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The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with Friends of Castaic Lake will host Bark in the Park on Saturday, June 8 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that 18 of her bills have successfully passed out of their respective Assembly policy committees, with most now moving to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
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A 10-week Life Skills course underwritten by the Old West Masonic Lodge No. 813 in Newhall will be offered free to Santa Clarita Valley youth.
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The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency will hold a special board meeting on Monday, May 13 at 6 p.m. Board meetings have been temporarily relocated to the SCV Water Agency Training Room location at 23780 Pine St., Newhall, CA 91321.
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The 2024 California Institute of the Arts graduation ceremony will be held Friday, May 10 on the Valencia campus of CalArts. Honorary Degree recipients will include actor Keanu Reeves and director/writer/producer Gina Prince Bythewood.
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Graduation season is around the corner for the graduating seniors of the William S. Hart Union High School District.
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Members of the California Institute of the Arts community, industry representatives and friends and family journeyed to Los Angeles's Miracle Mile neighborhood to celebrate Character Animation students’ films at the 2024 Character Animation Producers’ Show.
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Princess Cruises, headquartered in Valencia, has announced it will return to San Juan, Puerto Rico after more than a decade, for a season of Southern Caribbean cruises onboard Grand Princess, from October 2025 through March 2026.
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Join the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, May 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., for the monthly After Hours Mixer, an evening of networking and fun at Chronic Tacos.
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Get ready to level up your small business game. The next Los Angeles Region Small Business Summit will be held Thursday, May 9 and features Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, Los Angeles County Team Department of Economic Opportuntiy, city of Los Angeles and partners at Mission College in Sylmar.
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College of the Canyons has captured the 3C2A Southern California Regional Championship, the ninth in program history, after turning its opening round lead into a four-stroke advantage over runner-up Cypress College on Monday, May 6 at Rio Bravo Country Club.
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When every second counts, blood products can provide lifesaving care. The American Red Cross asks the public to give blood or platelets during Trauma Awareness Month in May to keep hospitals prepared for all transfusion needs, including emergencies.
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The city of Santa Clarita has announced the pickleball courts at Bouquet Canyon Park will be closed on Wednesday, May 8, for necessary maintenance on the windscreens.
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The California Animal Welfare Association, the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have announced the inaugural California Adopt-a-Pet Day will take place on Saturday, June 1.
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College of the Canyons student-athletes Nichole Muro (softball) and Owen Crockett (men's golf) have been named the COC Athletic Department's Women's and Men's Student-Athletes of the Week for the period running April 29 to May 4.
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Mental Health Hookup, in partnership with Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, will conduct the third annual Stop the Stigma community event on May 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital campus, located at 23803 McBean Parkway in Valencia.
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California State University, Northridge is set to open a first of its kind resource center in the CSU system to provide basic needs services such as food, clothing and wellness in a centralized location on campus.
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61 Comments
There’s definitely gold there. My brother and I walked through the tunnel 10 years ago and found gold on the ceiling just by shining a flashlight on it. Maybe someday we’ll find out how much gold the old man found.
Karina Mendoza
GPS coordinates to the sign/turnoff would be tremendously helpful…
I wanna go see that
Nancy Lee Schmidt
How cool! Sounds awesome!
Wonder if he’s related to my ex! Sounds like something his family would do!
Definitely worth a trip to see, take a flashlight though!
Went through the tunnel 35 years ago…there was a small building in front with pictures and artifacts there was a lady that would answer your questions along with a guest book you could sign.
“El Chapo’? maybe ?
Is that burro Schmidt tunnel
Yes
Great place to stop with your dirtbike out there .I’ve talk to the lady before she passed away
The Trona Railway runs near there and had a tunnel that closed due to a fire in the early 80s. Could be related.
Thomas W Steinwachs
El Chapo
Jessica Razo lets go here
NO THANK YOU IM NOT READY TO DIE YET
Terry Is this the one we went through?
It is! How cool.
Kimberly Ellis yes that’s the one we walked thru
Yes. Burro Schmidt tunnel.
Do the rails run the whole way through??
I don’t think so. I remember part of it being really low and narrow.
Oh i was gonna say like maybe I’ll build a mine cart and ride through it really slow lol
Ryan Ryry Escalante at one time but not now.
I wanna go explore, can we Wendi?
Gerry McCarney, remember that weekend we went off roading and dirt biking and found this?
I have been through it back in the 80s. Plan on taking our grandkids! Interesting
Don’t hit your head lol
This tunnel was.dug by hand by the husband of the lady nick Pavelka mentioned, she never could give a reason as to why he dug it tho
El Chapo remember that his wife is in Lancaster in also is getting ready when he came to United States it’s going to be ready by the time he arrives to escape
Lmfao!
And also they used to be Area 51 back in the days
Casey Payne is this the tunnel that you took Josh and I to?
Yup
I was just in this mine a few weeks ago!
How do you get there ??
Where’s that
It’s the burro Schmidt tunnel. My buddy drove. I’ll reply tomorrow with location. Need 4×4
Great story – what a Jackass (JUST KIDDING!)
Isn’t this the tunnel in Death Valley ? The tunnel was dug by William Burro Schmidt. Dude miss calculated and realized he dug the wrong way I think. Crazy what one person can do with his bare hands.
Schmidt tunnel is in Redrock park. He thought there was a vertical gold spike in the mountain so he dug sideways to try and hit it. There was no such spike. Like a week or so after he finished he died.
Road
Road dirt bikes there many times from Dove springs.
Oh hell ya I would go in a heartbeat
Be careful out there, we used to live at the base nearby. Some of the mines are still privately owned.
Tommy Prada Joe Bogna Zane Cassidy Michael Coleman our next hike?
Yes!
Oh yeah that is a definitely
Rick Guethlein
This is Burro Schmidt’s tunnel Michelle. Been through it many times.
I figured Lol but I thought I would share it with you looks pretty cool did you go inside ?
oh yeah you can walk all the way through when you get to the other side make sure to go to the right cause if you go left its a long ways back to the starting point. Hows everything going?
It’s going good hope we get to see you soon :)
Digging this tunnel saved his life go on line and read the story. Burro Schmidt tunnle
Zachary Finney, Cassie Allison, Steven Allison
Hell yea!!
The memories!! Isn’t it shut down now??
Been in that tunnel many times on desert rides. His Wife used to give us the tour and tell her husbands story. Classic. I think he was looking for gems or silver. Its only been about 27 years lol
Been there many times!