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1900 - Automobile Club of Southern California founded; first car in SCV appeared 1902 [story]
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Oil Price Decline Could Spell BK for Placerita Field Owner
Saturday, Feb 6, 2016

LINN Energy LLC and its affiliate LinnCo, parent owners of the Placerita Canyon oil field, announced late last week they’ve “initiated a process to explore strategic alternatives” and have zeroed out their $3.6 billion credit facility, withdrawing the last $919 million for “general corporate...

MannKind Shares Leap on News of Deal, Rumors of Buyout
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016

Shares of Valencia-based biomed MannKind Corp. shot up 23 percent Tuesday to 92 cents after the company released details of a nonexclusive deal to license its technology to an independent group that will develop new pharmaceutical products. Meanwhile the international news agency Reuters spread rumors...

New Kaiser Medical Facility Up for Approval
Monday, Jan 18, 2016

Vacant for about a decade, the old U.S. Borax headquarters building at 26877 Tourney Road in Valencia is positioned for rebirth as a Kaiser Permanente medical office and urgent care facility. On Tuesday the Santa Clarita Planning Commission will consider approving a plan that calls for the demolition...

Feds Do Double-Take: Scarce Toad to Stay on List
Friday, Jan 8, 2016

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has changed its mind about a move to downgrade the status of the arroyo toad from “endangered” to merely “threatened.” The toad, Anaxyrus californicus, occurs rarely these days in its natural habitat, which stretches from the Santa Clarita Valley and Ventura...

Bertoni, Ex-Santa Clarita, Picked for L.A. City Planning Director
Wednesday, Jan 6, 2016

Vince Bertoni L.A. City Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his selection Monday of Vince Bertoni as the new planning director for the giant metropolis. Bertoni’s 25-plus years of municipal planning experience includes a stint in Santa Clarita, where he headed the planning department on an interim basis...

New Year, New County Librarian
Thursday, Dec 31, 2015

Skye Patrick The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to appoint a new county librarian at the board’s first meeting of the new year. Skye Patrick is the director of libraries for Broward County, Fla., and has “a wide range of experience in many facets of library administration and...

Brown Pardons Robbers, Drug Dealers, Car Thieves and Robert Downey Jr.
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2015

[Executive Report on Pardons, Commutations and Reprieves, 2015] (released Feb. 25, 2016)   Gov. Jerry Brown granted Christmas Eve pardons to 91 convicted criminals including actor Robert Downey Jr., the governor’s office announced. All of the former convicts (see below) completed their sentences...

Briley, Partners Buying Signal Newspaper
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2015

Publisher Russell Briley and two partners are buying The Signal newspaper, giving it local ownership for the first time in 37 years. The Signal announced the transaction on its website Tuesday evening. Rumored for weeks, the ownership change is expected to take effect Jan. 1. According to The Signal,...

Jury Convicts Killer of Castaic Man, 3 Others in Northridge
Thursday, Nov 19, 2015

Victim Teofilo “JoJo” Navales of Castaic It took a jury less than two hours of deliberation Thursday to find 34-year-old Ka Pasasouk guilty of murdering four people outside a Northridge apartment complex in December 2012. One of the victims was 49-year-old Teofilo “JoJo” Navales (pictured) of...

SCV Hosts More than Half of County’s Rabies Cases
Friday, Nov 6, 2015

As the 2015 rabies season draws to a close, the Santa Clarita Valley has emerged as Los Angeles County’s uncontested leader in rabies cases. More than half of all rabies reports across L.A. County this year –56 percent – emanated from the Santa Clarita Valley, according to public health officials. Rabies...

