life, I guarantee the President is not the source of them. The Tea-publicans have done a great job of creating fear and propagating lies and pointing fingers at the President from day 1 and saying “he’s to blame for your lot in life.”
President Obama can travel to Europe and not worry about getting arrested for torture. Bush and Cheney should travel to Europe, someone needs to prosecute them.
@michael trueblood pea brain? Damn you’re disrespectful. Turn off your tv. You sound like every slob TV watcher. Has the Republicans not brought in that low life Sarah Palin into the picture 8 years ago, things may be a whole lot different. They screwed up. The moment they announced Sarah Palin. I said to my husband, the democrats will win. Lick your sore loser wounds. You’re a typical couch sitting political smack talker. Obama inherited the subprime mess. That was not his doing.
The idiocy is strong in these people calling him a king and dictator. Smh. Go live in North Korea then we can talk.
A) This should be on your personal blog
B) This is a one sided argument, not an article
C) You really think your mother would have the opportunities that she did without “big bad government”? She was granted a green card to live and work in America and was given that opportunity by our government. Where did she come from and why wasn’t she able to build her life (and yours) over there? While I admire your mother’s hard work and determination, your attitude is what’s hurting America.
“My mom knew the government wasn’t there to help her. She knew if she wanted better, she would have to work for it. She was proud of her accomplishments. Why? Because she did it herself, not the government. She did it speaking broken English, with a green card in hand, and almost a sixth-grade education. She went on to become one of the most noted hairdressers in Boston and even beat Vidal Sassoon in a competition back in the 1970s. She owned several beauty parlors and a beauty supply distribution company.
Yup. All without the help of the government. All because she wanted better, she had incentive, and she understood the American dream. She used to say, “No one’s going to do it for you. Get up and go do it yourself.””
D) Sure, you have your right to publish and preach whatever you like… I’m sure that’s no thanks to government, either.
I just love this! I really do!
I love it cause it’s so true.
Sad people are this lazy
How can you call Democrats Christian if they stand for the genocide of unborn babies? If a single cell were found on another planet, we’d say “We found life on another planet”, but if we find a cell inside a womb, we say “that’s not life, kill it!”
God also says not to be lazy in the Bible, so how does welfare handouts equate to that one too???
You don’t have to respond, just keep supporting a president that stands for botched abortions post 5 months…sickening…
For the most part, I am liberal. Areas such as being an environmentalist, etc. but the whole killing babies thing is such a disgrace, that I have no other choice than to be conservative.
You’re right. Jesus would do it. Himself. As an individual. He wouldn’t advocate for a government program.
If Jesus was capable of caring for 319 million people just in the US he would probably would create a program that would be organized to help provide to all. It would probably be called government help.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 in the Bible does say those who do not work should not eat. The Bible also talks about the church helping orphans and widows, which they do a good job of.( Most free food distributions and homeless shelters are faith- based)….. They would do a lot more, but the government has taken over more than it should.
Really you are saying liberals are like Jesus??? Love everyone, seriously, liberals!!That’s pretty funny.
I can’t believe that anyone would believe the vitriol you spew, Mr. Messina. All you are is a puppet for the irrelevant, corporate right that seems to think that screwing the American people sideways will somehow make our country better. I see you complaining about our “welfare state” but did you make one peep when George W. Bush began the bailouts? Or were those companies just working hard at the lobbyist table and that’s why they got bailouts? How about all the money we spent looking for weapons of mass distraction (yes, I spelled it right). What about when Bush destabilized Iraq and allowed extremism to gain a foothold? Are we going to ignore that too?
Remember, the destruction of the country won’t come from outside; it’ll come draped in the American flag. You can pretend that your views will bring fairness but if you give the money a long leash, they’ll run away with it and leave destitute, impoverished people behind the machine.
If your half-brained and cockney view of America came to pass, we’d all better invest in the Vaseline now…
I can’t believe that anyone would believe the vitriol you spew, Mr. Messina. All you are is a puppet for the irrelevant, corporate right that seems to think that screwing the American people sideways will somehow make our country better. I see you complaining about our “welfare state” but did you make one peep when George W. Bush began the bailouts? Or were those companies just working hard at the lobbyist table and that’s why they got bailouts? How about all the money we spent looking for weapons of mass distraction (yes, I spelled it right). What about when Bush destabilized Iraq and allowed extremism to gain a foothold? Are we going to ignore that too?
Remember, the destruction of the country won’t come from outside; it’ll come draped in the American flag. You can pretend that your views will bring fairness but if you give the money a long leash, they’ll run away with it and leave destitute, impoverished people behind the machine.
If your half-brained and cockney view of America came to pass, we’d all better invest in the Vaseline now…
Why would this be here??
#awesometown
I don’t even like Obama… this narrow sighted kind of selfishness and hypocrisy is definitely not American, not to me and I know not for most. But, congrats for picking the perfect smug as hell headshot to pair.
It’s amazing I know when my great grandparents and grandparent came from Italy and Germany through Ellis Island, they were counted by the USA they became citizens after a time and never asked anything of the Government. They always told us kids work hard for your family and your country. It will be the best life possible. Today do many want a hand out be it people born here or coming here. This country was not found on slackers. It was found on hard work and determination. Not everything is perfect but our country is still the best but only if we don’t allow government to take over.
