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1957 - Incorporation of Mint Canyon Chamber of Commerce; became Canyon Country Chamber [story]
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Brown Grants Clemency, Pardons Near End of His Term
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2018

By Nick Cahill SACRAMENTO – Included in a batch of Christmas Eve clemency, California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered a fresh look into a 1980s quadruple murder case and pardoned six Cambodian refugees who faced deportation. Outgoing Gov. Brown directed investigators to conduct new forensic testing of...

Federal Shutdown Grows Stagnant After Christmas

By Brad Kutner WASHINGTON – With no movement on Trump’s $5 billion demand for border-wall funding, federal employees, and even more federal contractors, are starting to feel the impact of the partial government shutdown as the workforce heads into 2019. Smaller national parks like Fort McHenry National...

NASA InSight Spacecraft Puts First Ground Sensor on Mars
Friday, Dec 21, 2018

By Martin Macias Jr. The NASA InSight spacecraft designed to study the depths of the Martian surface placed its first instrument on the red planet Wednesday, completing a major milestone in a mission that aims to gain insight into the origins of our universe. With Canyon Country residents Scott Evans...

California ‘Water Grab’ Faces First Legal Challenge

By Nick Cahill MERCED – Firing off the first challenge to contentious state-mandated water reductions for farmers and cities, a rural California water district sued the state Friday to freeze the week-old order meant to boost salmon populations in state rivers. Merced Irrigation District says the State...

California Urged to Weigh Costs of Push for Clean Cars

By Nick Cahill SACRAMENTO – Over the last two decades, California lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have teamed up to create some of the strictest clean air and energy standards in the world. The scheme to fight smog and convince residents to ditch gas guzzlers, led by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...

California, 13 More States Renew Push to Block Contraception Rules

By Helen Christophi OAKLAND – More than a dozen states asked a federal judge in Oakland on Thursday to block new Trump administration rules that will allow most employers to opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds. The request by California and 13 other state attorneys general...

Judge Says US Changes to Asylum Protections Broke the Law
Wednesday, Dec 19, 2018

By Brad Kutner WASHINGTON – Drawing cheers Wednesday from the ACLU, the same judge who castigated Michael Flynn in open court as a national disgrace slammed efforts by the Trump administration to quickly deport immigrants seeking asylum. “This ruling is a defeat for the Trump administration’s all-out...

Brown Talks Legacy, Future of Politics in ‘Exit Interview’

By Robin Epley SACRAMENTO – Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown visited the Sacramento Press Club Tuesday, using the event to reflect on his five decades of public service, his accomplishments in the Golden State’s government, and the future of political discourse in the United States. The event...

‘Wake Up, the Planet Is Burning Up,’ Brown Tells Polluting Nations
Friday, Dec 14, 2018

By Maria Dinzeo Outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown had some harsh words for world leaders at the United Nations Climate Conference in Poland, which wrapped up Friday. “Wake up! The planet is burning up. Carbon emissions are growing – this year has been one of the highest growth rates in recent...

Court Limits Injunction on Contraception Rules to California, 4 More States

By Helen Christophi SAN FRANCISCO – A divided Ninth Circuit on Thursday partly lifted a nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Trump administration’s interim rules letting employers opt out of covering birth control on religious and moral grounds, limiting the injunction to California and...