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1900 - Automobile Club of Southern California founded; first car in SCV appeared 1902 [story]
Auto Club Topper
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley recently hosted its annual Board Holiday Luncheon, a special gathering to celebrate and honor those who continue to uplift the club and the young people it serves.
Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley Board Holiday Luncheon
Come and share your wish lists and take a photo with Santa in his holiday home through Christmas Eve, Dec. 24 at Valencia Town Center.
Photos With Santa at Valencia Town Center Through Christmas Eve
The city of Santa Clarita invites families to experience the magic of the holidays at the fifth annual Barnyard Light Tour on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 5-7:30 p.m. at William S. Hart Park.
Dec. 13: Holiday Sparkle Takes Over at Hart Park Barnyard Light Tour
The Old Town Newhall Public Library will host a Regency Blend: a Tea Making Social, Friday, Dec. 19, 4-5:30 p.m. at 24500 Main St., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
Dec. 19: ‘Regency Blend, A Tea Making Social’ at Newhall Library
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department wants to remind the public of the dangers of driving impaired and to celebrate the holiday season responsibly by not driving under the influence.
LASD Reminds Drivers ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ this Holiday Season
A two-decade Christmas tradition continues on Saturday, Dec. 20, when Faith Community Church welcomes hundreds of neighbors for its 20th annual “Festividad for Christ” celebration.
Dec. 20: Faith Community Church Celebrates 20 Years of ‘Festividad for Christ’
As we complete the second week of Foothill League soccer competition, trends are beginning to show, and Saugus has taken over first place in both the boys and girls leagues.
Foothill League Soccer: Saugus Boys and Girls Ascending
The California Department of Public Health is working with local health departments and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to the consumption of eggs.
CDPH Warns Consumers Do Not Eat Recalled Vega Farms, Inc. Eggs
College of the Canyons men's basketball played to an 83-69 road win at L.A. City College on Wednesday, Dec. 10 as the Cougars received 43 bench points to help secure the win.
Cougars Win Second Straight Road Game, 83-69 at L.A. City
1891 - Actor Buck Jones, a Placerita and Vasquez "regular," born in Indiana [story]
Buck Jones
Valencia FivePoint Farmers Market will host a holiday market, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 at 27426 Navigation Avenue, Valencia, CA 91381.
Dec. 14: Valencia FivePoint Farmers Market Holiday Market
Real Way Foundation Inc. is teaming up with J.C.L. Productions’ L.A. Clave Latin Jazz Band for the Very Merry Jazzy Fiesta Holiday Fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 5 p.m.
Dec. 13: Real Way Foundation Hosts ‘Very Merry Jazzy Fiesta’
Luna Events will host a Winter Wonderland Holiday Market, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at Saugus High School.
Dec. 20: Winter Wonderland Holiday Market at Saugus High School
The Santa Clarita Elks Lodge 2379 will host its 2025 Holiday Boutique, a fundraiser to help children with disabilities on Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Dec. 13: Elks 2025 Holiday Boutique Fundraiser
The California Department of Public Health is warning consumers not to eat TRE House brand Magic Mushroom gummies, chocolate bars and syrup.
CDPH Warns Consumers Not to Eat TRE House Brand Magic Mushroom Products
On Nov. 10, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recovered an item which appears to be a large ceremonial brass bell.
LASD Seeks Info on Recovered Ceremonial Brass Bell
Valencia High School’s internationally acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble, “Two N’ Four,” has been selected to perform at the 2026 Jazz Education Network International Conference in New Orleans.
Valencia High ‘Two N’ Four’ Choir Ensemble Earns National Spotlight
This week Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita) continued her “District Dialogues” series with an education roundtable, bringing together school superintendents from across the High Desert.
Valladares Hosts High Desert Education Roundtable
Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA-27) and Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6) have introduced the National Scam Prevention Coordination Act, legislation that would establish an office in the White House to oversee and coordinate the implementation of a national strategy for fraud and scam prevention.
Whitesides Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Fraud, Scams
TMU track star Jack Anderson, the recent winner of the NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship, competed in the Sharon Colyear Invitational Dec. 5-6 in Boston.
TMU’s Anderson Competes Against Elite Field in Boston
1922 - Piru bank robbed, banker and daughter kidnapped [story]
Jenks Harris
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the California Transportation Commission approved $1.1 billion to fund new zero-emission buses, charging stations, and related infrastructure
State Approves $1.1B in Zero-Emission Transit, Safer Roadways, Infrastructure
 Indie Films R Us, the newest streaming platform to enter the market, has announced a strategic partnership with the Santa Clarita International Film Festival to expand meaningful distribution opportunities for independent filmmakers.
Indie Films R Us Partners With SCIFF to Advance Indie Distribution
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