Running for Santa Clarita City Council can be rough. Just ask first time candidate Jon Hatami. “I’m new to this whole political thing, and there is a lot of meanness. A lot of aggression. A lot of issues and things I think that make a lot of new people like me not be a part of politics,” Hatami...

Santa Clarita Mayor Laurie Ender – a mother of three children ages 13, 17 and 19 – visited a classroom at the Newhall District State Preschool to support early education and celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday. “It’s been a long time since I’ve read Dr. Seuss,” said Ender. She clearly...

The preliminary setting hearing for alleged pedophile Alexander Boswell was continued to March 15 after an agreement was reached between the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and Boswell’s lawyer. On Jan. 31t the 20 year-old Westridge resident pleaded innocent to 12 felony counts of forcible...

What should have been a feel-good moment for the city council, the opportunity to deliver $48,000 worth of arts grants to deserving arts organizations, got off to a Rocky, er … rocky start as the kid gloves were threatened to be removed. Before council discussion was over, those arts organizations...

If gas prices over $4 per gallon aren’t pumping you up about the state of the economy, Kimberly Ritter-Martinez, associate economist with the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp., says don’t pay too much attention to those doomsayer headlines. “I’ve seen headlines where they say ‘Higher gas...

Associated Student Body members from Bowman High School spent their morning for a bloody, good cause – facilitating a blood drive for Providence Holy Cross Hospital. Why did they do it? “To help out and save lives,” said Diana Ramirez, Junior, ASB member. “And it’s a good thing to do,” said...

Shayna Richards and son Riley Canyon Country resident Shayna Richards remembers her husband Army Sgt. Timothy Smith’s attempts to keep her from worrying during his 2008 deployment in Iraq. “He used to joke around and say he worked at the local supermarket, picking up shopping carts. He just made...

The budget for the California community college system is $149 million short. College of the Canyons, a part of the 112 college system, will take a proportional share of the deficit to the tune of $1.9 million. “The shortfall is a result of some shortfalls in the budget. Some assumptions were made...

A tongue-in-cheek abbreviation for the basic elements of a primary school curriculum are often referred to as the 3Rs: reading, ’riting, and ’rithmetic. What became clear at Tuesday night’s Saugus Union School District board meeting is when it comes to the future of elementary education in the...

Cassidy Bensko serves up a batch of pink lemonade | Photo: Stephen K. Peeples Children from North Park Elementary have joined the effort to support the 84 teachers who may be pink-slipped as soon as tonight at the Saugus Union School District board meeting. They set up a stand to raise money for gift...