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The Santa Clarita Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m., in City Hall's Council Chambers
Dec. 3: Planning Commission Meets to Consider Firearms, Tobacco Shops
Los Angeles County Fire Department Division 3 has a scheduled brush pile burn in the surrounding fields near West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch on Sunday, Dec.1 from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m.
Dec. 1: LACoFD Schedules Brush Pile Burn in Stevenson Ranch
When my kids were young, one of their favorite games was Candyland.
Bill Miranda | Family Literacy Festival in Candyland!
Behind a career-high 32 points from Jaren Nafarrete, The Master's University men's basketball team defeated the Nobel University Knights 108-52 Tuesday afternoon in Fullerton.
TMU Men’s Basketball Scores Big Over Knights
Zoya Kalinsky, an eighth grader at iLEAD Hybrid Charter School in the Santa Clarita Valley, a tuition-free TK-12 institution, has emerged as a powerful voice for global education reform.
iLEAD Eighth Grader Zoya Kalinsky Advocates for Global Education Reform
The Valencia High School Marching Band and Color Guard capped off a stellar 2024 Fall season by securing a first-place victory in the 2A division at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Championships on Saturday, Nov. 23 in West Covina.
VHS Marching Band, Color Guard Win Gold Meda at 2A Championships
The HASP & RSX Team and Aerospace and Science Team Club at College of the Canyons is seeking public support on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3.
COC HASP, RSX Team Seeks Support on Giving Tuesday
On Dec. 11, CDPH is hosting an expert advisory panel titled, “Population-Based Behavioral Health Prevention Strategies.”
Dec. 11: CDPH Hosts Online Meeting on Behavioral Health Prevention Strategies
1957 - Incorporation of Mint Canyon Chamber of Commerce; became Canyon Country Chamber [story]
Frontier Days
LA Metro’s I-5 North County Enhancements Project recently held a Construction Update community meeting via Zoom. Officials presented an outline of recent and upcoming activities over the next 2-3 months
LA Metro I-5 North County Enhancements Project Construction Update
Get ready for an unforgettable night of glitz, glamour and gambling when you join Child & Family Center for Viva Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 6:30-10 p.m. at the Sand Canyon Country Club.
Jan. 25: Viva Las Vegas Fundraiser for Child & Family
The California Department of Public Health is issuing a second warning to Californians to not consume raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC of Fresno County due to a detection of bird flu virus in a second retail sample.
Second Lot of Raw Milk Found with Bird Flu Virus
The biggest global giving day of the year, Giving Tuesday, is on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Painted Turtle Seeks Support on Giving Tuesday
Princess Cruises, headquartered in Valencia, is setting sail on a wave of nostalgia and star power with its new global advertising campaign.
Princess Cruises Debuts New Love Boat Ad Campaign
Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector Elizabeth Buenrostro Ginsberg reminds property owners that the first installment of the 2024-25 Annual Secured Property Taxes becomes delinquent if not received by 5 p.m. Pacific Time or United States Postal Service postmarked on or before Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Dec. 10: Deadline for First Installment of L.A. County Property Taxes
1950 - CalArts grad Ed Harris ("A Beautiful Mind," "Apollo 13," "Westworld") born in New Jersey [link]
Ed Harris
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is advising people to avoid consuming raw milk the has been voluntarily recalled by Raw Farm, LLC due to a detection of H5 bird flu virus in a sample of milk sold in retail stores in Los Angeles County.
UPDATED: Recalled Raw Milk – H5 Bird Flu Detected in Raw Milk Sold in Santa Clarita
Princess Cruises, famously known as “The Love Boat,” celebrated the highly anticipated arrival of Caribbean Princess in Port Canaveral today, marking the launch of a new season of Caribbean cruises from this convenient Central Florida homeport.
Caribbean Princess Arrives in Port Canaveral for First-Ever Season of Cruises
The city of Santa Clarita is encouraging interested and qualified residents to apply for several positions serving on multiple commissions.  
Applications Now Being Accepted for City of Santa Clarita Commission Vacancies
Officers from the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control will be conducting field pet licensing efforts in the unincorporated area of Castaic beginning on Jan. 2, 2025.
DACC to Conduct Pet Licensing Efforts in Unincorporated L.A. County
Miriam Udel, associate professor of German studies, and London Evans, director of the Tam Institute of Jewish Studies at Emory University, will discuss how to “build good kids” on Monday, Dec. 2, as part of the 12th annual Maurice Amado Foundation Lecture in Jewish Ethics.
Amado Lecture to Explore Twentieth-Century Jewish Children’s Literature
 Get ready for a sweet day of fun at the 17th annual Family Literacy Festival at the Santa Clarita Public Library, Old Town Newhall Branch, on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
Dec. 7: Sweet Adventures Await at the Santa Clarita Public Library’s 17th Annual Family Literacy Festival
Music can transform lives, help people deal with stress and overcome trauma. At its most basic level, it can temporarily transport a listener from the mundane circumstances of their lives to a world filled with joy and beauty.
CSUN’s Wind Ensemble to Perform Holiday Concert for State Prisoners
Senator Scott Wilk presented a $5,000 Barona Education Grant to Excelsior Charter Schools to fund a new lending closet at the School of Business and Innovation, which will provide essential clothing, hygiene products, and supplies for foster and homeless youth.
Wilk Awards $5,000 Grant to Excelsior Charter Schools
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