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KHTS Seeks Support to ‘Save Lombardi Ranch’
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2015

[KHTS] – Lombardi Ranch, a part of the Santa Clarita community’s Halloween tradition and festivities, will not open this year — but KHTS AM-1220 wants to “Save Lombardi Ranch” so it can reopen in 2016. Lombardi family members announced earlier this month the ranch won’t be open for the...

Update: Son Arrested for Murder of Father in Canyon Country
Tuesday, Jun 16, 2015

UPDATE Tuesday, 3:26 p.m., LASD: Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man in Canyon Country. Their investigation began Monday, June 15, 2015, when they responded to the 14800 Block of Narcissus Crest Avenue. Detectives...

NTSB Issues Report on Fatal Movie Chopper Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report detailing the sequence of events that led to the fatal crash of a helicopter on an Acton movie set more than two years ago. Three men – David Gene Gibbs, 59, of Valencia; Michael William Donatelli, 45, of Indiana, Pa.; and Darren...

New Rules, Watering Sched. For Santa Clarita Water Customers
Friday, Jun 12, 2015

Forget two days in winter, three days in summer. That’s gone. Residents and business operators who get their water from CLWA’s Santa Clarita Water Division have new regulations and an updated watering schedule to follow as the water utility strives to reach the governor’s water conservation...

Unconscious Child, 10, Airlifted from Magic Mountain

First responders flew an unconscious child from Six Flags Magic Mountain Friday night, officials said. “Late this afternoon, a 10-year-old female guest returned to the Revolution station after riding and was found breathing but unconscious,” Six Flags Magic Mountain officials said in a statement....

2015 Love Ride Will Be the Last
Thursday, Jun 11, 2015

The Love Ride Foundation plans to host its last Love Ride after more than 30 years of festivals with Grand Marshall Jay Leno, Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters at Castaic Lake. The 32nd, and final, Love Ride festival, the largest and longest-running one day motorcycle charitable fundraising event in the...

New Truck, ATVs for Local Sheriff Enforcement, Outreach Programs
Saturday, Jun 6, 2015

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station is receiving new vehicles to help with enforcement, as well as children’s summer and homeless outreach programs. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase last week of a 2014 Ford E350 van and two 2014 Yamaha Grizzly all-terrain...

Ex-Valencia Coach to Stand Trial for Embezzlement
Friday, Jun 5, 2015

[KHTS] – A former Valencia High baseball coach accused of embezzlement has been ordered to stand trial. Jared Snyder, 45, faces a formal arraignment June 17, said his attorney Carl E. Douglas. Douglas was  a defense attorney in the O.J. Simpson murder case. Snyder is accused in a seven-count felony...

Lombardi Ranch Cancels 2015 Pumpkin Festival
Thursday, Jun 4, 2015

[KHTS] – After nearly 40 years, Lombardi Ranch will not be open for the 2015 Halloween Pumpkin Festival, officials confirmed Thursday. “It looks like we are not opening,” said Adria Lombardi Faulconer, who runs the ranch with her nephew, Levi Lombardi. “We have not planted anything because...

DA: 1Year Later, SCV Teen Admits to Instagram Threat
Tuesday, Jun 2, 2015

[KHTS] – A Santa Clarita Valley teen admitted Wednesday to posting shooting threats on the social media site Instagram nearly a year ago, a prosecutor said Tuesday. “I can confirm that he admitted to one count of making criminal threats and he was placed on probation,” said Los Angeles County...

