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1994 - Sand Canyon homeowner Eddie Murray sets MLB record for switch-hit home runs in games (11 times) [story]
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Foothill League Track & Field: Week 2 Recap
Sunday, Mar 23, 2014

Brandon Jauregui Here we are again, recapping a very fine weekend for Santa Clarita Valley distance running. From Lauren Fleshman and Shannon Murakami’s return to the track to Sabrina Janes and Samantha Ortega’s impressive sub-five-minute clockings in Temecula, runners impressed all around...

Foothill League Track & Field: Week 1 Recap
Tuesday, Mar 18, 2014

Brandon Jauregui There were a lot of noteworthy performances last week, as all of the Foothill League schools made their season debuts. The big highlight of the weekend was Glendale College’s Lizzy Nelson, who ripped a huge, and absolutely stunning, all-time best over two laps. Meanwhile, her former...

Foothill League Track Preview: Girls 800m
Sunday, Mar 9, 2014

SCV record: 1:57.34 Alysia Johnson-Montano (Bay Area Track Club) 2010 SCV high school record: 2:07.45 Aly Drake (Valencia HS) 2009 Foothill League Championship record: 2:12.84 Jennifer Owen (WRHS) 2011 2013 Foothill Lg. Best: 2:11.98 Sabrina Janes (Saugus HS)     Don’t be surprised...

Murakami, Ex-Saugus, Chasing Fleshman’s SCV Record in Half-Marathon Sunday
Thursday, Jan 30, 2014

Shannon Murakami | Photo: UCLA When Shannon Murakami hung up the racing shoes following her collegiate career at UCLA, she left the sport as arguably the greatest athlete, boy or girl, in Santa Clarita Valley history. Two state championships, six CIF Southern Section titles and 12 Foothill League crowns...

Olympian Alysia Montano (Canyon 2004): Unfinished Business
Sunday, Jan 26, 2014

This year will have no IAAF World Outdoor Track & Field Championships, but that doesn’t mean Alysia Johnson-Montano, a 2004 Canyon High graduate, won’t be the United States’ top 800-meter standout. The four-time U.S. champion in the event has some unfinished business to take care...

Foothill League XC Best of 2013 | Part 2: Girls
Saturday, Dec 28, 2013

Runner of the Year: Samantha Ortega, Saugus Junior Oh, what a year! Saugus’ Ortega enjoyed one of the most magical seasons in SCV prep sports history this cross country season, setting many historic records in the process. The junior went undefeated up to the CIF Southern Section Prelims in mid-November...

Foothill League XC Best of 2013 | Part 1: Boys
Friday, Dec 27, 2013

Runner of the Year: Brian Zabilski, Saugus, Junior Zabilski of Saugus enjoyed the greatest junior campaign in SCV history, earning all-section and all-state honors. He won his first Foothill League cross country title in 15:13, smashing the three-hill course record by 14 seconds in early-November. His...

Girls 3200m: Ortega of Saugus Preps for Another Record Run
Monday, Mar 25, 2013

ATTENTION: Saugus High’s Samantha Ortega is back. Following a fairy tale sophomore cross country season, Ortega will try to duplicate those accomplishments, this time on the oval. Last fall’s successes were similar to a Cinderella story. Ortega, who won the 2012 Foothill League junior varsity...

XC/Brandon Jauregui: Can Anyone Dethrone Yarnall of Saugus in Boys 3200m?
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013

Saugus’ AJ Yarnall is the heavy favorite here. The University of Washington signee had a banner year in 2012, starting with a 9:14.14 3,200-meter clocking that ranks #12 in Santa Clarita Valley high school history in March and ending with a 41st-place finish at the Nike Cross Nationals in December....

Girls 800m: SCV’s Deepest Returning Field Ever
Friday, Mar 8, 2013

If you’re looking for the event with all kinds of story lines behind it, this is the one. Returning this spring is the deepest freshman class in Foothill League history. Canyon’s Kendall Bietsch, Saugus’ Sabrina Janes, Hart’s Augustina Hansen and West Ranch’s Marisa Magsarili...

