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SCV Home Prices Climb as Bargains Disappear
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2014

Limited supply and a lack of bargain properties drove median Santa Clarita Valley home prices higher in January. The typical single-family home sold for $432,900 in January, compared to $360,000 during each of the two previous Januaries. Meanwhile, the typical condominium sold for $250,000, up from $206,700...

Jim Keysor, SCV Assemblyman in 1970s, Dies at 86
Friday, Feb 21, 2014

Jim Keysor, 1972 campaign photo James B. Keysor Jr., who represented parts of the Santa Clarita and San Fernando valleys in the state Assembly from 1970 to 1978, has died. He was 86. The lone Democrat in a family of Republicans, “Jim” was the eldest of five children and namesake of patriarch James...

Redevelopment On the Rebound?
Thursday, Feb 20, 2014

The same people who championed Proposition 13 in 1978 are working to restore redevelopment in California. On Wednesday – two years after the governor and Legislature wiped redevelopment off the state’s books – Attorney General Kamala Harris cleared the way for a group of seasoned campaign consultants...

SCV Jobless Rate Falls Nearly 1 Full Point
Friday, Jan 24, 2014

Santa Clarita’s December unemployment rate fell by nearly 1 full point on the year, coming in at 5.3 percent versus 6.2 percent in December 2012. It was also a 0.4-point improvement on the month, compared to November 2013’s rate of 5.7 percent. All of Los Angeles County showed similar results,...

Blue Cloud Movie Ranch Listed for Sale

Rene Veluzat’s world-famous Blue Cloud Movie Ranch in Saugus is on the market with an asking price of $7.5 million. Listed for sale Jan. 3, the ranch on Blue Cloud Road (off of Bouquet) has been home to numerous motion pictures and series including “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Iron Man”...

7 Local Veterans to be Honored at Gala Dinner
Monday, Jan 20, 2014

Seven local veterans representing organizations that serve Santa Clarita Valley veterans – who constitute 7 percent of the nation’s population, and an even bigger percentage of the SCV – will be honored Feb. 21 in Universal City. The event is the annual Builders Ball, a recognition dinner put...

Newhall Heirs Giving Even More for College Scholarships
Sunday, Jan 19, 2014

The Henry Mayo Newhall Foundation – directed by the heirs of town founder Henry Newhall – is upping its grant to the Hart School District for college scholarships to $149,000 this year. That’s a 24-percent increase over the $120,000 donation it made to the Class of 2013. In a letter to the school...

Greater Demand, Low Supply Equals Higher SCV Home Prices
Friday, Jan 17, 2014

Strong demand and a limited supply pushed Santa Clarita Valley home resale prices higher in 2013, according to data from the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. The typical single-family home changed hands for $440,000 in December, off slightly from November’s $455,000 but up 9 percent...

April 1 is Next Big Date for MannKind
Friday, Jan 10, 2014

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to review MannKind Corp.’s application April 1 and issue a ruling by April 15, the company announced Friday. The Valencia pharmaceutical developer has been trying since 2011 to convince the FDA to approve its invention, an inhalable form of insulin that...

John Fuller, Hospital and CalArts Leader, Dies at 80
Monday, Jan 6, 2014

Longtime Newhall resident John S. Fuller, who helped create Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in 1975 and led the $35 million reconstruction of California Institute of the Arts after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, died Friday at home in Happy Valley. He was 80. Fuller’s active participation in...

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This holiday season, you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families facing mental health, substance use, or domestic violence issues. Your generous contributions can provide essential support, helping those in need find hope and healing.
Hearts for Heroes Campaign at Child & Family
Fostering Youth Independence has launched its year-end giving campaign to support local foster youth aging out of the Los Angeles County foster system without ever having the support of a permanent home and family.
FYI Launches Year-end Fundraising Campaign
College of the Canyons took a run in the rain at the 2024 California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) Cross Country State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday, Nov. 23 highlighted by an eighth-place individual result from freshman Victoria Jamison that also pushed the women's squad to ninth in the team standings.
COC Women’s XCountry Takes Ninth at State Championships
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 Medal 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
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