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Strickland Files Papers to Run for McKeon’s House Seat
Monday, Dec 2, 2013

Tony Strickland Former state lawmaker Tony Strickland, R-Ventura County, filed candidacy papers Friday to run for Congress in the 25th District. The seat has been held since 1992 by Santa Clarita’s first mayor, Howard “Buck” McKeon, who is widely expected to retire when his current term expires...

SCV Home Values Moving Steadily Upward
Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013

Santa Clarita Valley home prices continued their steady climb in October – and condos are red hot. The typical single-family SCV home changed hands for $440,000 last month, according to the Southland Regional Association of Realtors. That’s a 2.3-percent improvement over September and, importantly,...

Santa Clarita Jobless Rate Tumbles to 5.8%
Friday, Nov 22, 2013

Santa Clarita’s October unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent from 6.3 percent a year ago, while Los Angeles County’s rate improved to 9.7 percent from 8.5 percent in October 2012. Much of the year-over-year job growth in Los Angeles County was attributed to the addition of new bars and restaurants....

County Exercising Option to Buy Castaic Library Building
Thursday, Nov 21, 2013

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider exercising the county’s option to purchase the building that houses the Castaic Library, which is being expanded under a current lease agreement. The supervisors authorized an expansion of the  library last year. Located in a building at...

County Moving Forward with Palmdale Animal Shelter

The Lancaster Animal Shelter is bursting at the seams, so the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will take the necessary steps Tuesday to add a new animal shelter in nearby Palmdale. The city of Palmdale has agreed to sell the county a 6-acre parcel of raw land that it owns in the 38500 block of...

Pedestrian, 72, Struck and Killed Next to Orchard Arms

File photo Update: The coroner’s office has identified the victim as Marlin George Stowers of Valencia.   A 72-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening while crossing the street in front of the Orchard Arms apartments, a county-maintained senior housing complex on Wiley Canyon Road. The...

County to Renew Magic Mountain Policing Contract
Thursday, Nov 14, 2013

The county Board of Supervisors is set to approve a 5-year extension to the contract whereunder the Sheriff’s Department assigns a sergeant and four deputies to the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park in Valencia. Magic Mountain LLC will pay the total $820,430 cost of the five-year contract...

Water in Acton to Cost 2.8% More

Folks who get their water from Waterworks District 37 in Acton will pay 2.8 percent more in the coming year if the Board of Supervisors approves a new rate plan Tuesday. The typical customer who pays $63.24 per month now will pay $65.01 in the future. In a report to the board from Public Works Director...

SCV Crime Rate Down in City, Up in County
Wednesday, Nov 13, 2013

The Santa Clarita Valley’s overall Part-1 crime rate rose 9.42 percent from January to October compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Part-1 (serious or violent) crimes inside the city of Santa Clarita actually fell by 1.5...

County to Deal with Old Oil Wells on Del Valle Fire Training Property
Sunday, Nov 10, 2013

Firefighters conduct a training exercise at the Del Valle facility. File photo: KHTS. The County of Los Angeles is preparing to spend up to $2.5 million to study and develop an environmental management plan for old oil wells on the 160-acre Del Valle Regional Fire Training Facility property, which the...

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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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