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The city of Santa Clarita is seeking enthusiastic individuals with a passion for swimming, exceptional customer service and community engagement to join the lifeguard team.
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California State Parks is calling all outdoor enthusiasts to step into the new year with a breath of fresh air. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, State Parks will host its highly anticipated First Day Hikes, offering over 90 guided hikes at more than 70 of California’s most iconic and breathtaking parks.
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The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a residential No Burn Day Alert on Saturday, Dec. 21, for all those living in the South Coast Air Basin, which includes the Santa Clarita Valley.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging residents to avoid consuming or feeding to their pets raw milk due to the ongoing spread of H5 bird flu in dairy cows.
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The Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival is hosting a call for vendors for its return April 12 and 13, 2025.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reminding residents to remain vigilant as the holidays approach and to use the preventive tools available to protect the county’s most vulnerable populations from COVID-19.
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The Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley will host a free Lifeforward workshop "All About Communication" on Saturday, Jan. 18, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Valencia United Methodist Church, 25718 McBean Parkway. Valencia, CA 91355.
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Start the new year off with a InfluenceHER Building Transformative Mutual Mentorship meeting Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Kindred Spirits, 24510 Town Center Drive Valencia, CA 91355.
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The Sundance Institute has unveiled the eagerly anticipated program for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the country’s premier stage for independent cinema.
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Every year at my Foster Youth Holiday Party, it seems like the presents and kids’ smiles get bigger and bigger!
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Annett Davis, the head coach of both the women's volleyball team and the beach volleyball team at The Masters University, has decided to step down as the head coach of the women's indoor volleyball team.
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The William S. Hart Union High School District has announced Naomi Kim, a senior at West Ranch High School, has earned the Congressional Award’s highest award: The Gold Medal.
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As families prepare to celebrate the holidays, the California Highway Patrol reminds everyone to prioritize safety on the road. To keep travelers safe throughout the busy holiday season, the CHP is initiating the first of two statewide Maximum Enforcement Periods this month to reduce traffic incidents by targeting unsafe driving behaviors and assisting motorists.
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The city of Santa Clarita has announced that renovations are coming to the Santa Clarita Public Library Valencia Branch. The Valencia Branch will be temporarily closed from Dec. 21 through Jan. 1, for a flooring renovation project.
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Matias Castro a graduate of Golden Valley High School, three-time participant in the William S. Hart Union High School District Honor Band and current first-year student at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music has been named a 2025 YoungArts winner with distinction in Jazz Alto Saxophone, the highest honor of the organization.
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There was no gold, frankincense or the anointing oil myrrh, but the hot sausage, pancakes and special gifts offered at the recent “Breakfast with Santa” held in Valencia were treats for dozens of children and their parents. It was a reminder of the meaning of this special holiday season.
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1892 - Benjamin Harrison establishes 555,520-acre San Gabriel Timberland Reserve (Angeles National Forest). First forest reserve in California, second in U.S. [story]
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Yes I Can Unity Through Music & Education, a nonprofit organization that provides career-skills training and employment services to adults with disabilities, presented certificates of recognition to Remo Inc. and Migrate Sound for the commitment to creating career opportunities for neurodiverse talent.
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The MAIN and Outpost Media has announced the premiere of The Wolves, 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, thru Sunday, Jan. 26, at the MAIN located at 24266 Main St., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, swore in recently elected board members, named its new officers, received recognitions for service and set its 2025 meeting schedule at the board’s business and organizational meeting held on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
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Reflecting on this past year, there are so many things to be thankful for. Whether it is our health, happiness or the ability to live in a community as special as ours, I believe many of our residents would agree that Santa Clarita is a place where wonderful memories have been made and a unique place to call home.
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A three day SoCal Winter Break Lacrosse Camp will be held Wednesday Jan.8 through Friday, Jan 10 at West Ranch High School.
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Wow, Sylvia. I can see from your personal message that you are familiar with health care issues in the Santa Clarita Valley.
But perhaps you don’t know much about the issues facing those families who don’t qualify for the larger government subsidies available under the new national healthcare rules.
Nothing in the general run-up to this legislation indicated that middle class Americans would be paying the full freight for those lower income Americans that the Affordable Care Act includes. I would be glad to send in a few bucks to help out; but what you are talking about is reducing my healthcare and making me pay more to ensure the healthcare of others.
How much is Warren Buffet paying for the healthcare of the employees of the companies he “owns” or has a major interest in?
And I use him as an example of the few 1%ers who might actually pay.
I’ll stop now before I launch into the Spew-niverse of Socialism vs Carinvore-ism that is our current “discussion” of American Health Care.
If you were a victim of Hep-C, how much would you be willing to pay out of your pocket for Harvoni or Sovaldi? Given the currently known course of treatment, do you have $60k to $100k in pocket money to pay for the best treatment known to mankind?
Of course you do.
The rest of us do not.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell is President Obama’s Secretary of Health & Human Services. She is not reading your comments.
From the article “helping ensure every American has health coverage”
That piece of paper doesn’t prevent a child from being abused in programs funded by HHS.
Secretary Burwell should also keep Congress informed of the appearance of corruption and negligence in HHS’s administration of grants under Title IV-E (child protective services) and Title IV-D (child support). For example, in Massachusetts:
““Policies and procedures fall by the wayside and kids are not being taken care of,” Mr. Arnett said in a phone … Then, with a kid like Jeremiah Oliver, they missed eight visits and didn’t review the case and the kid ends up dead, and the Hardwick boy is in a coma. That is inexcusable.”
“Yet, DCF’s failure to follow that law since, has in some cases, led to child deaths or severe injuries more than 10 years after the Poutre case that initially inspired the change.”
From “Adoptive parents of abused child rap DCF” By Paula J. Owen Telegram & Gazette Staff Posted Sep. 12, 2015 at 9:01 PM
For more information find “Action Opportunity: Investigate Violations of the Civil Rights of Foster Children: Illegal Acts and Gross Negligence at Massachusetts” at reddit dot com slash r slash childrensactivism.
From another news report:
“A former employee for the [Texas] Office of Inspector General filed a whistleblower lawsuit Tuesday, saying he was wrongly fired after raising complaints about the way the office investigated Child Protective Services’ role in child abuse deaths. .. Plaintiff was exposing a known political ‘hot potato’ that endangered the lives of countless Texas children and threatened the careers of numerous political appointees,” the filing states.”
Said one witness: “I know in one county of a director of social services unofficially mandating local mental health agencies to not call the state central register to make reports and required them to call the local staff first and the Local agency would decide on the case. This circumnavigated the safeguards in place by having state central registries. Said director would pull funding and program contracts from local nonprofit agencies if they did not comply with her demands. She was pure evil.”
Said one former foster child “She made a trade off that if he would baby sit for us then she would ask no questions about what happened. The first time he baby sat me, he raped me four times during the night. I ran away the next day.” Her cries for help were ignored.
From: “Action Opportunity: Call for an investigation: Fraud, waste, and abuse in child protective services are endangering foster child victims” in reddit’s troubled teens and men’s rights forums.
Please read the action opportunity and consider joining me in calling for justice for these victims and others.