UPDATE: As of 10:30 a.m., no arrest had been made and no additional information was being released. —— A man was shot in the head while driving his pickup truck on Newhall Avenue near Pine Street on Thursday night, a sheriff’s official said. Lt. Joe Efflandt of the Santa Clarita Valley...

[LASD] – On Thursday, two juvenile offenders assigned to Camp Mendenhall, located at 42230 N. Lake Hughes Rd. in Lake Hughes, walked away from a supervised hike near the camp. Los Angeles County Probation Department officials notified Palmdale Sheriff’s Station and deputies responded to complete...

U.S. HealthWorks, a leading operator of occupational healthcare and urgent care centers in the nation, announced today that it has appointed Patricia Mahony as National Vice President of Revenue Management for the company. Ms. Mahony will lead the Company’s revenue management function, reporting...

West Ranch High School Theater January 27 | 7:00 p.m.   The West Ranch High School Studio A Jazz Band, the West Ranch Lab Band, and the Wildcat Combo will perform at the West Ranch High School Winter Jazz Concert on Friday, Jan. 27. Featuring compositions by Gordon Goodwin, Dave Brubeck, Sammy Nestico,...

In December 2012, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will open “Becoming Los Angeles” (working title) in a permanent hall that illustrates the city’s transformation by exploring its cultural and ecological histories — and illuminating their interconnectedness. Powerful storytelling,...

UPDATE: The Santa Clarita Arts Commission decided to divide up the $48,000 in grant funds differently from the staff recommendation (discussed in the story below), on the grounds that two of the “Santa Clarita Presents” organizations – SCV International Program and SCV Veterans Memorial...

Imagine a scene reminiscent of an old Warner Bros. black and white movie. A death row inmate (in this case, redevelopment agencies) is strapped to the electric chair anxiously eyeing the phone on the wall for a call from the governor. No call, no reprieve. On February 1, the large switch will be thrown...

On the heels of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s  decision to have the rails run through the Antelope Valley and a negative peer review, the agency has lost its CEO and board chief. At Thursday’s Board of Directors meeting CEO Roelof van Ark   announced his resignation effective two months...

[VA] – Some Veterans covered under the Veterans Group Life Insurance program (VGLI) now have the opportunity to increase their coverage to the current maximum coverage under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) program. “Currently, 70 percent of the Veterans covered under VGLI are...

[AG Kamala Harris] – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the constitutionality of federal health care reform and urging the high court to uphold the landmark law. Kamala Harris “Though state governments and private actors...