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SCVTV will debut a new public access series of video fitness shorts, "Training Tuesday with M" on Tuesday, April 22. The shorts, two-to-four-minute videos, will air between regular programming at 8:24 a.m., 1:25 p.m., 4:24 p.m. and 4:55 p.m.
SCVTV Debuts New ‘Training Tuesday with M’ Fitness Shorts
As gardening season blooms across California, officials with the California Department of Food and Agriculture are urging residents to take action to prevent the introduction of invasive fruit flies and other pests, which can threaten backyard gardens and the state’s robust agricultural landscape.
CDFA Urging Residents to Take Precautions During Spring Gardening Season
Legacy Christian Academy, will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a special celebration dinner and fundraiser, 5:30-9 p.m. Friday, April 25 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
April 25: Legacy Anniversary Dinner, Fashion Show Fundraiser
Activated Events, the premier independent live events company, has announced the lineup for the return of Boots In The Park to Santa Clarita, noon- 10 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at Central Park.
May 10: Return of Boots in the Park at Central Park
The prestigious Bryan Clay Invitational yielded records upon records for The Master's University track and field teams April 16-18. Multiple school records went down including the women's 5000m, men's shot put and the men's 800m.
Record-Breaking Day for TMU Track at Bryan Clay
California State University, Northridge’s Institute of Sustainability will host “Jam in the G.A.R.D.E.N,” Wednesday, April 23 at 12:30-2:30 p.m.
April 23: CSUN Garden Combines Nature, Music for Earth Day
For just the third time in 23 matches, The Master's University men's volleyball team went five sets in a match. And for the third time in 23 matches, the team won, only this time it was for the GSAC Tournament Championship.
Mustangs are Champions of GSAC Men’s Volleyball
The Master's University men's and women's golf teams completed the final round of the GSAC Championship Tournament at Antelope Hills Golf Course North Wednesday afternoon, April 16.
Larson, Ulibarri Named GSAC Players of the Year at Championships
Businesses defined as food generators are invited to an Edible Food Recovery Networking event Friday, April 25, from 8:30-10 a.m. at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library, 18601 Soledad Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, 91351, CA.
April 25: Canyon Country Library Edible Food Recovery Event
College of the Canyons softball concluded its season sweep of L.A. Valley College by taking a 9-2 road victory over the Monarchs on Thursday, April 17.
Canyons Moves Conference Streak to Four, Defeats LAVC 9-2
There’s something uniquely powerful about sitting down face to face, sharing a conversation and simply listening to one and another.
Ken Striplin | Santa Clarita Voices: Letting the Conversations Flow
1994 - Sand Canyon homeowner Eddie Murray sets MLB record for switch-hit home runs in games (11 times) [story]
Eddie Murray
1874 - First train out of L.A. to reach new town of San Fernando; Newhall 2 years later [story]
train tunnel
1880 - Pico Oil Spring Mine Section 2 patented by R.F. Baker and Edward F. Beale [story]
E.F. Beale
The Placerita Canyon Nature Center invites the community to a free Open House on Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
May 10: Placerita Canyon Nature Center Open House
College of the Canyons baseball won its third straight game behind five shutout innings from its bullpen and an eighth inning rally that carried the Cougars to a 4-2 victory over Antelope Valley College at Mike Gillespie Field.
Cougars Baseball Dig Out of Early Hole, Defeat AVC 4-2
ARTnews, an art magazine based in New York City, has captured the past 25 years of the art world at a glance in its recent listing of the 100 best artworks of the 21st century, with several California Institute of the Arts alumni making the cut.
CalArtians Named in ARTnews’ Ranking of Century’s 100 Best Artworks
College of the Canyons Swim opened day one of the Western State Conference Championships at Santa Monica College on Thursday, April 17, with the Cougars finishing the opening round of events sixth among the 10 competing programs.
Canyons Swim Competes at Day One of WSC Championships
The third annual Summer Breeze Music Festival is coming to California Institute of the Arts on Saturday, June 7.
June 7: Third Annual Summer Breeze Music Festival
The Santa Clarita City Council will meet in open session on Tuesday, April 22 at City Hall to hold a public hearing regarding a request for a new five-story mixed-use building with 78 housing units and approximately 5,200 square-feet of commercial space to be built on the corner of Main Street, Market Street and Railroad Avenue.
April 22: City Council to Hold Public Hearing on Newhall Mixed Use Project
Santa Clarita’s rich history is built on the vision and dedication of those who laid its foundation, shaping the thriving community we know and love today. Among them was a trailblazer whose contributions deserve lasting recognition— Louis E. Brathwaite, the first Black man elected to public office in our community.
Patsy Ayala | Honoring the Life, Legacy of Louis E. Brathwaite
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Detail is asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person, Michael Brandon Scott.
Update: FOUND LASD Seeks Help Locating Missing Valencia Man
1945 - Actors Harry & Olive Carey sell Saugus ranch after 29 years; now Tesoro del Valle [story]
Carey Ranch
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital will recognize and celebrate its dedicated volunteers during National Volunteer Week, April 20-26.
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Celebrates National Volunteer Week
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