Brace yourselves…the racist comments are coming! #awesometown
I support you Joe! While this may be a one sided article, it agrees with the majority opinion of the U.S. as of today.
No it doesn’t.
You do realize the presidential approval rating is not in Obama’s favor right?
I want to sue the government for this forced equality. I have to send my kid to private school because of what HUD and section 8 have done to SCV. If you don’t earn it, you don’t appreciate it.
So your terrified of your kids being with minorities and people with less money than you. Got it. Segregation here we go.
My mom is a LEGAL immigrant from Mexico but there used to be a time where people that were in the same social class NOT RACE lived in neighborhoods together. I had black, chinese, arab, white, Hispanic in my neighborhood. None of us were placed there and given free or subsidized housing. Segregation would be telling a black family with money that they couldn’t move into a neighborhood with others in their same financial class. I’m not falling for the racist bs you are pulling.
Your ideas are out dated Mr. Messina. Unfortunately, hard work and playing by the rules doesn’t work anymore. American business’s have figured out that they don’t need us anymore. Why worry about 320 million American customers when you can sell your products to 3 billion people in China and India. As a former Republican, I’m sickened by the greed in my old party. I trust business to absolutely do nothing for the American people now. As a business major, I remember our discussions in class at Pepperdine back in the 90s, there was a push by some professors to promote “out sourcing” as a way to increase profits and cut costs (lower wages, little to no regulation, etc), and how out sourcing was going to actually benefit everyone involved. The pendulum has swung too far in favor of big business, and something needs to be done to bring back equilibrium to the situation. And if that entails the government getting involved with some regulations, so be it. Thomas Jefferson feared exactly what has happened today, that if you let corporations unchecked (little or no regulations), then you would end up with an aristocracy of corporations! So I believe as Thomas Jefferson believed, that corporate charters/corporations should be renewed every 5 years!
Amen
I love seeing the Joe Messina penned commentary. A quick glance let’s me know he’s baiting again. So I skip along, knowing full well whatever he’s trying ain’t working on me!
SCTV = Fox News Lite
Excellent article. I’m tired of my tax dollars going to help people who shouldn’t even be in our Country.
Joe, I’m not sure I know anyone as negative as you. If I lived in the Hart School District, I too would be looking for a better place for my kids to go – considering who is on the school board. I wouldn’t want my kids subjected to your drivel or from anyone who serves at your pleasure.
Always like your articles Joe!!!
You tell it like it is!
Socialism is forced “charity”–“income equality” via by taking some people’s money & giving it to others. Karl Marx thought that was a great idea. Socialism has never worked anywhere it has been tried. Look at Greece–never ending bailouts. As Maggie Thatcher said: “Eventually you run out of other people’s money.” I have no problem with paying my “fair share” of taxes & that a portion of my taxes help provide a safety net for CITIZENS who are unable to work. At some point those who drive the economic engine of this country will give up or move to Singapore. Why should I work my butt off when my neighbor has a better house, a better car, free medical care, pays no taxes, gets a tax refund anyhow, gets free food, and gets paid cash “under the table” for any work he does?
Worst Prez since Carter.
Mr. Messina, you know not of what you speak. Can’t believe that you even have a stage to pander your ill-informed views. The President is not trying to regulate our lives. Any time the President has an idea (which is usually informed by the people he represents –us), people like you claim he’s trying to “regulate” our lives or impose something on us. He’s the President that was elected twice by large majority and it’s his job to address issues and make proposals. Nothing is being forced upon us. We still have checks and balances with the 3 branches of government (do you even know what they are?). The issue I think you are ranting about (affordable housing and segregated housing) is a big issue and needs addressing. Government is supposed to work for us, especially in these days of big corporations dominating our lives and the political process. You’re aiming your vitriol in the wrong direction.
As a millennial I’m so thankful that my generation will be taking over this country and fixing all the nonsense taking place… and when the minorities become the majority i just hope they return the kindness to those that made it difficult for them to exist..some people forget there’s a sleeping giant amongst us and from where I’m sitting its waking up
Messina, you’re paranoid. All that is BS. My Goodness what a negative rant.
Where are the liberals?
I think commentary columns such as this one that express strong political views should not be on a NEWS website. News channels should practice objective reporting, which this (and other commentary authors) definitely does not. This type of opinion does NOT belong on a news channel.
You know how NEWSpapers have opinion sections, right? News websites also have opinion sections.
I agree with Ryan – this is a COMMENTARY – an unobjective account, which does not belong on a news channel or website! This and other commentary articles have no business being associated with NEWS.
I really enjoyed your article / commentary. So right on point! My husband and I both had a pretty tough start in life but we were hyper focused on having a better life. We worked very hard and achieved what we set out to do. In my young years I did ask for government assistance, but it was just to complete my education. I was very proud to say that I had a very good job within three months and never looked back. We did it the old fashioned way and we are proud of it.
Sir, You are an idiot.
It’s cause he’s black, isn’t it Joe?
Sir, you are an idiot.
#trollsohard
You know what Joe? The Democrats raise the minimum wage, people lose their jobs. This was always a transitional wage, a stepping stone. The Democrats make employers pay medical after 29 hours. People get a whole lot less hours. Time and time again, through stupidity, they hurt the people they are trying to help.