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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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1945 - Actors Harry & Olive Carey sell Saugus ranch after 29 years; now Tesoro del Valle [ story]
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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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Team Dragon Eyes, affectionately known as TDE, is gearing up to host its highly anticipated Fifth Annual Dragonboat Festival race on Saturday, June 1 at Castaic Lake, Lower Lagoon.
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This year marks the 20th year that the city of Santa Clarita has been hosting the annual Bike to Work Challenge. The community is invited to celebrate by riding a bike to work the week of May 13, and stopping by a pit stop on Thursday, May 16.
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Ready to take control of your financial future? Join the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer and Business Affairs Center for Financial Empowerment for the next installment in the Lunch & Learn Financial Capability Month webinar series, "Understanding Credit.
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The Santa Clarita Valley Concert Band will perform a "Starry Might" concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday May 4. The concert, under the direction of Tim Durand, will be held at the Canyon Theatre Guild, 24242 Main St., Newhall, CA 91321.
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After a record-setting 2023 combatting organized retail crime, the California Highway Patrol continues to aggressively disrupt and dismantle illegal operations throughout California.
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Celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 22 with California State Parks at any of the 280 unique park units across the state. State Parks has numerous Earth Day-themed events planned. They include in-person activities such as guided walks and hikes, workdays and a bioblitz, as well as virtual programming with a live dive broadcast exploring the hidden world of the ocean.
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1930 - Telephone switchboard operator Louise Gipe, heroine of the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster, tries & fails to kill herself over an unrequited love [ story]
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Major Crimes Bureau Detectives worked closely with Century Station Detectives after learning of a serial robbery crew committing crimes throughout Los Angeles County.
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Join the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center for their second annual Cornhole Tournament fundraiser where all proceeds will support mental health services to anyone in need.
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California State University, Northridge will confer honorary doctorates on four alumni, all respected leaders in their fields, at the university’s commencement ceremonies next month.
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On Saturday, April 20, 2024 Valencia High School Theatre will host the 104th DTASC (Drama Teachers’ Association of Southern California) Shakespeare Festival.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, in partnership with Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, launched the Commercial Acquisition Fund to provide capital to countywide non-profit organizations, helping acquire and revitalize commercial spaces within local communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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!