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1831 - Local entrepreneurs Sanford and Cyrus Lyon (as in Lyons Avenue) born in Machias, Maine [story]
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The holiday season is a time for joy, generosity and community spirit. This year, the Child & Family Center invites you to join its heartwarming effort to bring extra cheer to Santa Clarita Valley teens in need.
Spread Holiday Cheer: Support SCV Teens with Child & Family Center
The non-profit Rancho Camulos Museum and National Historic Landmark will host a fundraising event, "Early Hollywood and its Camulos Connection" featuring Marc Wanamaker on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m.
Dec. 8: Presentation on Early Hollywood, Rancho Camulos Connection
William S. Hart Union High School District Social Worker Sarah Gilberts was named California’s 2024 State Social Worker of the Year at an awards ceremony on Nov. 8, part of the 2024 National Association of Social Workers-CA Annual Conference.
Hart District Sarah Gilberts Named 2024 California Social Worker of the Year
SCV Water recently marked the completion of its third PFAS treatment facility, which serves its Santa Clara and Honby wells and is located north of Soledad Canyon Road on Furnivall Avenue, with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
SCV Water Celebrates PFAS Groundwater Treatment Facility with Ribbon Cutting
Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Traffic Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles have joined together as part of Crash Responder Safety Week Nov. 18-22 to remind drivers to move over when safe to do so and slow down near traffic incidents and work zones to prevent serious injuries and deaths on California’s roadways.
Nov. 18-22: Crash Responder Safety Week
Every holiday season the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children’s Cancer assemblies gift baskets for families battling pediatric cancer.
MHF Seeks Donations for Holiday Gift Baskets
Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley opened its new resource center, Williams Hope House in Newhall on Tuesday, Nov. 12 with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony.
Family Promise of SCV Opens Resource Center
The California Highway Patrol has announced a major achievement in its ongoing recruitment efforts as it officially swears in 121 new officers, bringing the department past its goal of hiring over 1,000 officers.
CHP Marks Milestone with 1,000 New Officers
The installation of the 2025 Valley Industry Association Board of Directors will be held Friday, Dec. 13, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center.
Dec. 13: VIA 2025 Board Installation
Single Mothers Outreach's Adopt-A-Family was born in hopes of providing hard-working single parents a way to make a warm and wonderful holiday memory with their children. AAF connects a generous individual, corporate community, or groups with deserving families in need. Many local businesses, churches, community groups, neighbors and individuals generously have “adopted” SMO parents and their children, providing them with gifts, ice-skating, parties and more.
Single Mothers Outreach Adopt-A-Family Donation Drive
Educational Results Partnership, a non-profit organization that applies data science to accelerate student success, has released the 2024 Honor Roll list of California’s top performing schools, in partnership with local business leaders and the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce.
SCV Chamber Announces Schools Named to Honor Roll List
Holiday Home Tour will continue the festivities with its Holiday Home Tour Boutique, sponsored by Williams Homes that will take place on Sunday, Dec. 8, at Williams Ranch model homes in Hasley Canyon.
Dec. 8: Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Holiday Home Tour Boutique
The annual Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Foundation Holiday Home Tour, organzied by the HMNH Foundation Home Tour League will present the Hearts Aglow Holiday Home Tour Gala on Friday, Dec. 6 at The Hyatt Regency in Valencia.
Dec. 6: Holiday Home Tour Presents ‘Hearts Aglow Gala’
The Valencia High School Marching Band and Color Guard continue its reign in the fall competition season, securing top honors at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Division 2A Championship Prelims
Valencia Marching Band, Color Guard Shine in Championship Prelims
2015 - Freak landslide begins to destroy section of Vasquez Canyon Road; earth moves for several weeks [video]
Vasquez Canyon Road
The regular meeting of the William S. Hart Union High School District’s Governing Board will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, beginning with a closed session at 6:15 p.m., followed by an open session at 7 p.m.
Nov. 20: Hart Board Regular Meeting
For the first time since 2018, The Master's University's women's volleyball team has won the GSAC Championship Tournament, this time defeating the Benedictine Mesa Redhawks 21-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-18 Saturday Nov. 16 in The MacArthur Center.
TMU Women’s Volleyball Wins GSAC Championship
Olive Branch Theatricals will present "Plaid Tidings: A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid" weekends beginning Saturday, Nov. 30- Sunday, Dec. 15 at The Patios at Valencia Town Center, 24201 Valencia Blvd., Valencia, CA 91355.
Nov. 30: ‘Plaid Tidings’ A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid
Supervisor Kathryn Barger has helped an artwork find its home in the high desert through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s sculpture loan program.
Barger Brings ‘Saddle’ LACMA Sculpture to the Antelope Valley
College of the Canyons Women's Soccer pushed its unbeaten streak to seven games with a 2-1 road victory over Antelope Valley College on Nov. 12, and followed that with a 3-0 win over LA Valley College on Nov. 15. That has the Lady Cougars riding an eight-game unbeaten streak as the team prepares for Round 1 of the 3C2A SoCal Regional playoffs.
COC Women’s Soccer Takes Unbeaten Streak into Playoffs
The regular meeting of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board will take place Tuesday, Nov. 19 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Nov. 19: SUSD Regular Board Meeting
Sun Princess, the newest and next-level Love Boat from Princess Cruises, has been named a 2025 Good Housekeeping Family Travel Award Winner.
Sun Princess Wins Good Housekeeping 2025 Family Travel Award
Santa Clarita Public Libraries present 17th Annual Family Literacy Festival on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Old Town Newhall Library, 24500 Main St., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
Dec. 7: 17th Annual Family Literacy Festival at Old Town Newhall Library
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