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1843 - Rancho Castec (Lebec-Tejon area) granted to French immigrant Jose Covarrubias [story]
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Friday, Sep 7, 2012

On Saturday, 25th District Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon will be holding his 3rd Annual Women’s Conference at College of the Canyons. The event described as “a morning filled with motivational speakers and educational sessions focused around issues most important to women today” will also...

Jail Violence Panel Pans Baca’s Reforms

Sheriff Lee Baca Read the Office of Independent Review’s 10th annual report here.   At a hearing Friday, six investigative teams reported to the Citizens Commission on Jail Violence (CCJV) in downtown Los Angeles. Collectively they pointed the finger of blame directly at Sheriff Lee Baca...

Wednesday, Sep 5, 2012

Labor Day might as well be the starting gun for the election season and the first event will be at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center where voters will have the opportunity to hear from candidates in the November 6 election – Democratic candidates so far. To date, scheduled to speak and take questions...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Lt. Tom Bryski reported an attempted robbery at the Rye Canyon Home Depot around 5:15 p.m. The suspect, a male Caucasian, was trying to steal a “high dollar item” when he scuffled with employees. He fled to a getaway car – a grey Chevy Impala. The...

Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012

The Boys and Girls Club of Santa Clarita and the Santa Clarita Senior Center are undeniably in trouble. The Senior Center has 60+ seniors on a waiting list to get meals delivered to their homes. They are also turning away seniors at the doors. The Boys and Girls Club may have to institute Furlough Fridays...

City Council Reacts to Pulskamp Retirement
Monday, Aug 27, 2012

Ken Pulskamp City Manager Ken Pulskamp announced his retirement in a letter to the mayor and City Council on Monday, signaling the end of his 25-year career with the City of Santa Clarita, effective December 2012. Pulskamp, 56, will be retiring after 35 years in city management, the last 10 years as...

Assembly Contenders Visit VIA to Vie for Votes
Tuesday, Aug 21, 2012

Republican Scott Wilk Democratic Assembly candidate Edward Headington and Republican Scott Wilk broke bread at the Valley Industry Association’s August luncheon, then broke out their different views of the district’s political future. Wilk sees himself as picking up the flag of past Republican Assemblymembers...

Court Documents Shed Light on Halloween Murder
Friday, Aug 10, 2012

Conspiracy. One of 16 counts, including the Halloween murder of Alejandro Alex Sanchez-Torrez in Canyon Country, involves the alleged conspiracy between Diamonte Jerome McGhee, Brandon Trevaughn Higgs and Eric Michael Edwards to commit the crime of robbery. On Wednesday the Los Angeles County District...

Tuesday, Jul 31, 2012

Two Los Angeles County Supervisors – Gloria Molina and Mark Ridley-Thomas – took the easy way out by abstaining on a vote to extend term limits for themselves and their brethren. Chairman Zev Yaroslavsky cast a strong “no” vote after one of his two amendments to the motion failed...

Tuesday, Jul 24, 2012

Facing term limits for the first time since being elected to the County Board of Supervisors in 1980, Michael D. Antonovich proposed a supplemental motion to Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting calling for a special election on November 6 that would void the present term limits and allow him to...

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1843 - Rancho Castec (Lebec-Tejon area) granted to French immigrant Jose Covarrubias [story]
Rancho Castec diseno map
Due to construction and weather delays, the closure of the exercise staircase at Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350, will be extended through Nov. 28.
Central Park Exercise Staircase Closure Extended Thru Nov. 28
Santa Clarita Ballet's 30th anniversary production of "The Nutcracker" will perform, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14-15 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
Dec. 14-15: Santa Clarita Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’
Registration is underway for the College of the Canyons winter 2025 session, which boasts more than 300 class sections.
COC Winter 2025 Registration Underway
Christmas came early for The Master's University Men's Basketball Head Coach Kelvin Starr.
TMU Men’s Basketball Knocks Off No. 2, Starr Sees 300th Win
Theatre in a Week and Off Book Theatre is back with its holiday one act comedy "Holiday Hijinx" Friday, Dec. 13- Sunday, Dec. 15 at The MAIN in Old Town Newhall.
Dec. 13-15: ‘Holiday Hijinx’ Presented by Theatre in a Week, Off Book Theatre
The Santa Clarita Master Chorale presents its Silver Bell Jubilee concert Sunday, Dec. 8, 4 p.m. at Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
Dec. 8:  Santa Clarita Master Chorale Presents Silver Bell Jubilee
The holiday season is just around the corner and it’s one of the most magical times of the year.
Mayor Cameron Smyth | Experience Holiday Cheer on the Tracks
Celebrate this special time of year with the 29th annual Winter Magic Lighted Boat Parade and holiday event Saturday, Dec. 7 at Castaic Lake, Lower Lagoon.
Dec. 7: The 29th Annual Winter Magic Lighted Boat Parade
1967 - Local voters approve formation of community college and elect COC's first five-member board - Dr. William G. Bonelli Jr., Bruce Fortine, Sheila Dyer, Peter Huntsinger, Edward Muhl [story]
COC board
You can make a difference in a child or teen’s life this holiday season through the Boys and Girls Club of the Santa Clarita Valley. You can volunteer at a club holiday event, host a toy drive, sponsor a club family or make a donation.
Hope for the Holidays with Boys & Girls Club of SCV
Art, in whatever the medium, can communicate so much. It can inspire imagination, exude peace and calm, or tell the world the stories of a community and a culture or connect on an extremely personal level.
Kalli Arte Collective to be CSUN’s First Orndorff Artist-in-Residence
The city of Santa Clarita invites community members to attend the unveiling of the newest inductees to the Walk of Western Stars.
Nov. 23: New Honorees Inducted into Walk of Western Stars
Supervisor Kathryn Barger commented on Attorney General Rob Bonta’s announcement that he is pursuing additional monitoring and strengthened protections for youth in Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls.
Barger on Protections for Youth in Juvenile Halls
Every day for decades, NASA satellites have been collecting data about oceans and continents around the world.
CSUN Students ExamNASA Data on Climate Change
Kick off your holidays with a night to remember with the Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra.
Dec. 8: Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra Presents Holiday Classics
Music possesses power. It brings people together, stirs emotions and has ability to heal in the form of music therapy. 
CSUN Music Therapy Program Produces Successful Music Therapists for 40 Years
SCV Water recently reached several important milestones to bring the Agency one step closer to constructing a permanent water supply for Los Angeles Residential Community and Lily of the Valley Mobile Village.
SCV Water Works on Permanent Water Supply for LARC Ranch, Lily of the Valley
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Missing Person Unit is advising At-Risk Missing Person, Susan Lynn Emrick, has been located.
Update: LOCATED LASD Seeks Public Help to Find At-Risk Missing Newhall Woman
1831 - Local entrepreneurs Sanford and Cyrus Lyon (as in Lyons Avenue) born in Machias, Maine [story]
Sanford Lyon
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
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