Nearly 1,000 people spent some time in the parking lot at the mall today, kneeling on red mats outside the Princess Cruises building at the mall and watching a crew of white disco-suited dancers cavort on a portable stage to the Bee Gees classic “Stayin’ Alive.” Some of them even joined in the...

CalVet Sec. Peter J. Gravett (Major General, Ret.) greets Lt. Renard Thomas, who will be the first resident of the new veterans’ village. It might be a simple patch of land right now, nestled against a hillside near schools, offices and health care facilities, but the small crowd gathered Monday...

A plan to include a Walmart Neighborhood Market announced last week by management at Westfield Valencia Town Center has been put off to date uncertain, according to the City of Santa Clarita. The application, which is Master Case 12-056, Development Review 12-002, was to be heard during the regular Planning...

A man was reportedly taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital after falling from a water slide at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Sunday afternoon. His condition is not known at this time. Six Flags issued the following statement regarding the incident: “At approximately 4:15 p.m., a 19-year-old...

A woman was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning in the parking lot of the Travelodge on Sierra Highway in Canyon Country. Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station said that the woman was leaving for work around 6:30 a.m. when she was approached by a black man with a gun who demanded...

The big, empty space near the Patios at the Westfield Valencia Town Center might soon have a new tenant. While there are already three Walmart locations in the Santa Clarita Valley – or four, counting Sam’s Club separately – Westfield is proposing to place a Walmart Neighborhood Market...

They’ve driven past the site for months, watching and waiting for the day they could wander through the stacks. This last weekend, the doors to the new Old Town Newhall Library opened for a gala reception, followed by an afterschool gathering for educators in the SCV Monday. On Saturday, the doors...

A lone gunman burst into Zoey Pharmacy around lunchtime Wednesday and demanded prescription drugs, fleeing the scene and remaining at large. According to Lt. Mark Hershey, the suspect, described only as a male white, around 25 years of age with black hair and wearing a black hoodie, came into the pharmacy...

A man found dead in his car Sunday afternoon by a firefighter most likely died of natural causes. Coroner spokesman Ed Winter said that the man’s identity was still unknown and they have not found any next of kin. Sgt. Richard Nagler of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station said that the man...

There’s some fancy footwork going on to put a new foundation on solid ground. “A Starry, Starry Night” inaugural fundraising event, scheduled on Saturday, October 13, will benefit WiSH, the educational foundation established by the William S. Hart School District and ultimately, all the students...